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Everything was normal.

Literally everything was exactly as it normally was, or at least within the bounds of normal. She was at home. Her parents were at home. She was doing some homework. She was listening to music. She was sitting at the desk in her bedroom.

And then… well, it was rather remarkably the same, and yet something extremely crucial was gone. Missing. The normalcy of the whole situation no longer felt genuine to Rachel. It felt fake, artificial, copied, and like it wasn't even trying to comfort her.

Slightly disturbed, she looked around her room. Everything looked normal.

She looked at herself, making sure she hadn't somehow grown another arm without noticing. Everything still looked normal.

Then she took her earphones out, deciding that being unable to hear her surroundings was probably stopping her from noticing something.

But it wasn't? There was nothing. There were no mysterious noises, there were no noises of terror, warnings from supposed prophets of the apocalypse, screams from people terrorized by some horrific event – there was nothing.

And she supposes that was exactly the problem.

She lives out in the suburbs. Were she to look out her window, she should be able to see cars passing by every so often, or kids playing on bikes or something. They usually make enough noise for her to hear them.

Her dad was watching the TV downstairs. She should be able to hear that, too.

Then there were her neighbors, the Emersons, who were having a party tonight. That's part of the reason she put in headphones – so she wasn't distracted by the noise.

But she could hear exactly nothing outside her room. She's not sure how she noticed that with her headphones, and it doesn't necessarily mean anything, but it definitely sets alarm bells going in her head.

So she pulls open her curtains somewhat apprehensively.

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"Hm?"

all_it_can_be

"I mean, doesn't look like you're traumatized or freaking out or anything," she shrugs.

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"Yeah," she says. "I don't think it would help much, so I'm trying– not to."

all_it_can_be

"Yeah. Does it—change anything? About your plans or stuff?"

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"I don't think so," she says. "I was sort of taking it as I can't get back to Earth, and I still can't, so I'm not sure what it'd actually alter unless it made me feel worthless or something, but that's not really something I'd do, I don't think."

all_it_can_be

"Yeah. ...that lady sure was upset, though."

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"She was," agrees Rachel. "Definitely very upset."

all_it_can_be

"I don't really get it, but being a native I suppose I wouldn't."

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"I don't think it was the fact that she has a her back on Earth that's the issue, I think it's that she's got a copy period, which is weird to me too, it's weird that I have a copy, but it doesn't actually make me worry or anything unless she's a secretly evil copy of me, which she's not, because I'm the copy."

all_it_can_be

"I mean, philosophical mumbo jumbo in my opinion, there isn't a whole lot of difference between being a copy or an original or whatever," she shrugs. "But then again, I'm not exactly super religious or anything."

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"I mean, I'm still walking and talking like a person, and not that you can verify this but I still feel just like I'm a person, I think, so there isn't really much difference in my mind." She shrugs.

all_it_can_be

"Yeah, that's pretty much how I figure it."

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"Mm."

And then she's finished eating, how wonderful this is. "I think I'm gonna go back to my room," says Rachel. And find someone to tell about Sadde being weirdly different today, she doesn't say.

all_it_can_be

"Alright. Good luck, I suppose."

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So up she gets to try to find a member of staff or someone to whom she can mention that Sadde is different, because aaah.

Well outside the motel there are the Department of Security she has to show her badge to to be let out.

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She'll go up to them then! "Hi there. I'm a little worried about someone's behavior and I'm not sure who to talk to."

The two suits exchange a look then look at her. "What's wrong?"

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"She– he– uh, they looked very male yesterday and when I met them, but today they look very female. And they claim to be the same person. I'm pretty sure it's not just makeup – it's a ridiculous change."

"Uh huh," says #1 in a tone that says 'we deal with traumatized imports all the time and it's really starting to lose its charm.' "Do you have a picture of them from yesterday to compare with today?"

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"I'm afraid not," she says. "I mean, I'm not seriously worried, if you want I can just wait until tomorrow or something, but I just thought you might want to know." Pointed look. "You know, on account of cubism and stuff? I hear people get worried about this stuff a lot."