:What are you confused about?: 

:̷̧̢̨̱̺̣̫͖̪͍̟̺͓̣͚̗̤̰̖̭̤͇̌̎́́̉̓̓͆̓̕͜͜\̴̨̛̦̻͇̻̫̩̳̘̻̬̞̟̞̯͕̺͚̍̀́͑̒͆̈́͑͒̑̐͂̋̔̈́̅̂̈̔̇̔̕͜͠͠ͅl̵̢̯͎̤̭̩̬̼̱̘͓̭͎̪̰̩͂o̶̡̢̨͉̱̦̳͓̙͕͙̝̲̩̰̥̰̥̗͗̌̍͐͐͐̑̈́͗͋͂̊̅̅̈͛̎̂̈́̏́̆͗̅̔̋͑̚̚͜ć̴̢̡̱̫͚̯̬̤̪̰͓̟̫̣̣̼̑̇̀̽͑̓̈̾̈́͊̏̊̐͛͗͗̃͗̔̈́͘͘͜͝͝ͅͅà̷̞̖͉̖̦̟̲̭̹̬̭̤̥̤̼̜̭͂̾̌͆̓͌̆͐̒͑͌̓̈́̈̎̀̆̑̆͘̚̕͠l̴̨̧̡̢̨̠̮̳̥̟̖̫̬̘̩̮̦͇͉͕̥̐̐̌ę̸̪͓͔̩͈̲̜̤͕̼̜̖̗̝̱̰̺̳̹̩̘̗̭̟̹̖͙̆̋͜n̶̖̯͚͍͙̣̘̘̗̘̗͚̅́̊͗̽͐̀̀̾̑͒͝t̶̨̘̻̘̂́̂̍͜i̸̢̨̡͖̩̠͎̬̺̞̩̹͕͖̖̗̹̩̦̗̹̳̪̥̼̫̭̟̔̔̂́̎̎̇̈́̈́̌͛̈̽̒́̎̿̅̌̿̽̕͘͝͝͠͝t̶̨̛̛͇̮͓̠̗̻͈̟̲̬͈̗̟̥̖̤͇̬̺̗̰͈̱͎͛̒̐̀̃̎̅̾̀̍̄͂͌̈̆̈́͒͗͗̈́̽̈̒́͜͝͠͝i̵̛͇̱͕͈̩̦̞̠̹̝̠̼̣̝̼̗̤͕̓̔̈́͌͌̾́̽̄̉̈́͆̏͑͜͝͝ͅė̶̡̧͔͉͓͖̖͎̼̙̳̼̖̮͗̽̑̌͆͋͌͘̚̕͜͜ͅş̷̧͚̠̖̟̻̙̟͎͈͎̼͍̓̎̾͆̋̿̒l̸̨̧̳͙͈̟̮̻͍̰͚̱͇̙̺͎̫̤͚̙̥͖̂̔̀̀̃̑̈́͘͘͜͠ͅơ̵̡̩̦͚̻̥̟̬̬͖͙̺̖̰͉͑̾́͒̈́͊̄̊̀̀̇́̇̇̑̽͐̽̚̕͘͝ç̸͓̰̮̙̜͓̫͙͖̫̟̊̇̏͂̈́͜͠ͅͅa̵̛̟̮͙͇̘̒̇̾́̑͌͗̎̓l̸̠͓͕̱͓̮͈̍͛͑̓̐̽̌̐͛͗͐͛̏̇̃̈́̾̋́̚͝͠i̷̧̼̮̱̝̘͍̣̖͕̺̘̻̻̹̱̫͕͎̎̒̓̐̌̋̑͘͜n̶̢̙̣̫̺̟̳̲̪̖̙͎͇̣̥̻̤͖̟̯͙̪̞̗̣̹̪̜̘̊̅́͗̽͐̎́̾̀͐͌͗̏̿͒́̑͛̐̋͂̈́̀̽͘͘͜t̸̢̘̤̦̺̠͚̳̳̞̙̺̤͍̺͕̜̞̖̳̗̦͚͉̩̗̋͂̑̅̀̓͊̀̔́͑̇̈́̊̔͂͑̈́̑̒̀͜͝ë̶̡͙͉̜̟̖̻̰̬̥͉̥̗́̐̔́̈́̀̉̀̒͗̄͋͒̂͐́̓́̀̽͐͋̍̐̃̀͘͝ļ̴̢̺͚̥̳͎̳̹̭͇̺͉̞̫̫͈͕̳͛̈́̑͜l̶̛̜̱͚̝͙͒̇͂̊̉̈́͑̈́͒̽̌̑̀͆̐͌̆͗̃̈́̏̄̀̐͜͠͝͝ị̵̡̛͕̫̬̠̘̤̬̟̪͔̱̩̬̬̙̙̙̘͉̦͈͖̬͖̙̔͐̇̇͌́̎̍́̽̈́́̊̓̃̀̀̊͋̌͗͒̕͘̚g̴̹̲̠͎͖̭͍̮͍͎̯̖͆̉̋̓̀͛̒͐͑̇̕ȇ̵̢̢̢̪͙̰̳̲̺̻̯̗͈̤͈͑̄̊̑̃̍͗̂̀̋̿́͆̎̒͛͒̈́̇͆̆͌͋͊͘͘̕̚ͅn̸̡̧̙͚̫̣̠̝̰͓͕̱̯̲̮̫͙̪̜͍̣̗̩̹̱̓̈́̿̍̚͘c̸̮̘͌͌è̸̢̢̛̲͖͉̗̥̤̪͕̪̦͉͌̈́͠ş̴̛̠͊͂͆̐̓̽̈́̏̈́͝͝`̸̨̧̧͖̙͖̹̤͍̠͉̭̼͇̗̼́̉͑̂͐̚b̷̪̟̘͎̹̫̟̜̲̗̣̮͇̓̾͌͐̅̐̒̎̔̕͠ͅa̴̢͖͔̮̦̖̱͕̤͗͐͑̎̈́͗̂̆̐̑̒̃̌̓́̕͝͝r̵̢̨̛̘̭͉̭̦̬̙͙̠̙͈̹͇͈͓͈͔͓̺͕͔͕͇̗̫͖̾̊̑̆͂̽͊̓̎̏̾̂͠ṙ̵͖̐̓̇͑̉̌̀̅̏̐̋́̿͊̈́̅̐̾̕͠i̵̜̝̬̲͇͕̣͛́̍͋̉͗̄͗͆̾͋̎̊͒̔͌̋̈́̄̑̑͑̐͒̾̎͐̌̾̚é̴̡̤͈͖̤̘̪̤̞̹̬̥̯̟͑̈́̌̿̽̈́̎͊̈̍̉̃̐́̍̌̅͊̑̿̚̚ͅŗ̴̪̦͓͙͙̻̜̱̼̪̋̀͌̓̔̓̌͊̚͘͜ͅs̸̡̭̪̥͖͔͚̣̫͔̼̯͕̟͍͇͂̈́͑̈́͋͘ͅͅṫ̷̨̢̛͍̠̮̭̰̟̦̻̞̫͕̞̺͗̏̈́̏͛̾̀̿͐͆̀̔̊͛̅̐̋͜͝o̷͕̝̽̀̉̃̃̉̒͊͝ț̵̡̰͙̯̬͇̖̜̯̭̫̱͕̠̹̟̬̹̿̈́̿͌̊̊̍͂̊͊͊̃͂́̉̌̓̆̈́̅̌͒̎̾̂̕͘͜͝͝͝ḩ̸̧̡̧̛͙̺̬̭̭͙͔̠͈̙͖͚̣̳͓̠͇͎̮̳̱̥͈̙̉̂͐̽́̾͛͋̔͗̍̋͛́̀̀̇̑͘͝ͅȩ̷̝̜͚̙̯̜͓̥͇͈̋̏́̎̏̊̏̔̎̔̇̈́̏͛͒̑̈́͗̉̾̈́̃̂͑̿̃͘͘͠͝W̵̢͓͓̥̙̭̜͖̖̟͑̔̚͝ơ̴̡̡̢̥͍̼̰̞̣̜̠͕͈̺̣̮͊̆̿̉̈̇͋̒̄͐̅̇͋͑͘͘ͅr̵̢̢͙̣̻̝͈̼̩̹͉͚̱̊̋̇͂̾͊͂͊͑̊̕͠k̶̡̢̧͙̲̩͕̘̼̩̰̘͎͚̞̺̰͉͕͕͉͌̏̎͛͗͌̐̾̄͝͝͝.̴͎̎̔͛̉̋̓̈́̾͊͐̒̄͊̎̂͑̾̔̒͛͘͘͠r̶̝͉̹͓̱̟͎͈̲̬͑͜ͅȇ̵̠͉̺̘͓̖͔̼̝͚͒͛̀͋̽̐̈̿̑̆̓̓̊̑̈́͌͝͝s̴̨̨̧̢̧̝̘͎̗̟͙͙̭̲̱̙̝̰̝͈̠̦͓̮̺̘͇͕͚̙̿͆̂̂̏́̀̈͛̿̍̀̀̀̀͘ő̶̧͖̼̹̱̬̺̼͕̯͍̱̜͓͍̱̮̻͙̓̄̊̃̏͛͌̕ͅù̷̧͔͓̪͇̰̭̰̝̲̫̳͕̐̈́͌̓̓̅̒̑̈́͗̈̒̿̆̍̈̀̀̎̚̕͝͝͝͝r̴͕͔̳̖̺̝͌̅̾̾̅̆̿͑̈́̍̑͛͋͝͝͝c̵̛̾͑́̉́̓͆̓̌́̐̌̀̄͛̀͘͘͜͠è̵̫̹̠̤̽̂̇̕͜s̵̨͎͔̣̘͇͈͓̞͍͍͓̠̘̩̗͕̙̦͕̮͙͎̬͖̎́̓̋̕ ̴̨̢̪̭̜͓͔̘͓̰͔̗̂̓̎͂̏̐̑͋̉̿̈́̚f̶̡̢̻͇̝̗͙̮̣̹̹͚́̅̉̌̄̿̐̍̎́̉̐͠ớ̸̧̡̱͉̘̩͕̖̗͎̮̗̪̣̈́̓̓͛̊̃̈́͗̈́̓̑̅̇͛̋̓̎͐̃͋̈̈́̆͋͝r̸̨̢̪͔̱͕̻͔̗̙͉̲̬̜̘̰̞̥͕̩̰̣̤̫̀̾́́̏̅̿͐̈̓̊̆̿̈̄͗̈́̽̋̓̑̕̕͝͝ ̵̡̛͓̪̙̪̫̝̖͎̜̯̬̟͍̪̺̹̭̯̥͗͛́̽̍̇̉̀̍̔̿̔̂̆̊̀̓̽̆͌͊͘̚t̵̛̫̲͚͗̌̌͊̽́̑̇́̈͆̌̃̓̋̆̅̇͌̕̕̚͘͘͝͝͠͝h̵̢̘̯̞͚̳̠͍͈͕̭͐̿̅̽̍͆̀̑͌́̌̕͜ͅe̶̞͐̃̃͋̐̀͑̽͗̅͒͆͌̓͛͐̆͛̆̌͆͒͊́͋̑͠͝ ̴̨̧̡͔̜̲̲̖͓̼̟̠͓̮̮̖̰͔̆͆̅w̶̡̡̡͓̥̰̼̝̖͎̺̝̭̽̆̀̉̈́̅̐̀̋͆̆̈̊͐͊͊̓͐̆̌̇͗̚̕͝͝͝o̶̡̨̲̯̠̺͙̪͙̪̜͎̥̞̯͇̘͇͍̗̲̰̤̼̹͇͍̔͑̆̈́́͛͆̎̽́́̽ŕ̵̢͇͔̘̹̘̯̞͎̪͕̗̻̙̠̰̥̜̗͔̤͖͔̣͉͚̗͕̜̻̈́͑̄̏̿̏̀̋̽̑͌̾̅͗͋̂̅̂̿̎͌͘̚k̸̡̹͖̞̩͎͓̭̯̤̦̭̻͓͌́̀̾̑͑̏͌̚ͅ.̷̨̨̞͎̹̩̟̘͖͉̣̗̻͍͕̗͙̙̦̉̓̿̅͂̀̈́̈͒́͑̂̊̈̿̾̚̕͜͠\̶̢̢̧̧͈̣͕̰̗̝̪̻̫̩̣̤̼̩̞̘̞͙̱̮̹̅̋́    ?

:Where are you from?: 

After a moment. 

:What are you: 

c̶̨̥͇̻͉̹̱̼͙̞̲̈́͊͗̉̿͋̌̔͗̌̕͜͜͝ö̸̧̳̫͍͉̣͉͓̖̗̼̰̘̫́ņ̷̧̗̼͖͙͖̤̮͍̖̖̰̣͖̔̾͝f̶̡͓̜̠͉͖̯̺̦̩̼͈̏̾͋̍͗̅̂͜͝u̴̢̫̼̞̖͉̜̻̺̦͇͍̭͈̒͗̇͒̓̾s̵̢̯̺̰̣͍͇̅͑̃̓̈́ͅi̷͍̊̋̈́͒̌̇̾̔̋̿ȍ̶͙̙̻͚͒̅̾̏͝n̶̥̬̱̙͉͍͐́̄̌̑͐̉͗̏̚͜͝

:You don't know what you are or where you came from?: 

c̶̨̥͇̻͉̹̱̼͙̞̲̈́͊͗̉̿͋̌̔͗̌̕͜͜͝ö̸̧̳̫͍͉̣͉͓̖̗̼̰̘̫́ņ̷̧̗̼͖͙͖̤̮͍̖̖̰̣͖̔̾͝f̶̡͓̜̠͉͖̯̺̦̩̼͈̏̾͋̍͗̅̂͜͝u̴̢̫̼̞̖͉̜̻̺̦͇͍̭͈̒͗̇͒̓̾s̵̢̯̺̰̣͍͇̅͑̃̓̈́ͅi̷͍̊̋̈́͒̌̇̾̔̋̿ȍ̶͙̙̻͚͒̅̾̏͝n̶̥̬̱̙͉͍͐́̄̌̑͐̉͗̏̚͜͝

:Do you not understand my question?: 

c̶̡̯͖̱̯̠̳͓̋̈́͗̀͛̊̈́̚͠o̷̧̯̤̰̜̣̪̻̹̳͐͆̋̑̈́́̓͌n̵͎͓̎͋͑̈̀̋̃́̈́̋͌̚̕ͅḟ̶̹͖̻̺͎̼͋͂̊͒̈́͌̄̎̐̏̚ŭ̵͉̖͇͕̜̣̯͒̓̇̎̈́͋ͅš̷̘̗̪̀̾̊̂̇͝i̵͇̯͎̤̼͇͖̰͛̋̑̑͛̈́̀̓̀̈́͆̄̊͑ṏ̵̡͉̲̟̣̪̓͌͂́͑͌̊̌́̓̑n̷͇͉̩͈̲̩̘̯͚̣̤̦̼̾͜l̶̨̛̫̳̮͎̘̭̏̽̄͋á̴̡̢͉̪̫̘͙̲̊̊̈́̃̃̒̎̍̽͗́̃c̶̨̢̼͍͔̝̤̰͎̄̃̇͗͂̔̉́̍͆͠ͅḱ̸̫͔̱̺̞̄͂ī̶̛̼̀͐̓̔̊̒͆̌̈̕͜͝ņ̴̼̼̜͗̈̃g̶̨̨̥͋̈́̔͑̎̊̀̽̊̆̕͘̚͜ͅć̵̢̡̻͈̺͓̣̥̯͉̼̣̬̯́̌͗̋̓͘ǫ̵̳̓͆̀̂̈̚n̴̛̛̦͙̹̹̯̝̖̂͛̓͜ţ̸̮͔͉̥̈̀̍e̴̡̛̛̜̞̠̪͎̤̟͓͙̠͊͝x̶̠͔̪͖̦̙͐̏̃̋͐̃̍͒̚͠͝ͅt̶̢̖͓̟͚̣̯̠̺͔͓͌͋̑͒͆͋̆͠ȧ̸͍̖̇͐̂̊̚̚c̵̡͕̖̉̇͗̃̀̂̃̽̐͆͐͌̚͘͝q̷̘̞̣̜̖̻͓̼͚̳̙̹̜̳̀̏͒̀͑͂̈́̆͌́͝ͅú̶̧̝̤̼̮͚͚͕̤̲̜̻̔̅̈͑͑̚͜ĩ̶̢͇̗͕͉̝̦̳̻͍̒͜r̸̨̮̪̬̯͖̺̃̾̓̈́̒̑͛͌̆͘í̴̼̩̪̈́͂̓̉̐̊̍̂͘͝ǹ̷̢͉̼̹͖̮̬̩̟̺͍̲̍̍͆͌̾̏̋̓͠g̴̡̠̠͔͎̻̱͚͚̭̝̜͕̬̑̾̀͒̐̈́̆n̵̨̹̻̬̠̤̓̿̀̓͛̓̾e̵̛͎͕e̶̛̼̜̜͛̎͋̏̆͆̽͝d̴̢̦͉͉̹͚̟̱̯͇̙̭͔͔̎̃͑̊͂̈́͜ȩ̷̱̩̝͗̓d̷̡̦͚̺̬̫͚̼͕͎̻̙̣͗͗̀͒̒̈́̒͜͝͝c̴̛͓̥̹̟̠̅̇͆́̅͐͆̃̈́̿̀̃̕͝ͅǫ̴͔̈́n̴̤̠͌́̏̀͗̑͑̎̿͐̃̄̽͜ͅṫ̵̡̨͉̲̩ȩ̵͔͙͎̑͌̉́̈̍̓͠͝ͅx̴̡͉̼͉̠̻̝̲̐̚t̴̢̺̣̺̻̹̺̮͐̅̽͒̊͂̀

Shavri REALLY WISHES this were more reassuring. 

:What is the 'Work' you need resources for?: 

:̸͕͔́͑̓̊̂̋.̷̥͖̹̊̄̈́̈́͑̈́̈́͘͝Ṫ̸̛͕͓͂̒́̂̏͒̎̽̈̑́̀͒ḩ̶̙̟̱͍̱͖̬̖̽̓̂̓̍͂ͅę̸̧̧̯̙̼̖̼̤͙̖̻̈́̄̓́̎͊̽̔̊̋͝ ̸̢̥͓͖̹̮̙̩͚͘W̷̢͓̣̺̮̤̺͚̭̙̭̫͌̉͜͜ǫ̸̖̞̺̣̠̩͕̗͈̖̦̥̿ͅͅŕ̴̨̞̯̘̩̼̦̟̙̮́͋̐̿̃͋͊̚͜͝k̵̯̤͂̆̑̆:̷̦̝͚̓̄̏̒̃͘

That is so unhelpful. Shavri stomps on the urge to slap the Proto with Healing-energy some more until it learns to be less FRUSTRATING. 

:Can you - slow down?: she says after a moment. :If you kill her, you won't get needed context: 

:̴̹̥̳̦̱͍͉͓̦͕͖̤̠̜̓͐͐̈̓͆̈́̐́̉͒̉̓͜͠'̴̨͖͈͍͈̫̰͈̺̻͙͚̩̼̻̀́̈́̀̀̀̒͝c̷̢̳̤̪̠͕̬̙̳̬͋̋̀̀̉͂̉̄̓̌͗ờ̵̛͈̱̪͚̬͚̰̠̣̜̲̽̂̋̍̎̈́͂͋̚͜n̶̢͍͉̞͉͉̝̠̖̪͕͈͚̓̅́̈́̏̀͘͘f̸̡̲̪͉̾̎́ų̵̖͚̮̠͚̱̟͚̱̪̹̟͉̪̀͊̇͂͋̀̋̕͘͘͝͝͝s̴̡͍̦̲͖͎͖̤͍̋́̽̊̀̂͌͂̐̊̚͠į̷̺̬̠͔͕̝̰̰͈͓͓̻̣̎̽̐̆͛ͅo̴̡̘̘͓͎̲͎̳̦͖̍́̌͆́͌͆͝n̵̢̫͓͉̬͇̜̰͉̹͍̄̂̀͜͜w̵̢̟͎̻̱͊͛̅̃̾̿̐̔͛͗͑͋̉̚͝ḩ̶͙̤̥̺͇͓̝̰̮̘̞̞̝̍̂̽́̍̏́̉̐̌̈́̌͜ĭ̶̭͔̒͛̄̓̈́̓͗̆͂c̶͖̼̻̙̪͕̦̳̗̤̙̹̰̜͐͛̏̓͐͘͜ḩ̵̛͖͍̥̪͔͙͙̉̋̊d̸̩̤̟͙͍̱̘̪̽̃̈́̇͐͝ë̷̩̲̫̩̩̹̜͍̪̣̾̌̾͛͝͝ͅş̵̤̤͕̳̞̇͐̎͒̍̇̀̄͌̀͘̚͜t̶͎̹̑̽͘r̷̘͈͒͑̄̈́́̀̊̈́̈́͛̈̾̀͝ư̴̢̘̱̳͚̘̩̫̼̪̍̌̋̓͊̽͛̚͜͝c̶̡͓̭̖͚͚̗̅̐̆̊̌̌t̸̰̹̳̘͍͖͙͈̪͗͋̉̈́͜i̵̢̳̖̘͔̔̈́̋̈́̀͑́̇̈́̑͆̕͜o̶̫̼̤̞͈̠͗̇́̈̊̋́͑̿̚͝͠n̵̨̨͇̪̔̃̋̽̍̄̏̈́̕m̸̧̡̧̨͕̞̻͙̟̜͉̳̻͒̆̓͌͐̎̓̊̿́̾͊͗̋̃a̶̡̯͍̭̯͚̣̟̪̹̔̎̈́̔̓̀̈́̚͘͝t̶̛̛̻̱̱͗͂̓̈́͠c̶̛͔͚͉̺̳͕̮̙̮̍̓͌̈́͋͋̈́̃̅̌̕h̴̬̖̹̠̲͎̼̖̿̈́ͅȩ̴̡̬̫̦͎̝̤̔̾̓̂͋̽́̌̈́̌͘̚s̷̨̜̮̝̗͙͙̘̰̰̮̝̻̏̔͗̓͛̉́̄͛̇̚͜k̶̢̧̧̛͖̗̞̲͉̜̣͋͒͗̃̒̃͐̾͌ͅḭ̶̧̦͔́̋̒̔͊̿͝͠ͅl̵̡̬̘̩̖͈̪̭̺̟͈̤͒͐͆̀̃̂͘͜͝l̶͎͇̝͎̀͊͑̕ǐ̸̢̡̟̗͇͔̠̜͉̝̉̏n̷̨̧̡̗̗͓͚̫̬̰͍̰͑̍͊̈́̍͜͜ǵ̸̨͓͍̠̥̩̬͗͂̍̃̃̀̓̎̾̔͂̐͘̕c̶̩͈̮͖͔̬͌͗̏̈́̈́͑̚ǫ̵̡̛͎͙̻̬̖͕͚̑̽̓̓̓̈́͊̕ͅn̸̤̳̪̞̳̩̳͔̬̝̙̣̼͒͐͊̐̔̈́̿̈́̍͒͑̎f̸͕̰̄̍̊ǔ̶̞͓̲͚̠̜̪͙̈͌̀̈̐̔̓̿̌̓̄̓͒s̶̺̠̩̘̲͔̟̺̱̳̫̱͂̈͛͌̎̃̐͘ì̵̫̳̗̜̯̭̪̦̫̪̳͗̄̂̍͑̀̆͑̕o̵̹̱̼̠͐̾̄̓̀̇̇́̽͂̚̕n̸͙̋̍͊̔̎͛͠w̸̡̨̢̩̭̰͔̦̯͔̺̓̊͘ḩ̸̥̩̌͗́̉̉̄͛̾̾̚͝ĩ̸͉̯͙̼̎̅c̵͚̻̙͌ḩ̶̩̳̫̯̗̝͔̙̼̟̉́̆̑ā̸̪̰̞̪̘̠̯̩͍̙͚͈̫̹͕̅͝c̴̮̣͚͖̝̼̙̟̰̔̈́̅́̽͠ͅť̷̨̡̝̺̟̣̭̼̗̦̎͌̂͆̎̚î̴̢̲̻̳̱̲̳͉͚̑̈͒̂͘͜ŏ̸̢͕̖̰̐̆́̕n̷̨͍̣̳̼̲̲͇̱͂͗̉̃̀͜͜s̷̭͙͓̞̳̰̥̬̟̺̲̯̥̆͂͊͒͆̄̀̇̎͠ͅď̵̼͍̭̤̮̤͚̓̀̎̀̓͌̈́̚e̶̡̨̡̘̱̹̗͍̖̩͗̀̓̍͑̒̒̍͐̕͠͝s̶̛̟̬̙̩̻̙͕̟͍̀͂̔͋̑̇͜ţ̵̢̺͕̤͓̣͕̹̩̞͔̮̆̀̆͛̌̚ͅr̶̭͍̠̱̬͂͛͊̐̈́̓́͊͒͐̉̀̽̕̚͜ͅȏ̷̧̨͖̩̳͙͉̘̜͇͓̙̾̑͌̓̋͗̿͌̃́̌̏͂ý̵̥̣̣͈̎̏̕͠c̸̪͖̍̊͂͒̊͐͊͑͑̓̾̈̀̕̚ŏ̶͙̖̿̓͋̉̀̇̓̽͋͑͂̀͌͝n̷̮̞̙̝̒͗̈́̄̏́̇̌̈̕͠f̸̠͙̖͇̗̲͕̌̾͗̾̈́̓̆̆͆͋̽ͅu̶͎͓͎͌s̵̢̛̻͓͚͚̀͐͛͊͑̌͛̿̓́̏͌̉͘i̵̡̗͓̫͉̇̄̐̀̑̇̓̒̈́̅̌̀͝o̷̡̡̞͍͓̮͓̞͓̹͒n̵͎͎̲͎̩͒̍̐̾̾̚̚w̶̧̡̧̢͎͔̭͍̟̫̰͈̏͌́̋̾͒͝h̴̨̳̯͙͖̙̥̤̬͔̀̈̏̏̂̽̆͌̃͂͌̕̚̚į̷̛̛̳͚̙̖͉̰͔͍͕͖̬̝̯̀̆̓̿͆̑͆̔͂̂͝c̴̨͈̯̭̊̈́̔h̴͍̫̙̱̺̙̰̺̓͆̾́͛̌̒̈ä̵̲̟̘̞̝̃͌̎͊̓̔̊̆͝c̵͔̫̝̗̖̒̐̈́̋̈́͌̍͆͒̚͝ṱ̵̪͔̺̫̓͒͐̄̿̒͛́̎͊̐͝i̸̡̧̡͇̖̳͙̬͍͈͓̬̘̬͛̈́͊̇̀̔͑͜o̵̡̯͇̞͔͓̣̙̺̣͂͂̽͌̏͋́̀n̵͖̼̙̰̾̒͋s̷̡̡̱̜̪̖̗͙͚͓͔͖̰̎̾͛͋͌̅̓̂͘͜͠r̸̬̯̦̤̥̣̙͇̳̙̥̭̙̍ë̶̦̤̭͍̰̪̯̼̣͖̘̤̼̹̙̈́̿̾̏͊̀̄̓͝t̸̟̗̤͉̝̜̝͕͕͋̔͊͐͝͝͝a̷̢̛̼̗̭̫͈̱̭͛̓̅̒̀̀͗̊̆͆̐͒̕ͅļ̷̧̟̙̩͕͖͖͔̺̭̯̺̫͐͂̄̓͊͛͒͑́̅̃ͅi̸͈̗̞̯͙̒̑̇͑̊̔͂̽͘͝͝a̸͈̹̮̋̈́̍͐t̸̺̬̮̜̤̼̩̦̻͐̚͜͝i̶̡̨͍̱̙̠̹̺̳͆̒́̾̓̂̑̓͠͝ȍ̵̤̫̥̱̹̟̪͈͝ņ̷̡̳̤̞̺̯̲̜̝̦̩̈̽Ç̷̧̖͍̒́͛̓̎̄̎̅̄̐͜Ǫ̷͈͓̟̞̺̮̠̖͔̭͔́̌̀̇͂̃͐̌̚N̴̢̡̧̠̣̱͈̬͙̹̫͇̪̱̺͂̍̉͊̾̈͗̆̍̾̂̅͆͂̕F̴̨̰͚̝͕̬̘̯͐̅Ů̴̺S̶̟̞̀́̇͛́̈̊͘̚I̴̩̘̰͖̲̪̮̲̱̦̠͑̉̀͐̊̄͋͜O̷̗̱̝͖̩̾́͗N̵̡̡̝̯̯̙͔̘͚͓̲̞̥̕!̸̖͈̰͍̜̙̀͒̀͐̆̅̾̐̈́̅͗.̵̨̨̖̟̋̽̀́̍̎̀͗͝;̴͍̽̒̇̒̈́̂̉͝

Sigh. 

:I'll Heal her a bit: Shavri says, and drops the mind-link, focusing instead on Julie's various minor injuries. 

When they reach the village square, a Herald riding a Companion is waiting for them. 

Julie is still asleep; the Healing seems to be helping, and has returned some color to her face. The protomolecule is eating some of the healing-energy and at least temporarily not making things worse.

"Are we ready for the Gate?" Shavri calls out to the Herald, hopping down from the wagon and heading to retrieve Julie's hand terminal and the vac suit from the back room. 

"Just about! Should I give word to the relay?" 

"...Er, not quite yet, I - need to collect my daughter." And run away before explaining anything to her mother, because how in all hells is she supposed to explain THIS. 

"It'll be fifteen minutes or so, is that enough?" 

"Sure, should be." 

Shavri asks one of the tavern-keeper's children to run to her mother's house and have her come over. She won't bother packing the belongings she brought with her; none of them are that important and all are replaceable. 

She bundles up the ship materials and then stands in the doorway and checks the room thoroughly with her Sight for any sign of Proto contamination. 

No proto except in Julie.

She leaves the room, tells the tavern-keeper's wife not to use it again for a week just in case of something she's not sure what, packs the items into the wagon alongside the first aid kit, and then takes Jisa from her mother. Who looks at her expectantly, but it's not that hard to beg off and then look very busy. 

More like twenty minutes after the message was sent, a Gate goes up. 

They cross.

Oh man the protomolecule NOTICES that and is EXCITED. 

:̴̢͙͇̹͖̻͉̃̒͂͌̎̎̈́̈́͘͠.̴̢̨̛͈̼̬̟̱͔̜̻̺͓̂̇́̓̈́̄͊̄ͅr̸̡̨͎͍͙͕͍̣̮̍̅̀͐͑́͘͠é̵̢͕̦̝̗̩͇̯͕̱̞̭͉̟̉̍̈́̽s̵͕̭̞̫̯̾̆̌̎̆̇̅̈́̃̾͛o̵̢̻͎̜̲̿̓͌́̓̆̇͝͝ȗ̴͇̮͙̍̇̅͂̀͋̿̀͊̃̕͜r̴̡̘͎͓̝͓̩̝̖͕̬͛̃͆̾̐̋̿͒̇̄c̶̗͉͙͚̲̮̠̲̲̹̥͔̈͝ë̷͔͕͎̣̮̜̱͚̕͠͝ͅs̵̨̰̗̳̱̜͖̯̃̾̃͊̎͊̓.̶̘̝̥̌̌̾̍͊:̸̢͓̗̩͖̳́̽̈́̆̆̑͆͑̔͗̐

Ummmmmmm that is NOT REASSURING. 

:Not yours: Shavri says tightly.