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Maybe the real unethical experimentation on nonconsenting subjects was the friends we made along the way
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"It'd certainly put me in an awkward position," Thoma agrees. "Ari, since you've got a new favorite human, would you care to show her around?"

Ari nods vigorously.

"Terrific. Is anything else immediately relevant?"

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"Um. Guess not? You said house so we're not in the lab?" That'll make mounting rescues harder but she believes in Gonie.

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"Oh! Gods, no. I don't take overtime. I bought this cottage a few years ago and fit it with equipment for my diabolical purposes. But only the recreational ones."

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"That's nowhere near distinguishing, you know. Alright, then," to Ari, "lead the way?"

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Ari, once she sets him down, is happy to do so.

Cottage does not really describe this building in any language Lucky's familiar with. It could house two parents, two children, and at least three grandparents if the rooms were all equipped with beds; bunking more than one non-parent to a room, it would be more. The kitchen is well-appointed, as the breakfast would lead her to expect. There are two water closets, equipped with borderline futuristic conveniences. There's a study, and a small chemical laboratory. Several rooms are, as promised, locked.

The front door isn't.

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"Is there a front yard I'm allowed to visit or is this a test?" she wonders.

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Ari shakes his head and pushes on the door. (It opens inward.)

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"...okay I don't know if that means I'm allowed to go out and you just got confused about the direction the door opens to or if I'm not allowed out."

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Push!!!!!

Wait.

Frown.

Point at the doorknob. (It's slightly too high up for homunculus hands. Probably this is not an accident.)

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Pull?

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Open!

 

They are not in Regenschirm. The air is fresh; the sky is blue; the clouds are white. There are gentle rolling hills.

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—blue sky and white clouds is novel, where are they, gosh she's never seen a place so, so clean

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Ari goes a-frolicking.

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She can't frolick, exactly, but she can zooooom around the place and look around, the air is so fresh, there's no smoke

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If she zooms too far in any given direction, she may notice an odd feeling of dread.

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—right of course there's something stopping her. "I'm not trying to run away!" she calls, because she's not gonna let that stop her from enjoying it, she can run perimeters without hitting against the barrier of dread too much once she's mapped it.

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It recedes very cooperatively when she retreats. She's free as a bird. In some respects.

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Eventually she does get tired of this, though. Is there more house she needs to be shown?

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Nope! (Ari requests additional upsies.)

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Alright alright he can get upsies.

But, um, she'd like to use the bathroom, if possible.

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Well, is she going to say anything about it?

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Yes, after a bit of upsiesing.

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Pout. Dismount.

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And then, bathroom!

She does what she needs to do, washes her hands, looks in the mirror, and—

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—breaks down.

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