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"We can make one up for you, then. What do you remember? Age, where you're from, family...?"

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Slow headshake.

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"So we can fill up a form for you and get you a public identity. Do you have any preferences about that?"

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"What exactly is there that I can have preferences on?"

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"Anything about your backstory; names, where you're from, what your family's like, what your life was like..."

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"Don't want a family."

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"I mean, you do need a backstory, but I suppose you could've been in the foster system..."

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    "We'll craft you a backstory, then." He looks at Sadde. "And you, I presume, will need a new name. Yours is... distinctive."

She shrugs.

    "Do you have preferences about that?"

"...Sam. Or some other name that is a boy and a girl name at the same time."

    He blinks. "Is there, ah, a reason...?"

"Sometimes I'm a boy. Sometimes I'm a girl."

    "Sadde, I don't think that's how it works," he says, not unkindly. "You're always a girl."

"No I'm not!"

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That is weird but she likes her more than him so- "You're doing it again. You should stop."

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"—I'm sorry?"

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"She says she wants something and then you try to find a reason not to give it to her."

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    "...I suppose there's no harm in giving her whatever name she likes."

"Sam," she repeats. "Not Samantha, not Samuel, just Sam."

    "Be my guest," he sighs.

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"We will iron out default backstories for you two, then, and show it to you and if there's anything in them you object to we can change them before they're official. You're gonna live here, but for school we'll have someone drive you somewhere you can take the bus so you look like civilians."

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"When does that start?"

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"In a week, after everything's been settled with respect to Behemoth's attack."

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"Has anyone given you the full tour of the place?"

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"Then I'll have someone do that."

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He types something into his computer and a few seconds later someone knocks. "Come in!"

And it's the same lady from before. "Hello! Everything taken care of?"

"Yes, yes. They just need a proper tour, now."

"Excellent! If the two of you will come with me?"

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Ellie stands up to follow.

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