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[malnosso]

All of you, think real hard about why these experiments do what they do.

Get back to me with your ideas and then we'll talk.

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[malnosso]

Well, they didn't work. Clearly.

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[chikaidestroyer]

No, they didn't. Those who were affected by the experiment twice were not affected the same way. If there were any who were affected the exact same way, it was likely coincidental. Accidental.

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[malnosso]

The odds of them happening exactly the same way are...almost impossible. That's what we were testing, or so they said.

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[chikaidestroyer]

So your hypothesis proved correct, then -- the same experiment didn't yield the same side effects in residents.

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Are you producing these experiments looking for a specific side effect?

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[malnosso]

Yes.

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[chikaidestroyer]

[There's sound of flipping pages as Albert goes through his notes of previous experiments. Then the sound of drumming fingertips on a tabletop.]

Something isn't adding up. It seemed almost like your random kidnappings, almost as innocuous, but... There was a situation where a few people were "sent back home" -- for a day. Was that an experiment?

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[malnosso]

Yes.

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[chikaidestroyer]

But it produced the same effect -- sending all of those affected back to their homes for a day.

So the effect the Malnosso are looking for isn't a way to send people back? Despite your own situation being similar to ours?

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[malnosso]

No, that was the goal.

It just...didn't work like it was supposed to.

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[chikaidestroyer]

It was a sign of progress.

But I imagine, after the next change, the next ... shift, that same experiment won't produce the same effect of sending people back to their worlds for a day.

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[malnosso]

Technically, no, since Shifting is...hard to describe.

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[chikaidestroyer]

This Shifting... Is the world itself moving through something, or are external conditions changing?

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[malnosso]

I just said it's hard to explain.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Fine.

So to summarize thus far... The Malnosso experiments are done to test the effects. You are looking for a specific effect -- the ability to send people back to their own worlds ... for longer than a single day. But the Shifting changes the effects that the same experiment may have previously yielded. Correct?

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[malnosso]

Bravo. You could practically write a book.

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[chikaidestroyer]

How many shifts have occurred that you are aware of? We're only aware of the one that took down the barrier and exposed that void space.

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[malnosso]

Oh Jesus H. Christ, I have no idea. Billions.

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[chikaidestroyer]

[He coughs.] So these shifts are not usually visible to those within the barrier. The barrier falling like that was a huge fluke.

This still doesn't get to the heart of what you are trying to coax out of us,though. The reason why the experiments do what they do.

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[malnosso]

Obviously.

It's close enough.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Was what happened to the original Filial, and Tyr, the result of an experiment?