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Haicma - 2 Skylark Nightsong

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Based on the design of the maze we just accessed, we need to stay here for fifteen minutes and "express our feelings."

My database explains that "expressing our feelings" is a way to tell each other how we feel. This is how we know each other better.

Is there something you want to ask me?

How would humans define this phrase, then?

I see.

Data on Haicma compiled. Transmitting 1.8TB of video footage...

You begin to tell Haicma some romantic stories and tales you've read, like the letter Valentine sent to the warden's daughter in the end was probably what "expressing feelings" meant.

In other words, this phrase is trying to indicate the expression of a human's inner thoughts.

I "wanted" to see you.

That was the thought that occupied my database when we were in the maze.

Thoughts of the flesh and thoughts of a data chip are supposed to be fundamentally the same.

All I can tell you is the data that just appeared in my database without a known source.

She looks at you earnestly with her golden eyes, explaining the unknown data in her database.

It's your turn to talk, Commandant, based on the definition of "expressing our feelings."

Is this not the essence of this maze?

Two people overcoming difficult challenges to reunite and tell each other how they feel.

Haicma stands quietly next to you, watching the ocean at the edge of the simulated venue with you.