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"Possibly." Richard sees your expression. "It may prove useful to have a... circuit breaker." He sees your expression again. "A failsafe."
What? "Would it kill you to <span class="mu-i">ever</span> explain what you—"
"You complain every time I make an attempt," he says shortly, and stands. "I am finished with it. It is your product. Do with it what you will."
You look at the model. It's harder than you remembered, too, and slicker. You tap it with your fingernail and it clicks. You think about your manse, all grand and white and marble. You look at your row of old models, and back at your finished one, and open up your pocket and slip it in and do the button back up over it. Just in case.
It's yours, after all. It took you forever and a half to finish it, on account of all the crises and catastrophes and horrifying revelations and so on since you started, but it's done and it's beautiful and the weight of it in your pocket makes you feel a little more okay. Like your life could go back to when you mainly worried about making models and placating Richard and getting drunk. Someday. Maybe someday soon.
>[+3 ID: 8/13]
>[TO-DO COMPLETE: Finish your model]
>[GAINED: A Model Of Your Manse — One time, when you are about to suffer a Critical Failure OR drop to 0 ID, you may choose to prevent this from happening.]
And speaking of getting drunk... God. You are going to get <span class="mu-i">so</span> drunk.
>[END THREAD]
