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I don't suppose that anyone has managed to retain any memories concerning the weekend? Or was everyone affected?

[ his voice is clipped; this entry is short and sweet. .. yeah this is a sensitive subject. ]

Tampering with someone's memory is unforgivable.

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[ yep. or rather, memory manipulated. ]

Were you on a mission? Or had you been kidnapped?

[Might as well admit it.]

... Kidnapped.

... I-I... I believe that is... wh-why... I am unaffected...

Mm, that would make sense; so i suppose that whatever it is that they wanted to erase was confined to the village.

Wh-whatever the case, it seems to be... e-extremely thorough...

This is... n-not a common Shift, by any means... a-at least, as far as I am aware, and I have been here a y-year.

[If it was common, Robert is pretty certain he would have gone insane by now.]

... However, that... d-does not make it any more e-excusable...

Common enough. It seems that this wasn't the first time; from what I've gathered, it seems to be a yearly occurrence.

[ pause. ]

.. but it may just be that we don't recall it, if it's happened more than that.

... A yearly o-occurrence...? [Well, nobody ever told him that.]

... I do think th-that... that if there were... f-further experiments such as this... the t-time elapsed would be... n-noticeable. But perhaps the Malnosso could... erase s-such effects as well...

[ barnaby has .. first hand experience with just how subtle and flawless memory manipulation can be, so as much as he'd like that to be a comfort, it isn't. he's silent for a moment, and his voice is careful when he continues, disguising his distress. ]

.. I'm sure that they could. It wouldn't be too difficult, if someone had the correct abilities.

[Robert's distress? That is much less hidden. The edge in his voice is evident, when he replies.]

... C-Considering the Malnosso's abilities are... n-nearly-unlimited within the b-barrier...

[That is a hugely unpleasant thought.

It brings him back to what Mulder worried about their memories. Is really anything theirs, here?]

It would seem that way, wouldn't it.

[ but barnaby isn't so sure. the malnosso are powerful, yes, but even the most powerful civilizations and empires and organizations can be broken down. it just takes .. time. so much time. ]

If they are n-not, they... c-certainly are good at disguising the fact...

[Meanwhile, Robert's own world is essentially ruled by a mostly-benevolent-but-subtly-sinister Big Brother-esque government. He isn't used to the idea of breaking something like that down... especially not from within.

... Do they have enough time...?]

[ .. maybe. maybe not. who knows. but that won't keep him from trying.

he opens his mouth to speak, to talk about how no organization is without holes and weaknesses, how humans always make errors, but soon thinks better of it. these journals aren't private, and he can't risk it. ]

.. Well, there's no use speculating it. I doubt we're getting out of here until they're ready to let us go.

[Good idea. Were Robert aware of what Barnaby was thinking, he'd press him not to say so over the journals as well.]

... That is... t-true, yes...

However, I... d-doubt that this would... h-happen anytime soon...

No, you're right. I suppose we may as well get comfortable.

As... c-comfortable as Luceti a-allows, yes... [Which is not very much at all.]

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