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Cyamarin
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Midimaze!!!
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Obviously the Dnyarri aren't attaching themselves to the victim's brain. So they control it from afar... Now, what's this "link" between them? how is it established? why can't the Dnyarri just compulse the victim to kill itself, or disconnect easily whenever they wanted? or maybe they can? hmm!
I can't remember quite where I got this impression, but I always thought that the Dnyarri could disconnect from their slaves whenever they wanted, they just didn't because they knew that if a slave got free, it would fight back against the Dnyarri. The Dnyarri couldn't compel a slave to kill itself (or they could, but wouldn't) because if a slave died while the Dnyarri was linked to it, the Dnyarri would die too. The reason why the Excruciators worked was because a Dnyarri felt all the pain that a slave was feeling, and would die if the slave died. So the Ur-Quan put themselves in horrible pain, convincing their Dnyarri masters that they were about to die, and then fought back in their free moments.
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Death 999
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We did. You did. Yes we can. No.
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I don't think the excruciators convinced the Dnyarri on a rational level that their slaves were about to die - but it did activate an un-override-able retraction reflex.
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Death 999
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We did. You did. Yes we can. No.
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I once went in for a Psych experiment. They told me to put my hand in cold water and record how uncomfortable it was, as time went on (they had a special sheet for this purpose)
For some people, they lied about how long it would be. I was told the truth, as it turns out.
I did get the $15 they offered...
Personally, I was a swimmer in high school, so sticking my hand in ice water was kind nostalgic rather than excruciatingly painful. Maybe the Ur-Quan would feel the same if they tried one on again - Ah, the good old days when we were beating the crap out of the Dnyarri... (HA! I knew I could get us quasi-back on topic!)
Well, maybe not.
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Culture20
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The Taalo slid to *pretty space* so now the ORZ can chasing them. [grammatical errors intended]
From the chat with TFB:
"<Fwiffo> the taalo live!"
'nuff said.
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