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[learnyourplace]

[Rachel looks a little pale, but her expression is level and gaze clear. She's sick, but not terribly so. She's not disheveled, but her breath is occasionally labored, as if she's fighting back a deep cough.]

I am obviously not as sick as many others in the city. I'm offering my services to those who might need my help. [She pauses, caught as if she wishes to say more, but looks away from the NV and coughs a few times.] Excuse me. Obviously, there is no worry of infecting me.

[Helpful angel is helpful. Hopefully.]

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[learnyourplace]

I am a created soldier. [It's a simplistic way of explaining her origins, but it's accurate enough.]

[got_it_memorized]

[Axel actually looks startled for a moment; he really wasn't expecting her to be quite so blunt as that.]

Ah-- Oh. Uhm... wow, that's... [He's actually lost for words for a moment. He's not unfamiliar with the concept, really--one of his closest friends is a replica puppet with implanted memories, after all--but he never really considered the idea that that sort of thing might be present in other places too.]

So you're like a clone? [There's nothing judgmental or disapproving in his voice, he's just genuinely curious.]

[learnyourplace]

[And she takes no offense. In fact, she looks thoughtful before answering. She'd rather explain things right the first time than have someone misunderstand what she is trying to say.]

Not as such. There is no original template. [Well, there could be. She's not entirely sure, come to think of it.] It's close enough, though, I suppose. I came into being to serve one purpose.

[got_it_memorized]

[And that he definitely understands well enough.]

I see. And it's a purpose you can get behind? 'Cuz, I mean... well there seems to be a lot less stringent supervision of these sorts of things here than back home. At least so far as I can tell.

... Not that helping people is a bad thing. Just sayin', you can do stuff because you want to around here, not just because you have to.

[learnyourplace]

It was once. [Now? Now she has no idea what she's doing anymore.] There has been some upheaval as of late.

[It's an understatement. It's civil war.] I am making my own decisions.

[got_it_memorized]

That's what counts, then. Keep up the good work, I guess, but make sure not to put your own needs too far behind everybody else's; got it memorized?

[learnyourplace]

[That's generous of him, to be concerned about her well-being. She's not sure how to take it.] Consider it memorized.