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[matermali]

USERNAME: HIDDEN MISS IVES "Take care with what you say. Our enemies may be listening." TEXT • AUDIO • VIDEO • ACTION • OVERFLOW

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[abit_ofboth]

True, but I worry none of them are those I feel are like my family now. And if they do not want to stay, I would not want them to feel guilty for saying no if I were to ask.

I understand the limitations and thank you. I still wouldn’t mind you trying, since you are offering.

[matermali]

You need only ask them what their plans are once they are free. It seems a natural enough curiosity for anyone you've come to know.

If such thought does ail you, I can show you how to address the network anonymously — when we meet for your reading.

[ Wrench was awkward (around her) but very very useful with these devices. ]

[abit_ofboth]

I know you are right about this. I am simply worried about the reaction and admittedly am not good at facing my fears.

I would appreciate that, yes. I like to think myself decent with technology, but admit I have not gone out of my way to learn any new features here.

[matermali]

Unlikely that any of us could become good at such a thing. Practiced through necessity, perhaps.

I have no special understanding of such devices, I assure you. A former resident of our city was able to discover new ways to trespass through the technology's

[ Only a short pause while she remembers the word. ]

coding. He called it hacking.

[abit_ofboth]

I don’t know, some people seem to take to these things better than others. How or why, I do not know, but practice always at least helps.

Hacking… that term seems familar, though I admit I do not really know what it is. So they were able to do things with the technology that it was not intended to do? Or that we were not supposed to be able to do? Either way, that is rather interesting.

[matermali]

Something of that nature. Unfortunately, I haven't met anyone else to offer such a skill since his departure.

[abit_ofboth]

That is a true shame. I would’ve like to have met someone with such skills. Seems rather helpful. I hope you have not lost too many people with the mass departures recently.