Emergency Exit Plan

That’s not to say that I regret leaving the first time they offered me a place here, because I don’t regret it at all. If I’d stayed, maybe I could’ve stopped GrayCris from kidnapping Mensah, but I wouldn’t have had the chance to go back to Ganaka Pit, and I wouldn’t have met ART. I wouldn’t change either of those for anything.

~~(And I needed to know that I could leave. That’s why I know now that I’m not stuck here. I’m choosing to stay.)~~

And it was reasonable to be apprehensive about what the Preservation Alliance would actually be like. They still confuse me sometimes, these strange non-corporate humans and the completely different way that they structure their society. Mensah may be my ‘guardian,’ but she is a much more permissive owner than any guardian in the Corporation Rim would be. Plus I can watch as much media as I like and I don’t have to hide that anymore.

Preservation isn’t so bad, and I don’t have any plans to leave anytime soon. Not permanently, at least.

~~But I still hold onto the hard currency cards they give me every month. Just in case.~~

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Paskuda_Lynx Fri 12 Dec 2025 12:00PM UTC

It's _choosing_ to stay! It is also _choosing_ to keep hard currency cards and IDs in the case it needs to leave! This is so important for it! ,_,

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1. ravenneverdies Sat 13 Dec 2025 10:43AM UTC
  
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Hemera7437 Fri 12 Dec 2025 02:29PM UTC

> (And I needed to know that I could leave. That’s why I know now that I’m not stuck here. I’m choosing to stay.)
!!!!!!!!!!

> Preservation isn’t so bad, and I don’t have any plans to leave anytime soon. Not permanently, at least.
> But I still hold onto the hard currency cards they give me every month. Just in case.
the hard currency cards are a life line, even though it doesn't need it right now, knowing they are there helps

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ESE (SecurityUnit) Fri 12 Dec 2025 07:43PM UTC

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1. ravenneverdies Sat 13 Dec 2025 10:43AM UTC
  
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TheLittleBlueOrchid Sat 13 Dec 2025 01:54AM UTC

<3<3<3

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1. ravenneverdies Sat 13 Dec 2025 10:43AM UTC
  
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penna_nomen Sat 13 Dec 2025 07:06AM UTC

yes, MB will always need the emotional security of having an exit plan

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FlipSpring Sun 14 Dec 2025 03:03AM UTC

[(And I needed to know that I could leave. That’s why I know now that I’m not stuck here. I’m choosing to stay.)]
this is SO key to it all, isn't it?

just in case... :') oh mb
of course in some secret part of its heart it has a little ember of distrust. i wonder if that would ever go out, if that's even possible

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