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[There's no greeting or anything, just some changing and scraping sounds and a shot of a shadowy, faintly purple ceiling, and it cuts off four seconds later.]

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See, that's interesting, because you're a warden. But it's clearly a very individualized system.

[Stupid subjectivity.]

It really is. I need human blood to survive. But there are those who want me to put my own life and that of my husband's in danger if only to save a few human lives.

Well, it does suggest something about the weights I can potentially give self-preservation, since that's apparently not a no-go...

Yes, self-preservation is very important. I can give you some tips, if you like.

I actually do have a feedback category for that, but people are usually really non-specific.

Yes, it's sometimes difficult if you're so young to figure out how they react.

How long do you usually live, darling one?

Probably human average. I have pretty minor magic.

And human average is....a hundred years? Two hundred?

Somewhere in there.

[She's from Etheria.]

Either way, I'm relatively young by pretty much anybody's standards. Plus time's frozen here.

Oh! So yes, plenty of time to figure out people. You will do just fine.

Except that I'm bored here and I want to leave. So sooner rather than later.

Mmn. Boredom can be a double-edged motivator. You can either use it successfully or it can trap you. I know this, I am often bored.

I haven't been bored for long, and it's not usually a problem I have. But I've come to the end of useful experiments I can do here, so I should probably just head home.

Oh, darling. I am proud of you for making that decision on your own. Well done.

I'm bad at being bored, mostly?

[She actually looks a little bashful. She's not very used to praise, especially for something she doesn't think is particularly stand-out as an accomplishment.]

That's a good talent to have! Whatever is the matter? Your face is all scrunched.

Not used to unmotivated compliments.

Oh! Then let me tell you what to do. You say thank you, and then you keep on doing as you were.

Is that all? It seemed like it'd have to be more complicated.

Nope! No complications needed. You are a goddess in human form, so you take your compliments from the masses and you move on.

That seems improbably on its face so I'm going to assume metaphor?

See? You're getting it already!

Metaphors seem like they should be easy to spot but sometimes I think I just miss cultural context.

Yes, sometimes that can happen. But you have a good memory and very good brains to figure out context clues.

Thus the references I'm building. No reason to do the work twice.

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