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Rowena Felix
Research Psychologist
Objective: Isolate and discourage maladaptive behaviors through group therapy.
POD B
Hello, you've reached Rowena Felix.
[ Misleading silence. ]
I am not available right now. Leave a message and I will return your call when possible.
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[Dr. Felix sounded so cross - not in annoyance as Hikaru had first heard her, but more like listening to Umi when she was starting to get angry about something very important.]
Why would he want control over us? We're only here to try and make things better, aren't we? I know there's not many of us here, but everyone was saying that we're supposed to save the world! We're not dangerous...
[She bites back the need to ask if saving the world was supposed to be a good thing. Yes, in her head, she wants to believe that. But the last time she had considered herself a savior to a world, it had only ended in disaster.
Her head spun. She ached for the chance to find out what was going on and find a way to save this world. But these people that were appearing and taking over... what did they want? Were they like Zagato - appearing to be evil in one light while fighting for a grander purpose that couldn't be understood form the surface?
What was she supposed to believe?]
...Why would this man need an army here, Doctor?
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[ Felix doesn't wait for an agreement before she surges forward. ]
His name is Beaumont. He used to work at Site A, the facility that came before this one, on a different island. They had a completely different approach to the cloning project. Instead of working with you and counseling you through your adjustment, the purpose of Site A was to make you into tools--weapons that could be fired at will.
The truth is...you and the others have the capacity for incredible power. But. It always manifests with incredible violence. The early clones were so unstable that this horrible change could come over them at any time, so the researchers at Site A kept them under complete control.
Beaumont wants to do the same to all of you now. He doesn't believe that you were made without the risk of this catastrophic event. He thinks you're all on a time limit until you turn into monsters, and he wants to eliminate the risk.
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Tools? Weapons? Was that what they'd really been brought here for? Given power, told that they had a greater purpose, only to use that power for horrible things? To destroy rather than save?
She can feel her fingers digging into her palms hard, but she doesn't care. This couldn't be Cephiro all over again! She couldn't accept that! Not after she'd promised to find a way to help.
As soon as the last sentence is out of Felix's mouth, Hikaru's blustered voice cuts in.]
We're not monsters! We're people! We're people, just like you! Just like him! We have homes and families and loved ones... We're not just things to be used!
You... you've all been so kind to us. You know we aren't-- [Her voice shudders, and she swallows hard.] Why would he do such a horrible thing??? Can't he just trust us?
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[ Apparently Felix's fear-fueled sympathy only goes so far. Now that the cat's out of the bag, she is mean and efficient as ever. She acquiesces only in part. ]
I know you're not monsters. I know. It won't make a difference if he forces you through the process.
If.
That little--Rin. Rin had the right idea, if she really did run off into the jungle.
[ Rowena chuckles. ]
Listen for me at midnight. I have a plan, and we have a little time before we put it into action.
Until then, I need you to be a model prisoner, all right? Don't argue with the guards, don't sneak around, and don't let them see you playing on your stupid walkie. And, above all, keep your mouth shut. I told you about this because I knew you'd try to stick your nose anywhere you could find answers. Now that you have them, your job is to hold and wait for my signal.
You're going to be okay, Hikaru.
And if Rin shows up, tell her to go back into hiding.
[ Felix hangs up. ]