[Reclusive and easy to frustrate, Silver is the somewhat cranky text specialist of the masked music duo. The are not always quick to respond, and have little patience for silly requests, but they'll do what they have to do. You can contact them over the network here.]
[Phew. Jesus, this is what happens when you let children know all your secrets.]
gunna give you an address nearby he can drop people off and some of our team can escort them the rest of the way it'll be close but don't tell him that we don't know if he's compromised
[...he's probably going to figure out that it's close.
Well, Frisk doesn't think he's compromised anyway. And if he is, then that's their mistake and they'll fix it on their own. There's a few other things they wouldn't mind ironing out on a second run.]
[Gold is supposed to be the friendly one. But Lapis goes with Silver -- possibly because of the heist.]
I thought of this . . .
The heads of the labels get their energy from the musicians. The musicians, if they have abilities of their own, seem to get it from their own music.
. . . Where do you and Gold get the energy for yours?
[Yes, it's a strange question, and kind of out of the blue. But it feels like one that's important to ask nonetheless, if only to see how it's answered.]
And you're drawing false conclusions based on limited data. We've got secret identities. What makes you think that we can explain our power sources without compromising that?
[There's a long pause, quiet. When she speaks, her voice is quiet too -- still resolute, but with so much less of the charged rage running through it.]
Because I've already done it. Lived it.
And because if you didn't need us, you wouldn't have taken all the time to bring us here. If you didn't need us to trust you, you wouldn't have bothered with any of this.
Sometimes trust . . . means sacrifice.
[That last part sounds like she's first putting into words something that's lingered at the back of her mind for some time.]
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SILVER
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[Sounds simple when they put it like that, doesn't it?]
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what? no
no do not tell him where the warehouse is
major security risk
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Where?
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gunna give you an address nearby
he can drop people off and some of our team can escort them the rest of the way
it'll be close but don't tell him that
we don't know if he's compromised
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Well, Frisk doesn't think he's compromised anyway. And if he is, then that's their mistake and they'll fix it on their own. There's a few other things they wouldn't mind ironing out on a second run.]
Okay
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I thought of this . . .
The heads of the labels get their energy from the musicians. The musicians, if they have abilities of their own, seem to get it from their own music.
. . . Where do you and Gold get the energy for yours?
[Yes, it's a strange question, and kind of out of the blue. But it feels like one that's important to ask nonetheless, if only to see how it's answered.]
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[Said with a little bit of a sigh.]
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[While she admittedly didn't expect a straight answer, this one is definitely . . . crooked.]
[After a moment:]
I think . . . if dancing generated the energy, the dancers and I would have power instead of the musicians?
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[They sound pretty tense.]
The answer is that it's a secret.
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If you were generating your own, then it wouldn't need to be a secret.
Which means that you're taking it from somewhere else.
[There's a flatness creeping into her voice, and it's dangerous.]
Are you taking any of it from the musicians or the other rescuers?
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[Or Silver isn't, at least.]
And you're drawing false conclusions based on limited data. We've got secret identities. What makes you think that we can explain our power sources without compromising that?
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I don't want to be some pawn to you. Some object or tool like the musicians are to the heads of the labels -- and I won't let them become that either.
I don't need an explanation. But I do need to be able to believe neither of you are doing what those two are doing to them.
I need to be able to trust that both of you aren't doing that to them.
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Because I've already done it. Lived it.
And because if you didn't need us, you wouldn't have taken all the time to bring us here. If you didn't need us to trust you, you wouldn't have bothered with any of this.
Sometimes trust . . . means sacrifice.
[That last part sounds like she's first putting into words something that's lingered at the back of her mind for some time.]
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And you'll kindly remember that Shep brought you here, not me.