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[savethebullshit]

[Anne has blood coming out of her eyes, which she realizes she'll need to alleviate soon, but she still looks as determined as ever.]

Look, I know we've gotten used to this whole bleeding thing. It's happened before, I know. But there's something different about it this time. I sure you've all noticed the weird shit that's been going down. These shadows from our pasts, the good and the bad. Between this, the need for touch, and the dreams or memories or whatever you want to call them, I'm working on a theory.

[She doesn't normally like to talk about this kind of thing, but at the moment it seems necessary.]

Years ago, a little while before I came here, I was in a place called Silent Hill. It was a town, but it was more than a town. It was almost like it was...alive. It knew things about me, knew what was going on in my head. And I'm sure we've all accepted that the ship is the same. But what I realized toward the end was that that town, Silent Hill...it was trying to show me something. Which leads me to my next question;

Before, I thought it was evil. But now, I'm not so sure. Do you think this ship is really just trying to drive us insane and show us the things that happened before...

Or do you think somehow...whatever makes it this way has always been trying to help us get out?

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[myfriendkeith]

[You know Ellis loves that positive outlook, Anne.]

Sounds like you got yourself a pretty good theory, there, Anne.

[He smiles at her all bess frenz like.]

You might be onto somethin'.

[savethebullshit]

I'm glad you think so, Ellis.

Shit gets so goddamn weird that sometimes I think there has to be more at work here than randomness.

[myfriendkeith]

[Ellis nods.]

Pretty much. Sometimes it's like it knows us or some shit.

[savethebullshit]

Exactly!

[she gestures emphatically]

It's exactly like that damn town. It makes me wonder...what makes something that's just inanimate parts built by people...sentient?

[myfriendkeith]

[Ellis shakes his head. Wow, that is a hard question.]

Can't say I got an answer for ya.

[savethebullshit]

I'm starting to think there's no such thing as answers in this place.

[myfriendkeith]

[Amen to that.]

I sure haven't found very many.

[savethebullshit]

Maybe someday this tank will make up for all the questions it leaves us without answers.

But I doubt it.

[myfriendkeith]

Yeah, that seems doubtful.

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[sweetmotherofgod]

You too, huh?

[It's wry, but that's almost entirely a self-protective measure. She doesn't really like thinking about that place anymore. She'd say it was light years away from what she has now - her friends, her little family - except that. Well, it literally is.]

I don't know. I mean, it was different for me, obviously. But from what you and Alex and Murph say, it's like Silent Hill was trying to break people down so they could build themselves up again. The ship seems like it wants us to give up.

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[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate sounds skeptical. ]

What part of the things happening here would make you think that?

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[foundafamily]

...You're bein' a lot more charitable than I'd be.

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[fade_away]

She has been alone.

It's hard to help when you're alone. You forget how. Do what you can but it's complicated, confusing, confounding.

I think she is trying. She doesn't know the best way but it isn't her fault. There was no one to show her.

[Cole has actually believed this from the start, he is happy that others are on-board with the idea.]