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I'm kind of glad they told us that we should use these journals. I wouldn't want to go out and get a new one. I just came back after being gone for a while, and then I ended up here. It's really different! I bet Guy'd like all these different machines, but they're not really fon machines. Fonic things never really existed here, did they? I'd try to create a hyperresonance, but I think it's best that I don't try. I should write about what I did today.

I came in through the ... "portal." It was a little like the time that Tear and I created that hyperresonance. They told me a lot about how I'm fake—I already knew that, so it's not different—and then they told me to go through a lot of tests. I wished that the others were there with me, but I didn't mind it too much. I went through a bit of testing after we took care of the miasma and this wasn't that different. I don't think I'll get the results from these tests, though.

They made me take a survey, too. It asked weird questions like how I slept on my bed and what color I like the sky to be. I got a little frustrated during that. Damnit, I haven't thought about what color the sky should be! It should be blue, though, and I hated when all you could see was the color of the miasma. No one here knows about miasma. They told me it sounded like something else, but I told them that that wasn't it. They asked me if I might be able to cause something like that ... Where would they get that idea?!

Anyway, after we stopped with the survey, they told me they don't have a roommate for me now. They gave me a key and a room and told me to go. Oh, I got a coupon, too, and a check for money. I don't know how to do any of this. Even if the others helped me understand how the world worked, I don't actually get it here. Tear or Guy were always there to help me. I guess I have to figure it out on my own now.

I should say something to the rest of this network. They said I could meet people. I think Guy would say that's a good idea.

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Uh, hi.

My name's Luke.

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... Luke?

Tear!

You're...

I'm glad to see you.

I'm glad to see you, too, Tear. I don't think I'd like it very much if you weren't here.

Hi, Luke! Like Skywalker? Or Perry?

Fon Fabre, actually.

That is... absolutely nothing like either of those.

I'm sure you would have found a way to manage.

I'm rather confused about this place. The thought of a world without fonons had never crossed my mind, but here we are. It feels strange.

So you don't know how anything works in this world?

Most of their technology is the same... for example, their electricity works in the same manner ours did. They seem to have generators, which is normal, but I don't feel that they're using fonons.

And, as it is, my fonic artes and hymns don't work here. Either there aren't any fonons at all, or there aren't enough. It's possible that some happened to come through when we arrived, but it was probably minimal, at best.

Have you tried using a hyperresonance?

No, it isn't.

I haven't tried. It ... didn't seem like a very good idea. There's no chance that I'll break down after what Lorelei did to me—I need to still tell you about that, don't I?—but if it does work and I still can't control it ...

... Yes, that seems best.

What did Lorelei do?

Well, then I freed Lorelei, it came in and told me that it was surprised that we actually managed to change what it predicted. Asch was in my arms at the time and when I did the hyperresonance, it ... I think it helped give me a second chance. When the sang the Grand Fonic Hymn, I was able to answer it.

I was able to keep my promise. But you knew that already.

I knew that you would, Luke.

Where are you living? I'd like to come see you.

It's Aquarius. Third floor, fourth room.

Oh, Tear. Do you know how the money works here?

Well, I believe we just receive money from the government for food and housing. I don't think money is a problem unless you want to buy things beyond that.

It's not even like Luke Wilson.

Damnit, I mean ...

You were always helping me. I'm not sure I can do it on my own. Lorelei ... it didn't exactly make me completely knowledgeable in that area.

Don't worry, Luke. I'll still help you.

I'll figure it out, though. I promise.

I'm sure you will, but don't hesitate to ask if you need help.

Am I supposed to know who these Lukes are?

I won't, Tear.

...Dude.

It's a good thing you're not from my world, let me put it that way.

I'll take your word for it.

Seriously. It's practically like not knowing who George Washington is...

...in my world, which you don't, because you're not from there.

Okay. Anyway! I'm Shawn.

That's a really common sounding name. "George Washington." People would know that?

Uh, it's nice to meet you, Shawn.

Well, he was kind of important where I'm from.

It's nice to meet you too, Luke, even if your name's not anything I can make a pop-culture reference out of.