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[ The room looks a little different than Albedo saw it last. There are patches that have fallen off the walls look like missing puzzle pieces full of static. There's an occasional, realistic eye that peeks in the holes among the static but it disappears just as quickly as it came. The holes are full of deeper craters. ]

You're going to be sorely disappointed, but I'll grant you privacy.

I am rather used to being disappointed.

[ Failure (and disappointment) is a constant on his own research into the field he still recalls, and in obtaining answers. Whether it's through efforts or the people who perceive him. And the one who tried to strip away his identity. ]

But, I must proceed forward in my investigation, no matter where it leads me. [ Even into danger. ] Speaking of which...what exactly is that eye supposed to be?

Also, I was looking into areas that were beyond Lily's reach. Surely there are places where even he can't reach?

[ Same though, regarding disappointment. Hien turns to look at the patch hole in the wall, where the realistic eye flickers every so often. ]

I don't know what that eye is for. It just showed up once the hole formed. Can't repair that specific hole either.

[ He doesn't say anything about the last part though. ]

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Interesting. And you haven't looked into it?

[ ...Truly fascinating. Whatever could it be? But first, he will turn his attention towards the fact something was left unaddressed. ]

What places do you know of are beyond Lily's reach?

I just know that there is one. I don't see the point of looking into both things either, given how I spent half the beta test trying to figure things out while the players kept getting themselves into trouble and complaining to me about it.

[ He shrugs. The eye stares at Albedo unblinkingly. ]

[ Albedo supposes that it is up to him or others, then. But, that's fine, he thinks he can do that. Everything he looks into can only help, right? And his curiosity knows no bounds, so to speak. ]

I see. That's fine. I don't mind looking into it myself.

[ But the fact that there is a place beyond Lily's reach can be crucial. So, he will continue to focus on that. ]

Do you happen to have knowledge of who would know this place would be, by any chance?

[ Also! How big is this eye. Does it have a weird eye-color? Can anything be seen beyond the patch hole if he peeks at some point? ]

... I don't think you'll get far, but I suppose if you want to keep trying and wasting your time, you can.

[ aka he doesn't think it's worth it, but if albedo thinks it's fine, then that's how it be. Here is a general visual of the patches in the walls. They're very high up. This room is also vast with a huge ceiling, so there's really no way he can reach them even with limited assistance. Items and skills seem to be blocked for the moment in this area too. The eye is black, a little like Hien's... well, if you remember how it looked like before he turned into a mummy head. Even with the single eye hole, it's difficult to see from how dark it is from the hood too. Whatever the eye doesn't touch in the patch hole is just static. ]

Only Lily would know, and I doubt it would tell you.

[ Fascinating!!

He stares at it and the general area to get a better idea of where everything else is. Fascinating...and morbid, perhaps. He can't just climb into a patch, it looks like, so no point in going that route. ]

Well, for a researcher like myself, there will be only one way to find out, so I will give it my best, and see what may result from that.

[ Does only Lily know? It could be the case. But, Albedo thinks he should try. Even if he will fail, it's better than sitting around, or taking everything as it comes. ]

As you've stated that I can feel free to make such attempts, my next follow-up question would be if you would know a way I could message Lily?

Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. Other than that, you can't access--

[ His breath hitches and the entire jail room shakes as if in warning. Hien frowns. ]

... Forget it.

[ Albedo frowns a little at that. He can't access...?

But the room shaking is tantamount to a child throwing a tantum and makes him raise a brow. Lily, perhaps? ]

I see.

By the way, Hien. I appreciate you telling me what you can. It will be instrumental to my future investigations.

I may send an unrelated message to you about some food-related topics that can be to your interest. Please keep an eye out for it.

[ If they can communicate in code, perhaps what Hien was trying to communicate may be possible. But, that will only work if the other can catch it. It will be a last ditch effort, and if doesn't work, well. He will still prepare a unique dish if the other finds it amenable. ]

As it is, I have no further inquiries at this time.

[ Hien puts a hand to the side of his own head as if to tamper down a pain that he feels. A headache, maybe? But it becomes apparent soon when blood starts seeping out from the crevices of the bandages everywhere around his head, leaking... leaking... ]

Then I'll send you off.

...Hold on.

[ I don't know the state of items but he probably has some bandages somewhere that he's been saving; he's good at saving things. ]

Before I go, we should try to stem the flow of blood.

[ It's for practical reasons. Hien won't be able to function if he keeps bleeding, and...he'll die won't he? ]

[ lifts cloak, thousands of bandages fall out

But in all seriousness, Hien sighs as if this is a nuisance. ]

Don't use yours on me. I have plenty.

[ In fact, Hien shoves 20 more rolls of bandages into Albedo's inventory. Yes, the head admin can just shove things into inventories. Don't worry about it. The realistic eye that flickers in the patch multiply, in which the sclera is dyed with an abyssal black. If Albedo participated in the first boss fight, he would know the eye is not unlike the phase bosses' back then. They all glare down at Albedo. ]

I'm also a healer.

[ You know. Just in case people forgot. ~~they actually have forgotten LMAO~~ Hien opens a wide portal at Albedo's feet so that he'll fall in without being able to grab at the edges, finding himself in the Wanderhalle Library again. ]

[ ...Oh wow.

But, there is only so much one can heal right now, no?

Oop, there he goes. ]

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