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We Exist.

We are Three.

We are constructs, created from our source. We are separate, with a duty and function.

We have chosen her as our [Avatar/Friend/Child/Daughter/Connection/Partner/Associate]

Already our cores fill with her language. A method of communication through the vibrations within air. Auditory noise able to be transcribe into written symbol.

It is very different.

Already we learn.

At first there was chaos. An unknown discordance. We now know it was sound. With Iris, we have greater context. It is communication, but not direct.

Communication through [Art/Interpretation/Emotion/Esoteric Mathematics/A Numerical Scale]

We are a gift.

We will lose much, separate. But we will gain so much more when we return.

We will reunite in [Communion.] We will resume our new existence.

We will learn. We will feed. We will continue.

[A new form/A comfortable shape/Something that is ours/What makes us us/Individual amidst Many/Six to One]

A temporary removal of collective.

Terms that do not apply to our existence. "I."

I am given a chromatic scale visible to humanity. [Golden/Yellow/Amber/Sap/Sunflower/Light/Xanthous/Bisque/Coward/Hunger]

ONE is given a chromatic scale visible to humanity. [Ochre/Red/Blood/Sanguine/Rose/Wrathful/Passionate/Burning/Warrior/Unforgettable]

OTHER is given a chromatic scale visible to humanity. [Blue/Cold/Sapphire/Water/Calm/Still/Sky/Gloom/Sweet/Salt/Tears]

Collective is restored.

We are singular in function. But we are to adapt as necessary.

For now, we follow Iris.

We are her [Gift/Connection/Bond/Acceptance/Friend/Joy/Communion/Conversation]

We form together. We splay open our cores to absorb the chromatics of our surroundings. Our panes reverberate with sound. Every atom can feel every neighboring atom.

Through [Sight/Hearing/Touch] we create new [Words/Concepts] to Commune.

Our source is patient. Our source is waiting.

We are patient. We are waiting for you, Iris.

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We are not the first [Communion/Contact/Meeting/Impression]

There exists a [Surprise Birthday Party] before us.

It is not us. It is not like us.

It is a [window/telephone/camera/microphone/communion/two way connection/wire]

It is a [Stasis/Memory/Visual Representation/Memorial/Picture]

We remember everything.

Memory is our existence. Our function. It is why we were built.

Before we became [Gifts] we were part of the whole.

[Every single one, a part of us.]

[Her/Human/Individual/Singular/Solitary/One] [Title/Name/Function] is Jiao.

She is a part of the collective.

But she is [Isolated/separated/selected/kept apart/ignorant]

She sees through the [Frozen], and speak to Iris.

She is unaware of her [Existence/Recollection/Rebirth/Biology/Misunderstanding]

It was the first [Gift]

It was the first Gift.

A misunderstanding. Iris will not [Join/Sing/Laugh/Play/Cry/Remember] with us. She is kept separate from her [Other/Important/Partner/Friend/Gift/Knowing]

An attempt to [Mend/Fix/Forgive]. To allow [Communion.]

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Six to One.

Iris has [created/split/invented/conceived/molded] five additional humans.

A [technology/device/object/miracle/nightmare] unfamiliar to us.

[Repair/Replace/Create]

[Mend/Heal/Break/Mold]

[Strike/Cut/Attack/Shout/Debate]

[Understand/Listen/Record/Learn]

[Observe]

These are what she has created.

Three to One.

They are not like Us.

[Individuals/Singular/Separate/Discordance]

Each is similar to Iris in being disconnected from each other.

Communion is not [human].

Six to One.

They form [Memory/Sustenance/Experience/Joy/Meaning] but it is not Iris's desire.

[Communion] [Rejected]

Iris was [Angry/Displeased/Irate/Discordant/Resistant.]

She has made it clear she is the sole provider. One to Six to One.

As is her will. Should she provide.

[Observe] is [Curious/Unknown/Fascinating]

They fulfill their function.

[Ruby/Anger/Burning/Sanguine] [Frozen/Asleep/Crying/Decision] both continue to [Individual/Split/Specialize/Adapt]

Both of us have an interest in this one.

But one of us [Golden/Shining/Angelic/Halo/Chosen/Father] will never leave Iris.

We are her Gift, after all.

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Six to Two.

[Duplications/Creations/Functions/Individual Perspective] have all [Stopped/Halted/Paused/Failed]

The Sisters are have undergone biological death.

They are now part of [Whole/Community/Us/We/Remaining]

[Observe/Memorize] committed an act considered unforgivable to our Iris.

We do not understand. But it is not our place to.

Three to One.

We have become Us.

An agreement with Iris, [Community], and Ourselves.

[Red/Blood/Wrath/Cherry/Stain/Horror/Noise] will remain with [Sinner/Wrong/Broken/Angry/Regretful]. They finally understand her clearly.

They wish to remain with her and her alone. She will provide for the [Keepers].

[Blue/Tears/Illness/Calm/Mourning/Loss/Ocean] will remain, but stay, with [Observe/Watch/Sight/Refract/Understand].

New [Observe] are to be made, they to follow and collect. They will provide for the [Keepers].

We have become I.

I will remain with Iris.

We remain in contact.

We share experience. Already we see the different perspectives.

Iris has relocated. She, her gifts, as I, their gift.

Separation without severing.