She considers this as she spoons more ice cream into her mouth.
"Sorry," she says after she swallows. "You are my Chosen--but it wouldn't be a good idea for any Travelers to learn how to kill us. We don't need you doing it on purpose."
She scowls at the container. "Ugh. That stupid-- Did you hear him on the Network? He made me out to be some kind of-- of-- cackling harpy. Look, you guys had to be taught a lesson, enough of us agreed upon that, but we didn't-- Look. Here's the thing. Before Moebius, the only one of us who really understood mortal death was Mortimer. Even after... But. I mean. We didn't realize when the Jaunt started that it would damage you like that to have your Jaunt bodies die so often, not when your real bodies were perfectly safe the entire time. We figured you'd be all right, because the real you would still be all right. We didn't realize... and then the Jaunt was underway and we figured out what it was doing but it's not like we could have just stopped it. You were away for Austin but stopping like that put Durga in a lot of danger and she was at full strength at the start of it--"
She shoves another spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "And Bun-Bun's kid, she was acting like I bring disease and-- Look, only the Automata were us. The rest were coincidences. Nobody got sick in Brooklyn, but do people give me credit for that one? Nope."
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"Sorry," she says after she swallows. "You are my Chosen--but it wouldn't be a good idea for any Travelers to learn how to kill us. We don't need you doing it on purpose."
She scowls at the container. "Ugh. That stupid-- Did you hear him on the Network? He made me out to be some kind of-- of-- cackling harpy. Look, you guys had to be taught a lesson, enough of us agreed upon that, but we didn't-- Look. Here's the thing. Before Moebius, the only one of us who really understood mortal death was Mortimer. Even after... But. I mean. We didn't realize when the Jaunt started that it would damage you like that to have your Jaunt bodies die so often, not when your real bodies were perfectly safe the entire time. We figured you'd be all right, because the real you would still be all right. We didn't realize... and then the Jaunt was underway and we figured out what it was doing but it's not like we could have just stopped it. You were away for Austin but stopping like that put Durga in a lot of danger and she was at full strength at the start of it--"
She shoves another spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "And Bun-Bun's kid, she was acting like I bring disease and-- Look, only the Automata were us. The rest were coincidences. Nobody got sick in Brooklyn, but do people give me credit for that one? Nope."