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"May I talk to you, please?" asked Astra. "No!" yelled Exotica. "Leave me alone!" She resumed her task of furiously scrubbing away at a part of the floor that, to Astra at least, seemed to be quite a bit shinier than the rest of the floor. "Pretty please?" "No! Leave me alone!" "Pretty please with sugar on top?" Gee, thought Astra. She hadn't said that since she was six. Perhaps she was going crazy as well. "No! Leave me alone!" Astra thought for a second. "Well, you realize that we’ve been talking for a little bit now, so you’ve inherently contradicted yourself." "No! Leave me alone!" "Oh, you haven’t contradicted yourself, have you? Well, in that case, who am I talking to?" "No! Leave me alone!" "All right, if you insist upon calling yourself No leave me alone, then Miss No leave me alone, you have to realize that we’ve actually been having conversation for some time now." "No! Leave me alone!" Just then, she heard Reaibn's voice through one of the corridors. "You realize, Fred, that Exotica’s mental state has deteriorated quite a bit. You see, she’s lately become quite incapable of rational thought. You can talk with her, but I can’t guarantee that you’ll get anything meaningful out of her." [25408] Hmmph, thought Astra. That’s an understatement. Astra then realized that if she were to get away from this loony bin, she couldn’t let Reaibn see her. Then again, he was with Fred. Perhaps Fred realized the degree of lunacy going on in this castle, and could help her get out of here. It was a 50-50 shot; neither alternative looked better than the other. However, Reaibn’s voice was growing louder. She only had a matter of seconds in which to make her decision.
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