"Well then, where should we start….." – said the short girl as she stood right in front of the dungeon master.
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"Welp…. First thing first."
"Do you understand me?"
"From what I know about dungeons, they are born with basic informations about the world… But I don't really remember if that also include language or do you have to learn it…..I think it didn't….. Welp, just answer me."
"If you do, then tilde your head like this…. If not, then shake your head like this, see?" – said the girl while pointing at her head while tilting it and shaking it.
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"No reaction…. Eh?"
"Well, even though you are smart, it may not really doesn't mean that you would understood an common language….. Hm?"
"Wait, that doesn't make sense though?"
"You leaned golem coding and stuff….. Well…. Hm…"
"Meh. Maybe…. You understand but don't really understand?"
"Maybe you partially understand?"
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"Hm…. Considering how many…. Oh!"
"If you learned how to make golems from the scratch without anybody teaching you, no wonder you didn't learned language….. Hm…"
"Oh well, you probably understand some of it… So, I guess it shouldn't take long."
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"Okay… What is apple?" – asked the girl before moments later the puppet pointed at the apple in front of her.
"Left? Right? Up? Down?" – said the girl as puppet started pointing in different directions.
"Good, good…. Huh. It really didn't took you that long to learn language."
"Now you can properly understand what I'm talking about…. Obviously we still need to do stuff here and there to be perfect, but basic communication should be possible….. Well, more like you can understand me.
"But obviously you can't still speak."
"The best way to do things would be to add some sort of special part where we can that would allow you to speak."
"But the golem knowledge I have on me is not enough to create something like that."
"I could ask around…. But I want to keep you hidden mate."
"And I also don't want people to find out about me."
"So, here how we will do things instead." – said the girl as she extended her hand and making it disappear into warped space right in front of dungeon master.
"!?"
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"Oh, right. This is first time you see this, right?" – said the girl as it noticed the puppet reacting upon seeing the bizarre scene.
"Well, this is one of more advance form of magic called [Space Magic]. This magic focuses on manipulating space itself, but not like in form of combat."
"More like…. Support."
"For example the thing I'm doing right now is something called "Pocket Space" where I can keep stuff inside….. Like this!" – said the girl as she pulled her hand from unknown space and took out pencil alongside some paper.
"Now, what I took? Something that you can write on."
"The next thing I will be teaching you would be writing."
"Writing and knowing how to read is very important skill that you would need later in the life."
"And with it, you can finally talk to me."
"So, what do you say?"
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"Huh…. Interesting…. You have been pretty much studding it all the time, even ignoring your golems or dungeons." – said the girl as she looked through different sheets of paper that had written words on them.
(This is getting interesting.)
(Each and everyday after we started studying how to write and read, this guy has been dead set on learning it, to the point he ignored everything else.)
(But what is up with that sudden change?)
(Even when I was helping him understand how language, he was from time to time just spending his time on his golems.)
(But now?)
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(Yeb. This guy definitely has some reason….. And I wonder what it is.)
"Well then, simple sentences."
"Write "I love you"."
"…"
"I LOVE YOU" - the puppet written down.
"Next write: Orange is sweet and juicy."
"ORANGE IS SWEET AND JUICY" - the puppet written down.
"…"
(I guess it learned how to write some basic sentences.)
(Welp, next thing.)
"What color is this thing? Write it down." – said the girl as she took out a red apple.
"RED"
"Okay…. Then. What shape is this?" – asked the girl as she drew a circle on the paper.
"CIRCLE"
"Hm…."
(Welp, I guess this should be enough.)
"Well then….. How about you "speak"?"
"I'm not telling you to write the words I say or point to, but instead I want you to "speak" for yourself."
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The puppet hesitatingly looked at the piece of paper…. It just looked…. Stared…. It did nothing at all…..
And the girl?
She just waited.
"…"
It took puppet some time…. Put it finally picked up the pencil…. And it started writing.
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"WHY"
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"What "Why"?" – asked the girl with straight look.
"WHY YOU DIDN'T KILLED ME"
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"Pff…..
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAHAHA!"
"OH MY FUCKING LORD!" – the girl laughed like mad man, putting the puppet on the alert.
"The first time you spoke! The first time we talked!"
"And this is the first thing you say?!"
"WHY?!"
"FUCKING "WHY"?!""
"Ha…."
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"Why I didn't killed you…. You ask?" – said the girl after she finally stopped laughing.
"Ah…. This is good one."
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"Because I didn't want to."
"Or more specific, I wanted you to live."
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"WHY" – the puppet written down.
"Why I wanted you to live?"
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"You are interesting and I want to watch you."
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"WHY" – the puppet written down.
"Why?"
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"Welp…. Fun…. If I were to say."
"Your existence is…. Interesting to say the least…. You are unique."
"However, it is not like you are the only unique one out there."
"There are many dungeons."
"Many monsters."
"And that obviously means that there are many unique beings out there."
"But you caught my attention."
"Honestly, when I heard about golem monsters that are being created in dungeon like regular type of dungeon monsters, it had already caught my attention."
"But then dungeon break? And with monsters that had never been seen before?"
"THAT made things look interesting."
"So I investigated…. Looked around…. And also pretended to be adventurer."
"All to get bottom of this…. And it was worth it…. Since I found you."
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"Confused? Well, no wonder."
"I do sound somewhat stupid or mad….. Well, "Mad" is one of the things I'm! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"…"
"Well…. I have many reasons why I wanted you to live."
"But talking about them all would take too long…. And this isn't what you want, right?"
"What you want is straight forward answer, correct?"
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"YES" – the puppet written down.
"Heh….."
"Then here is your answer."
"Curiosity."
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"CURIOSITY" – the puppet written down.
"I was curious about you."
"I was curios what kind of being you are."
"I was curios what kind of potential you have."
"I was curious about your personality."
"I was curious about how you think."
"I was curious how you live."
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"That's it."
"I was just curios."
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The puppet stared down at the piece of paper….. Not knowing what to write down.
(Curiosity?) – thought the puppet.
(The reason why she did…. All of that…. Saved me.)
(Taught me…...)
(Asked me….. )
(She did all of this…. Out of curiosity?)
(Is that really it?)
(The reason why I'm alive…. Is all because of "her" curiosity?)
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"Heh…. I think I hit you in a way." – said the girl as she gotten up.
"Welp…. I will come back later. For now…. Just be you." – said the girl as she waved her hand while leaving the room.
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(So…. That is the reason?)
(Curiosity?)
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(Should I... Feel…. Something?)
(I feel…. Weird…. Unknown.)
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(But…. That didn't answered that question…..)
"…"
(Why was I born?)
(To satisfy "her" curiosity?)
(Is that the reason why I was born? Why this dungeon was created?)
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(No…. This isn't it! THIS ISN'T IT EITHER!)
(IT STILL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!)
(NOTHING MAKE SENSE!)
(JUST FOR WHAT REASON I WAS BORN?!)