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video feed active from: Emilia Freud to: Lucia Duval subject: new friends
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"Hello, Lucia. I have some news."
"As you probably remember, my cruiser was full of bodies that we returned to the Coalition. It seems that some of those who received these bodies want to continue the... hm... glorious work of their fallen comrades and loved ones."
"Of course, this is hardly a sincere wish. At best, some of them simply want to get away from the 'paradisal' conditions provided to them in their homeland. At worst, they are spies and potential saboteurs. However, I will accept them. The core of the crew will still be made up of Bundschuh's people... And I have already ensured that absolutely nothing happens on this ship without my knowledge. Still, I'm telling you this because I know you would probably be alarmed by this fact if you learned it after."
"Their hands will be useful to me, even if their souls are impure... And with the latter, I can do whatever I please. After all, as far as I know, the Coalition has no use for souls."
"Come visit me when you're somewhere near Saverne. It really does get lonely here without you sometimes, Lila Blume."