the strike, the pause, the message from god
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"I know however you lost it, it hurt you," the Operator presses. They aren't entirely sure why they want to know so badly.
LOSING LIMBS HURTS, KIDDO. WANNA FIND OUT HOW MUCH?
"Not really," they answer casually. "I don't mean physical hurt. It's emotional hurt. Inside, you thought they wouldn't do that to you."
The Indifference freezes from where its fingers had been messing with the polygon model of the gun trigger as it's actively printing. One fingertip twitches against the trigger, and the gun is only partially materialized but the Operator doesn't doubt that somehow the Indifference could pick it up and shoot if it wanted to.
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or: the Indifference's weakness is love. the Operator realizes the Indifference has never been shown love itself, and decides to take a chance at defeating it.
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can't you hear it howling you? (it's calling, calling) by strawberry_skies_xx
Fandoms: Warframe
09 Mar 2026
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The Indifference does not say anything, but lets the Operator stand in their worst atrocity. They can still hear its taunting even without a word said.
Fine. The Operator will show the Indifference everyone dead.
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Hesitantly, the Operator walks back to the Reliquary.
It's unchanged. They examine all angles before concluding virtually nothing has happened to it, and, feeling a little like a mad person, they look up at the roof of the Railjack.
"Nothing's wrong with it," they say.
EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH IT.
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"And the Man in the Wall, and the Wall's Other Face, and the Adversary, and the Demon of the Void…"
DOES IT MATTER? THEY ARE WHAT I AM.
"Have you ever considered a name?"
THOSE ARE ALL NAMES.
"Something casual. Not cruel or… or majestic or powerful. Something neutral, that doesn't assign you morality."
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"Where did what go?"
THAT FEELING. THAT SENSATION.
The Operator can barely breathe for a completely different reason this time. "Joy?" they ask quietly.
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS?
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HEY, KIDDO.
The Drifter startles so badly that they drop the mug of coffee they had been holding. It shatters all over the rug beneath them, darkening the fabric with moisture, spreading well beyond the edges and onto the hardwood floor.
They round on the Indifference, perched on their office chair they'd bought a week ago. "What the hell?" they snap, trying to ignore the racing of their heart with the adrenaline rush of instinctual fear.
WHY DO YOU PERSIST?
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Its voice is still deathly monotone. I WAS CHASING… JOY.
"Joy," the Operator asks.
HOW YOU FELT WHEN YOU RACED.
"You were trying to replicate what you felt from me with the only thing you know."
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