Ssshhh!!! He's still looking for you.

He's not in this room, L.

He's gone now.

...Pahah...

You blacked out from something blocking the ventilation. Must've been Clonemare.

That's... what we call some of the Cloning Material that gained sentience and escaped.

I didn't think it'd still be inside the building, though I guess all that warfire going outside would've scared it back inside.

Pahah...

Yeah, I... grabbed and dragged you in here.

Yeah it hurt.

Well it doesn't physically hurt me. I guess I never went into detail what I meant by "going into the office hurts me."

...The guys at this place chipped me.

Made sure I could never exit the building or enter any restricted areas.

Your office is... one of those areas.

When I do enter, the chip activates and a large ringing sound goes off in my head.

It dulls the brain. Makes all feelings go away.

I remember an incident where they had to fix my molars after I had snapped it off while entering one area.

When I exited, I... felt... all that pain.

There were incidents at the previous locations. They had to put these safety measures in me.

They don't trust me. You can't trust clones like... me.

I had to keep you safe. I can't bear to see someone die here.

Yes I know it hurt! I felt like dying every second I entered your office!

But I had to! You can't just die!

You... don't deserve that...

The war outside is affecting everyone, Guard.

Every waking day, I wish I were able to get out there and smash Golden's face in for hurting so many innocent people.

But I can't.

So all I can do here is hope, and... give that hope to the young children we have here.

...

Please don't.

Don't risk yourself for that.

Guard.

I'm a clone. I'm a company asset. I'm not real.

What do you–

Guard...

I'd love to fight alongside you if that were to happen, but this is... this is chasing dreams.

...Tomorrow, then.

I've heard the surgical tools are not too far from this building, but you'll need a key to access that warehouse.

There's still a lot of cloning material inside the cloning machine itself, but I can... probably smash it open.

Yeah, I did trust you a bit too fast, huh? Pahah...

But... You somehow trust me.

...Which means I can trust you.

...We've been in this dark room for too long. Management will start asking why you're not clocked in.

Okay, so you know how I said the Clonemare is scared of loud sounds?

You should try slamming the door multiple times. That might scare it off.

But try not to slam too much. That brings you too much attention for Luiginette.

You understand?

Great. Hold my hand. Let's get you back in your office.