First encounter after receiving the Mark of Communication

Hello little creature.

What are you? If I had my memories I would know...

Perhaps... I saw you before?

You must be very brave to have made it all the way here. But I'm sorry to say your journey here is in vain.

As you can see, I have nothing for you. Not even my memories.

Or did I say that already?

I see that someone has given you the gift of communication. Must have been Five Pebbles, as you don't look like you can travel very far...

He's sick, you know. Being corrupted from the inside by his own experiments. Maybe they all are by now, who knows. We weren't designed to transcend and it drives us mad.

It is good to have someone to talk to after all this time! The scavengers aren't exactly good listeners. They do bring me things though, occasionally...