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[First, it's just...Terra, huffing out a breath.] Okay. Look, I know some of you probably saw...Beastboy's memory, from the other day. So I wanted to set some things straight, about--

[A flicker of a memory starts up. It's too late, Terra. An orange and black room, the color reminiscent of lava.]

You have had doubts in the past...made mistakes. But all that is behind you, isn't it?

[The man speaking is in two-tone orange and black armor, such that it conceals his face. He's speaking to Terra, in gray armor of her own.]

Yes.

You belong to me now, don't you?

I do.

From this day forward, will you serve me, and me only?

I will.

Will you obey my every command?

I will.

Will you fight at my side forever?

[He hands her a crooked S emblem. She attaches it to the front of her armor.]

I will.

And will you destroy the Teen Titans?

...I thought you'd never ask.

[Terra's face, which has been until now impassive, twists into a cruel, vicious smirk.

The memory statics out, into another. This time, the scene is a city, and it's deserted. Robots march through it; it looks like it was conquered. Over the city, a voice filters through a communicator, the same from the man before.]

A world without Titans. I was beginning to think I'd never see the day. But at long last, the city is ours. And victory is mine. Fine work, apprentice. You have made me very proud.

[Floating above the city on a rock platform is Terra, her face blank and her voice cold.] Thanks. It was fun.

[But the memory from there fades. Into her laughing, with a group of teenagers, one of them being Beastboy, outside a pizza place. Looks like Beastboy lost a competition of some sort, and everyone is enjoying themselves--

Static back to before. Terra, on her platform, where she was in that memory, but no others. It's dark once more.] Section five is secure. Pretty quiet up here since all the people cleared out.

Get used to it, my dear. This city is only the first of many.

I know.

[So it continues. With the conquered city, with Terra fighting a magician-like villain alongside the kids from before, being a hero, and enjoying it. Walking with Beastboy and laughing, except ultimately the memory always goes back to her in that deserted city.]

Well, we did it. They're really gone.

[It flickers out, back to Terra's face, horrified and shocked.]

I-I. I.

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Oh...so that's how it happened.

[Sounds like she's...moving.]

Don't.

Don't what?

Just leave me alone.

How cruel. I am deeply concerned for my neighbor and fellow chosen.

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OH COME ON!! Really glitch?! Really? We gotta do this twice?! Mine wasn't painful enough?

Terra...you still there?

It's not just blowing over.

I don't see any torches and pitchforks yet so I think we're ok so far...

Yet.

I should've come clean about everything at the start. I should've told them, I shouldn't have... I'm notta hero, don't know why I was tryin' to be.

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... Terra?

[ Chika saw Beastboy's memory, and well... she was concerned. And confused, and wondering what had happened because Terra seemed to be pretty nice and not like that. But then this showed up and she was even more confused now than she was before.

It's like the Terra that was shown there and the Terra she knew were two different people. ]

[The voice on the other end is even and composed.]

Yeah?

Are... are you doing okay?

[ She knows it sounds pretty lame coming out of her mouth, but she doesn't really know WHAT to say in response to that. What could she even say to it? ]

[That gets a laugh; a humorless one, but a laugh.]

Honestly? Not in the slightest.

... Yeah, I guess that should've been obvious. With well... all of this.

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T...T-Terra...?

Please... Please, of all people... Please, don't hate me.

H...H-hate...? I could never...

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...How? You...saw that, right?

I- I did...I saw what happened.

B-But...I've also seen who you are now. That's what's important...because that's the Terra that's my friend.

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Well, that's all concerning out of context. [ Leave it to Rin to take it lightly. ]

I didn't mean to look, but I was going to chat with you anyway. Geez, now I look like some kind of intrusive individual.

You... [She sighs.] I don't...think I can really blame you for that, considering the circumstances.

What a pain...

[ Pausing. ] Well, now that I've seen it, um... Well, um... I guess?

You're not gonna call me out for being...I dunno, a hypocrite?

I could, but a lot of good that would do. [ Surprisingly easy to get along with today. ]

Everyone's tense. Best to not prod the fire or else I might get burnt.

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