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Hello there! ( the image that appears is of a smiling blonde woman, healthy and bright looking, dressed now in pristine weight to present herself, projecting poise and elegance and friendly invitation to hear her out. her German Swiss accent is quite strong, though, so hopefully no-one is overly attached to their w's. ) I hope everyone is doing well this evening. I am coming onto the network to reach out to anyone I might not have been able to yet. My name is Angela Ziegler, and I am a doctor from Earth. Human, as you can see. ( a light, pleasant laugh and an even more pleasant smile ) You may also know me as Mercy. It's my agent name from when I was in service to a global peacekeeping organisation known as Overwatch.

I'm from the 21st century, so the treatment that I can offer you is science based ( a slight pause here as if she's considering one last time how to phrase this ) rather than magic based, but I have a good deal of practical experience with general medicine so there's almost nothing I haven't seen or dealt with. My expertise is in applied biotics, and I also have experience with gene therapy, prosthetics, and cybernetics, if there is anyone here who may need more specialised care. My qualifications also include emergency and trauma response so, if you ever find yourself wounded and in need of immediate attention, please do not hesitate to contact me. Think of me as personal 999 for refugees!

If you do come to me for any kind of care, I promise to do the best I can help you, while upholding all the oaths I've taken as a doctor to do no harm and to protect my patients. I'm not charging anything at this time.

And, if you'd like to humour me and help me to understand our group a bit better, I have a set of questions: do you believe you have a soul? What makes you think you do or don't have one? And is such a belief common where you're from? ( she doesn't mention religion, because it isn't strictly speaking a religious idea. she's known plenty of atheists and nay-theists who thought there was something beyond intelligence that made people paramount to other species. whether they called this unique internal animating light a soul or not, it didn't really matter. )

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[ He's meeting so many different kinds of people already, most of them seemingly filled with an innate goodness he knows he's never possessed, and may never possess. She's chosen to broadcast to everyone that she can help them if help is needed. There's nothing she gains from that, other than - he supposes - a sense of satisfaction derived from helping others. It fascinates him. Does it feel really good, the more people she helps, he wonders? ]

This is kind of you. [ Slight pause. ]Dr. Ziegler. You must help a lot of people.

[ They're opposites in that regard. She's probably saved so many lives, and he's taken so many. ]

What is...a soul? What's it supposed to be? How would you know if you had it?

I am only doing what I want to. But thank you, Mister. ( whatever anyone thinks it's rare for her to get appreciation, so, rather than being falsely modest or humble, she'll gladly accept what she can get. in addition to job satisfaction, it is a nice bonus. she smiles at him then, kind and gentle and content. )

( as for the question, she puts a finger to her chin as she gathers the pretty standard definition she's been using thus far. ) Where I'm from, a soul is generally thought of as a spark or scrap of something special within us that's immortal. This is thought of as our essence, something which endures after the body has expired. Someone say proof of having one is the fact that we are so uniquely conscious. Others think it's where loves come from.

[ He's picked up on the fact that if someone smiles at him, even if he's not feeling any genuine joy or flicker of positive emotion, it's polite to smile back. At the moment, he doesn't feel much of anything, other than curiosity and a touch of admiration for her to reach out with such a seemingly selfless offer. But he mirrors her, managing a small, soft smile in return. ]

It's nice that you have a purpose. It must feel good. [ She helps people, she knows she's good at it, it must be an anchor for her of some sort. ]

Do you think only good people have souls? And bad people don't?

( with no reason to suspect him of mirroring, she doesn't think think anything that may be seem off about his expressions. )

I've always found helping people to be its own reward. ( she nods, then tilts her head at his next question, though the tone which she uses is calm and fairly decided. )

Personally, I don't believe in souls. I believe that we are people, however. Good and bad are just how we describe our actions,

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