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// 3. Cutting Ties 
// Story: I Felt, Therefore I Was 
// by Cynical 
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The Journal of Twilight Sparkle – 20th October 1007

The experiment proved to be a success. I have managed to gather several pages of notes upon the various receptors and sensors that control our bodies and mind. They’re all connected. They all share a central hub; it’s amazing. It’s like our minds have this huge switch that tells us when we’re feeling something and when it’s another scenario entirely. I’m not quite sure how to explain it without including the picture that I just witnessed.

Suffice it to say that this spell is going to be a lot easier to theorise than I originally thought. Even through there might be a slight amount of trial and error as I have to sort thought the background thoughts in order to get the results that I intend. I was correct in my original assumption that each emotion has a clear pattern of synapses that must be triggered in order to trigger the emotion itself.

In other news, I’m worried about my assistant. I explained the risk to them and they simply looked nonplussed at the information, some of which would have turned even me off my food. I was left wondering whether they’d even heard me explain the dangers to them. Were it not for the fact that I need a second mind to work with and on, I would have refused to work with them outright.

The other alternatives are scarce though, that’s the issue. I could ask for volunteers, but I have an inkling that it will produce some less-than-viable candidates for the testing that is going to ensue in a couple of weeks. The last alternative is something which I shall turn to if there is no other option; that is… if they continue to pay no regard to the risks of this project, no matter how great the reward is; I cannot risk their lives for my own motives.

To the success of the project,
Twilight Sparkle.