[Spoken: Cadence]
My name is Cadence. I chartered a ship to find my father. They told me I was too young. They told me I needed more training. I told them to drop dead. How ironic. I don’t know how I survived the crash - something strange must have happened. My blood is cold, but my heart is beating like a drum. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I came here with a question, and I’m going to find the answer if it kills me. 

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I found my father. And what was driving him. A lute. Some kind of instrument - not of plastic - no wires, no speakers. It was cold and hard to the touch, but seemed almost alive. I asked him what it was, where it came from. He said he’d show me. 

[Instrumental]

[Spoken: Melody]
They brought me back using the power of the lute - the one living relic in this world of bioarchives and digital graves. But we quickly learned that the lute was not all it seemed - that there are vast sections of my memories I can’t reach, and we found that I can’t leave the planetoid alive. But I know something about this place that they don’t. They’ll wait in orbit while I make my way to the center of the institute. Now I need answers. 

[Instrumental]

In the center of the facility I found a man - Octavian - he’d been the administrator here back when it had been manned. But they’d closed the project years ago, shortly after his death. 

[Melody]
“I’d hoped not to find you here, Octavian.”

[Octavian]
“You have the lute?”

[Melody]
“Yes.”

[Octavian]
“Then we’re both in its clutches.”
[Instrumental]

[Spoken: Aria]
I worked with Octavian in the institute - we were working towards a better future, one where we could use the memories in the digital graves to return people to their families. But it turned out he had bigger plans. He sought to exploit them, using them for free, unregulated labour. We fought, and Octavian died - but the threat remained. While the lute exists, we’re in danger. Everyone is in danger. But I know what we need to do. 

[Instrumental]