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At [[O, Fortuna]], [[Noor]] and [[Pandora]] discuss the progress [[Pandora]] has made since starting HRT<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/15/chapter-6-page-3/</ref>. Isabelle asks Noor about Pandora's age, and Noor explains that Helpers age to maturity in only four years, at which point they are psychologically and physically equivalent to a human adult<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/16/chapter-6-page-4/</ref>.
[[Hemmel]] explains their latest scheme to the resistance: [[VeronicaMiss Fortuna]] has been invited to a party of rich people by her former patron, [[Hamilton Smith-Rawnsley]]. Hemmel hopes to use the party as cover to steal information from the tablet of another rich person, [[Eric Fishguard]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/17/chapter-6-page-5/</ref>, which the resistance can use to carry out assassinations<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/18/chapter-6-page-6/</ref>. VeronicaMiss Fortuna and Noor attend as guests, and they sneak Pandora, Isabelle, and [[Con]] in disguised as wait-staff<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/19/chapter-6-page-7/</ref>, while [[Zero]] monitors the situation from outside<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/20/chapter-6-page-8/</ref>.
Hamilton greets VeronicaMiss Fortuna and inquires about Pandora, to which VeronicaMiss Fortuna says Pandora is a stray<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/21/chapter-6-page-9/</ref>. Con observers Eric Fishguard standing in the corner next to [[Adrastea|a Helper]], who is holding a phone<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/22/chapter-6-page-10/</ref>. Pandora approaches the other Helper and awkwardly offers to 'help' her hold the phone, but the other Helper rebuffs Pandora<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/23/chapter-6-page-11/</ref>.
VeronicaMiss Fortuna and Noor discuss how they feel attending their first party of rich people in a long time, and how difficult it is to force small talk with people who support slavery<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/24/chapter-6-page-12/</ref>.
Meanwhile, Isabelle overhears a comment about how Helpers "don't live forever," <ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/25/chapter-6-page-13/</ref>, and so she asks Pandora how long Helpers live. Pandora cheerfully says that Helpers live for about 20 years after reaching adulthood, causing Isabelle to burst into tears<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/26/chapter-6-page-14/</ref>.
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