i_speak_softly | Sixty-Sixth Theory [Voice]

[Things have been remarkably normal for Don lately, a very tolerable mix of the mildly bad and the mildly good. On the one hand, he's coming down with a case of his annual flu, and he actually kind of misses his elf. On the other hand, his various lessons have been going well, he's enjoying the new toys Robert gave him for Christmas, and all the effort that went into creating the winter room has been entirely worth it.]

[In between keeping his hands and mind occupied, and lounging indolently just because he can for once, Don has made a habit of posing a random question over the journals every day. Today the low-grade fever is making it hard to think straight, so the question is a strange one:]

People. In Luceti. Are from different worlds. [Give him a minute, he's pretty sure he's going somewhere with this.] But. Some of us have a lot in common, in surprising ways. Who... Who in Luceti seems like, you know, like long-lost twins? Even if they maybe haven't met each other here yet.

Or. What combination of people here would just be... really interesting. I mean, if you put them together to make a new person. Who's different from anyone we already have.

[A long pause.]

I think I'm sick.

[He's going to. Um. Do something about that. Then he will be back to answer any comments.]

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[Finally someone who gets it!]

You are a scientist.

Not quite - my ability to understand and process theories is more a gift of my programming, though I do not believe that what you are proposing is that difficult to understand.

[Translation: robots are cool.]

[Wait what.]

You're a robot?

Yes. It is a bit more complicated then that, naturally, but the long and short of it is that I am a robot.

[In the same delighted tone as earlier:]

You're a robot.

Yes? Are synthezoids uncommon in your world?

You mean intelligent robots? There aren't any in my world, except the ones who are visiting from elsewhere.

[A thoughtful pause.]

I guess there was Nano, though maybe "intelligent" isn't the right word for it.

I do. [A short pause.]

What is the technology of your world like, then?

[It's really getting hard to remember.]

I dunno. More than here, mostly.

[Oh dear.]

This place does not seem all that advanced. It is quite the change from New York.

You're from New York?

Technically, yes. It is not where I was when I was brought here, but it is where I made my home.

Your New York has robots?

And the world in general. I am far from the only one of my kind.

[He has to ask:]

Are there dinosaurs?

Not that I know of.

[A pause.]

Not in New York, anyways.

[Because genetically engineered dinosaurs from the future count, right?]

[Somewhat disappointed:] I like dinosaurs.

There is one in Los Angeles, I believe. Though it was not exactly prehistoric, it was a still a result of time travel.

[Extremely disappointed:] I time-travelled once and there weren't any dinosaurs.

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