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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It's still weird, like- who would you even put together?

[In a vaguely delirious tone:] If... if you combined Buffy and Pascal, you would get a woman who can write code and kick butt with an axe.

Those would both be cool skills to have, yeah, but what about personality?

[After careful consideration:] She would be very friendly but... totally incomprehensible.

Doesn't sound all that it's worked up to be.

Yeah, maybe not. [Abandoning that idea, then.] Who would you combine?

No one! That's weird.

[Oh. He didn't mean to creep you out or anything.]

[Awkward silence ensues.]

Like... what's even the point? If you mixed Haruhi and Ed together that would just make a person who's abnormally talented at everything, and incredibly smart to boot! But it would also increase the difficulty to deal with that person by tenfold! It's a headache!

Hm. I'd - I'd call that interesting, but not better.

Terrible! It would be terrible! Who could even put up with that?

[Don isn't sure how to answer this. Putting up with difficult people is something he generally just takes in stride.]