Fifteenth Theory [Written/Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Written]
People say they are bored here... how can that be? The world is endlessly fascinating. No less so, when we are confined to a small area...

[A drawing follows.]



[A pause.]

[Voice]
Aros? Was my filter too difficult for you? [Pause. Listening.] Aros? [Pause again.] Has anyone seen Aros? He's human, maybe about 18, been here about a month. I haven't heard from him...

Comments

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Sort of. We only met once, but we had a lot in common.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Ah, such is the basis of a good friendship.

That symbol you drew, it's very interesting. Does it have a particular meaning?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

It's a fractal. An image created by an iterative function. It means that, even in a small space, there are beautiful things to be found.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Not only beautiful, but great in number as well.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Exactly. [Smile. A like mind!] What's your name?

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Gelda Nebilim. I'm one of the teachers at the school here in Luceti. And you are?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Donatello Hamato. Student of the multiverse.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

[She chuckles briefly.] It's a pleasure to meet you, Donatello.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Likewise, Miss Nebilim. Do you teach any subject in particular?

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Oh, I teach a bit of everything. There are only few teachers at the school, but many different subjects and skill levels.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

That must be fascinating. Getting to work in so many areas...

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

It is fascinating. The students aren't the only ones learning something new every day.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Laugh.] I'm sure. My brothers and I were a constant education to our father.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Is that so? What sort of person was your father?

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[i_speak_softly]

...

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Wise. Patient. Loving. Insightful. Everything.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Mm... That sounds like a perfect description for a father. You must miss him.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

I do.

He's - he's not a was, though. He's an is.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I see. In that case, I hope you'll be reunited with him soon. In your home world, not this one.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Thanks, Miss Nebilim.

What about you? Who did you leave behind? ... If you don't mind my asking.

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Just my students, I suppose. Though, three of them are in Luceti as we speak, the fourth having left this place recently.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Then you were a teacher in your own world too?

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was. I had my own private school.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Cautiously, not meaning any disrespect:] A whole school with only four students?

[The last private school he heard about had five hundred students.]

[Voice]

[fonon-professor.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, you misunderstand. There were more than four students. Though, these four... They were always the odd ones out, so to speak. It was rare to find a time when they weren't together.