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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ And yet, for all that activity, it was incredibly quiet. There must be dozens of
"What is this?" he asked the skunk standing beside him. "What is this?" he asked the skunk standing beside him.
She gestured him to a couch already containing a young woman, picking at her nails. Short, curly black hair framing a round face. "Headquarters. Though that makes it sound far more formal than it really is. It is a place for Jonas and I to work together in our various instances." "Headquarters." She gestured him to a couch already containing a young woman, picking at her nails. Short, curly black hair framing a round face. "Though that makes it sound far more formal than it really is. It is a place for Jonas and I to work together in our various instances."
He sank down into the couch beside the woman. "That sounds pretty formal to me. What are you working on that requires cubicles?" He sank down into the couch beside the woman. "That sounds pretty formal to me. What are you working on that requires cubicles?"
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Jonas nodded absently. Without any visible signal a cone of silence fell over th
"Of course." "Of course."
"Well, if you are the one to thank for kicking this whole thing off, perhaps you can enlighten us as to why?" "Well, if you're the one to thank for kicking this whole thing off, perhaps you can enlighten us as to why?"
Tycho felt anxiety tighten within his chest. "I uh...I don't know. I guess I was the first one to read the message, and I didn't know what to do with that, so I just replied without really thinking, I guess." Tycho felt anxiety tighten within his chest. "I uh...I don't know. I guess I was the first one to read the message, and I didn't know what to do with that, so I just replied without really thinking, I guess."
@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Jonas nodded. "We've talked with the parasystem engineers who work with the atti
"Oh. Well, how much acceleration, then?" "Oh. Well, how much acceleration, then?"
"About a third of what they asked. It'll extend the period of time that we're in useful Ansible range by a week." "About a third of what they asked. It'll extend the period of time that we're in useful Ansible range by a week, giving us about four weeks total."
"If you say so." he shrugged. "I guess this is to help extend the duration that we can transfer back and forth?" "If you say so." he shrugged. "I guess this is to help extend the duration that we can transfer back and forth?"
@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ He sighed, slouching further down into the couch. "Right. Okay. Twenty by twenty
Aloud, he said, "And I guess the next bit we've already talked about some. Maybe four races. They say 'consciousness-bearing systems' and don't name their races, so maybe it's complicated. If they've picked up three other races before meeting us, maybe very, very complicated." Aloud, he said, "And I guess the next bit we've already talked about some. Maybe four races. They say 'consciousness-bearing systems' and don't name their races, so maybe it's complicated. If they've picked up three other races before meeting us, maybe very, very complicated."
"I have been thinking," Answers Will Not Help. "Perhaps some of them were not biological races. They did not say people or species." "I have been thinking," Answers Will Not Help said. "Perhaps some of them were not biological races. They did not say people or species."
"AIs, you mean?" "AIs, you mean?"
@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ True Name's eyes grew distant as, he imagined, she accessed an exo with the resp
He stood up so quickly it made him dizzy. "What?" He stood up so quickly it made him dizzy. "What?"
The other three laughed, True Name eventually continuing, "It will be signed "True Name, leadership". We will send them the complete list of names when it is confirmed. You need not worry, Tycho." The other three laughed, True Name eventually continuing, "It will be signed "The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream of the Ode clade, leadership". We will send them the complete list of names when it is confirmed. You need not worry, Tycho. Answers Will Not Help was just being a snot, as Jonas so eloquently put it."
He remained standing, swaying slightly and trying to blink away dancing black spots. "I think...I think I need to lay down." He remained standing, swaying slightly and trying to blink away dancing black spots. "I think...I think I need to lay down."