update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/neviim/local/tycho/010.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Iska sat still and silent for a moment, and Tycho imagined a hidden frustration
 
 Codrin spoke up next. "My counterpart on Artemis described in a note to me that "common time feels like a pin in a lock clicking into place as you move faster or slower". I am assuming that this is what you mean when you say "one remembers having been at common time"?"
 
-Iska bared their teeth, a gesture that the delegates had agreed must be a sort of smile. "The common time sensation is provided as an aid to new consciousness-bearing entities, yes. I am told that, when one first experiences skew, it can feel, *lu*...slippery, perhaps. It can be difficult to aim for a skew and remember that exactly, so one slides toward it and may overshoot. I am nearly five thousand years old, I have forgotten how it feels for skew to be slippery, but yes, that is why it exists."
+Iska bared their teeth, a gesture that the delegates had agreed must be a sort of smile. "The common time consensus sensation is provided as an aid to all consciousness-bearing entities, yes. I am told that, when one first experiences skew, it can feel, *lu*...slippery, perhaps. It can be difficult to aim for a skew and remember that exactly, so one slides toward it and may overshoot. I am nearly five thousand years old, I have forgotten how it feels for skew to be slippery, but yes, that is why it exists."
 
 "But since aiming for common time is so important, an aid is provided?" Tycho asked.
 
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ He wrote down a few more ideas for questions while they waited.
 
 "That answers part of my question," Tycho said. "As I was wondering how the system dealt with the transfer of force at higher relative skews. Can this be bypassed, though?"
 
-Iska tilted her head again, further this time. "Why would one, scientist Tycho Brahe?"
+Iska tilted their head again, further this time. "Why would one, scientist Tycho Brahe?"
 
-"Well, we can turn our sensoria's sensitive up and down on an individual level, and we can increase or decrease collision sensitivity on a sim level. Like, in public sims, collision sensitivity will be conservative so that you can't bump someone too hard. I was wondering if there are similar mechanics on Artemis. Are there sims where that restriction on touch at high relative skew is relaxed?"
+"Well, we can turn our sensoria's sensitivity up and down on an individual level, and we can increase or decrease collision sensitivity on a sim level. Like, in public sims, collision sensitivity will be conservative so that you can't bump someone too hard. I was wondering if there are similar mechanics on Artemis. Are there sims where that restriction on touch at high relative skew is relaxed?"
 
 The secondracer looked what Tycho could only describe as startled. "That could lead to physical damage to one or both objects involved in the interaction."
 
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ He frowned. "Of course, that makes sense. I only ask because that functionality
 
 For the first time in the conversation, Artante spoke up. "This is veering into the territory designated for those aboard Artemis, but I will try to keep it grounded in the science and mechanics of our differences. Scientist Tycho Brahe, are there situations within your system that one might wish to cause physical damage to another?"
 
-True Name stiffened in her seat, but before she could reply, Tycho nodded. "Sure. There are combat sims and some forms of participatory art where danger of damage is considered part of of the experience."
+True Name stiffened in her seat, but before she could reply, Tycho said, "Sure. There are combat sims and some forms of participatory art where danger of damage is considered part of of the experience."
 
 "And one is often advised or required to send a fork to these, *anem?*"
 
-"Usually, yeah."
+"Almost to a one, yeah."
 
 Iska had been gripping the edge of the table tightly and finally seemed to cave to emotion and set up a cone of silence. He watched as, within, they said something that looked quite angry to Artante, who nodded calmly and said something in return. There was an angry retort, and then the same response from Artante.
 
-Both firstracers sat by impassively. They may have been talking, but there was no visible indication of such. Stolon, meanwhile, sat between the two, looked miserably uncomfortable to his (admittedly untrained) eye.
+Both firstracers sat by impassively. They may have been talking, but there was no visible indication of such. Stolon, meanwhile, sat between the two, looking miserably uncomfortable to his (admittedly untrained) eye.
 
 When the cone dropped once more, Artante continued. "In a system without forking, scientist Tycho Brahe, you must understand that there is no analogue to such. A system which could intentionally allow egregious harm to its occupants is unacceptable to us."