I'm surprised. I thought you'd be putting your research into something else here. [ like. admittedly he does not know either of them well still despite having. a few. overlapping interests. but he thinks about scien and dahut both who have said scien is more likely to experiment on himself and about what their goals are. ] Unless you thought the modifications would point you in a better direction?
No. We already talked about it. His version is incomplete, and according to him, in his timeline I was able to perfect it. A Reliver with the full scope of human emotions.
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clearly not this scien
but he also pauses after he says this like..... what. so why?]
[ ah, yes, the two different routes dilemma. luckily shoma is from an uchikoshi game and has at least thought about the idea of multiple universe and timelines so he just kind of goes "okay" about that. though the idea of a reliver with the full scope of human emotions...the heart would basically have to be like a supercomputer, he thinks, just to have enough space for the data and to process it all.
the unspoken thought is what makes him wonder though. ]
...so why did you have to try and do that now? What made you decide you wanted to look and see what was done right at this moment?
Do you remember actively choosing to do it? When you and Dahut woke up on Thursday. Do you remember really choosing to examine his heart?
[ anyway he's been thinking about nanites that actually make people go insane and act against their norm since this morning since that's the ending of aini so here we are. ]
[ "you think you know." he does not thoughtshare this, he is just thinking it to himself. but okay. thought experiment... ]
Let's consider what a nanite is, or a nanomachine. It's a microscopic machine designed almost on a molecular level, so it can infiltrate a person's body.
[ there's a pause...and then he just. goes for it. ]
Consider, now, what an organic nanomachine can actually do. Let's say there's a person whose body is ingested with a certain kind of nanite. Depending on the functionality, the nanite can latch onto bacteria in the body, and it can create a protein complex called CRISPR-Cas β. This protein can cut, move, and attached DNA nucleotide sequences, to the point where it can even overwrite the DNA structure inside neurons. Essentially, if it attaches and moves, it can rewire your brain. It can make you see things, it can make you perform actions you don't mean to, and even repeat actions over and over again. In some extreme cases, it can even make a person see hallucinations, or jump from high places, or...try to break through to what they perceive to be "the real world."
Now let's say this nanite enters a body. And let's say it also has the ability to multiply in the body and make copies of itself, attaching to its host. If your brain is rewritten and your perception of what your true reality is altered because of this machine, can you really say you did something by your own choice when the choice is different than what you would've made initially?
No, because the nanite has modified your conscious perception of the world and thus it is no longer an accurate representation of things going on around you.
I don't know if my theory of what they would do to us was quite so specific, but rather focused on the fact that we don't know nearly enough about what they're capable of. Sharing sensation, emotions, yes, but what about the manipulation of those same senses?
It can lead people to be controlled, or perhaps even be imploded from the inside.
So in this case... it can lead to oddities in behavior, at the very least.
[ yeah he went a little too specific there but it was to prove a point. it's fine. he seems to think that at least they're in alignment with the same sort of ideas because he's nodding to what scien says and he seems to agree.
the real problem is they really don't know what this company is capable of. ]
...then I'll ask you. Do you think you've experienced any oddities in your own behavior now that you're here? Or even any in Dahut's? [ he's sure the answer will be no because he wouldn't think so but it's worth asking. ]
[ again, he hates that. and so he narrows his eyes for a moment to focus. that reaction is a pattern, now, that he's keeping track of. ]
No. Even if you think he was wrong, what did Dahut say? [ because he remembers the way dahut described his relationship with scien, and he thinks that someone having that level of understanding of another person can't have said something without a basis to why.
and again scien taught him one (1) bad habit in his time here and it's just asking without leaving room for arguing. ]
inconclusive data, then. and yet this is sending him down a line of thought he doesn't know if he really wants to share, mouth drawing into a thin line. ]
Sure. Even the most brilliant minds can come up with incorrect solutions. [ he just doesn't believe this was one of those times. ]
...were you able to look at his heart before you buried it? [ "do you, currently, think this was worth it?" ]
According to the senior crew, you'll be here until the end of the tour. At least that's a long enough time to think it over. Try to make something of it.
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I wanted to see his heart.
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... he made modifications on it. So I suppose I wanted to see them for myself.
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I'm surprised. I thought you'd be putting your research into something else here. [ like. admittedly he does not know either of them well still despite having. a few. overlapping interests. but he thinks about scien and dahut both who have said scien is more likely to experiment on himself and about what their goals are. ] Unless you thought the modifications would point you in a better direction?
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[that is
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but he also pauses after he says this like..... what. so why?]
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the unspoken thought is what makes him wonder though. ]
...so why did you have to try and do that now? What made you decide you wanted to look and see what was done right at this moment?
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[ anyway he's been thinking about nanites that actually make people go insane and act against their norm since this morning since that's the ending of aini so here we are. ]
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but there is that shudder of violence again, the echo of the feeling. and scien pauses.]
Why would I do something that I didn't choose?
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...do you want my actual hypothesis, or are you asking me rhetorically?
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Do not use me as an example, because I will refute you by saying that I chose everything that I did. Because I know, inherently, this to be true.
But then it becomes a matter of testimony versus logic, and one should clearly win.
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Let's consider what a nanite is, or a nanomachine. It's a microscopic machine designed almost on a molecular level, so it can infiltrate a person's body.
[ there's a pause...and then he just. goes for it. ]
Consider, now, what an organic nanomachine can actually do. Let's say there's a person whose body is ingested with a certain kind of nanite. Depending on the functionality, the nanite can latch onto bacteria in the body, and it can create a protein complex called CRISPR-Cas β. This protein can cut, move, and attached DNA nucleotide sequences, to the point where it can even overwrite the DNA structure inside neurons. Essentially, if it attaches and moves, it can rewire your brain. It can make you see things, it can make you perform actions you don't mean to, and even repeat actions over and over again. In some extreme cases, it can even make a person see hallucinations, or jump from high places, or...try to break through to what they perceive to be "the real world."
Now let's say this nanite enters a body. And let's say it also has the ability to multiply in the body and make copies of itself, attaching to its host. If your brain is rewritten and your perception of what your true reality is altered because of this machine, can you really say you did something by your own choice when the choice is different than what you would've made initially?
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I don't know if my theory of what they would do to us was quite so specific, but rather focused on the fact that we don't know nearly enough about what they're capable of. Sharing sensation, emotions, yes, but what about the manipulation of those same senses?
It can lead people to be controlled, or perhaps even be imploded from the inside.
So in this case... it can lead to oddities in behavior, at the very least.
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the real problem is they really don't know what this company is capable of. ]
...then I'll ask you. Do you think you've experienced any oddities in your own behavior now that you're here? Or even any in Dahut's? [ he's sure the answer will be no because he wouldn't think so but it's worth asking. ]
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In turn, he said— [a pause, and there is that echo of violence again.]
... well, he was wrong. Everything I chose to do was on my own.
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No. Even if you think he was wrong, what did Dahut say? [ because he remembers the way dahut described his relationship with scien, and he thinks that someone having that level of understanding of another person can't have said something without a basis to why.
and again scien taught him one (1) bad habit in his time here and it's just asking without leaving room for arguing. ]
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inconclusive data, then. and yet this is sending him down a line of thought he doesn't know if he really wants to share, mouth drawing into a thin line. ]
Sure. Even the most brilliant minds can come up with incorrect solutions. [ he just doesn't believe this was one of those times. ]
...were you able to look at his heart before you buried it? [ "do you, currently, think this was worth it?" ]
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I have to put it to use. Somehow.
[or else this will all be for nothing]
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According to the senior crew, you'll be here until the end of the tour. At least that's a long enough time to think it over. Try to make something of it.
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I'll share my notes with you if I find something worthwhile, but I'm going to remove myself from the ship before I end up causing any more harm.
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also, it's very concerning for shoma to hear this given how he lifts both eyebrows. ]
And how are you planning to do that...?
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How do you think?
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