17. [video]

[ifightfor]

[Video! And...that's...that's not Rinzler. Except the kid's got circuit-patterns on his skin where Rinzler would and a scar and hexagonal pupils and the same total lack of affect and he's in Rinzler's room so logically...

He's also keeping the communicator pointed so he's only visible from the shoulders up because WHERE ARE HIS CLOTHES.]

«This is

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[no_fastolfe]

[She's never seen him without his helmet, but she can recognize circuitry like some kind of positronic zebra]

JA307020? Rinzler?

[Oh Space it's tiny. She can't handle tiny. Other people can handle the tiny, can't they? At least she isn't a bird this time. But there's a typing tiny.]

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[ifightfor]

[If text can be pouty, this text is pouty. THE POUTIEST.]

Yes.

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[no_fastolfe]

[Text. She can do text. Admittedly; it takes a while as she writes and rewrites and tries to pair her thoughts down.]

You seem to have regressed.
Is a youth state natural for programs of your type?

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[ifightfor]

No.

That's why this is STUPID.

Programs are written at the |

[What's the word he's looking for.]

physical age they appear. "Aging" is a User ... thing.

[He's losing vocabulary. WHY IS HE LOSING VOCABULARY. auuugh stupid flood stupid stupid stupid]

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[no_fastolfe]

Are you [and one of those long pauses goes here] operating well? Is there any sensory dysfunction due to the change of bodies?

[He had managed as a hawk, but that was so unbelievable that she was still having trouble processing it. It's as a dream. A loud, rage-filled dream that left her with equal parts trauma and catharsis. This is not a dream. This... is tiny.]

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[ifightfor]

[He can't even begin to explain why being a hawk made more sense than being twelve.]

Functions seem unimpaired. So far.

I keep forgetting words.

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[no_fastolfe]

[Pause pause]

Your warden is well? You have everything you need?

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[ifightfor]

Yes.

[Pause. Pause.]

Query: Affected?

Further query: You are alright?

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[no_fastolfe]

No: I am not affected.

I am

as ever.

You provided a great

I am not sure how to repay

Is there anything I can do?

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[ifightfor]

[He has to think about this for a bit.]

Not currently.

Thank you.

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[no_fastolfe]

[Unseen, she nods; she couldn't do much, at that. She isn't a doctor.]

You have my contact of course. I have been unusually fatigued. I am going to sleep but I will set the communicator to alert me if you contact me.

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[ifightfor]

Understood.

If |

JA307020 can be of assistance, feel free to request.

[Even if he is tiny. HE'LL DO HIS BEST.]