[ All that could be seen from the CLD's viewpoint when it snapped on was a dimness. And perhaps if they looked hard enough, the viewer could see something resting against it although what was hard to make out. When the owner finally spoke up, their voice was distant. ]
I should have known it wouldn't be that easy... What a joke. [ The grimace in
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Well, actually it's more like a computer you wear on your wrist, but it's kind of complicated.
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A computer? What else can it do?
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A Geiger counter? [ That... sounded like something way out of left field. ]
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Wait, what? Yeah, okay. Might be a little... lost in... translation. ]
...What's radioactivity? [ Seemed like something he should know with how complicated this all sounded. ]
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[He sounds honestly stunned. It takes him a few minutes to think of how to word it.]
Radiation is the emission of rays and particles from nuclear material. It's undetectable without these meters, but it can lead to all sorts of health problems and can even kill if you get exposed to too much. Even a small dose of it can be very dangerous.
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...So whatever it was, it came from something nuclear. And if one was around it long enough... He had to just take a moment... to digest that information. Finally though. ] Is it common here then? [ Because that would explain why something like that was built into the device he received from whoever... right? ]
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So, you're not from here either? [ His voice carried a hint of disbelief. Who else wasn't from this world...? And how did they get there anyway? ...Maybe he should have given those pamphlets a once over. ]
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Last I knew it was Earth in 1974, and now... Boston of the far future. It's like a movie or something.
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Don't mind his quiet either as he tried to collect his thoughts. Earth... That didn't ring a bell. But he did add up that Boston must have been a part of it at least. Something this guy had seen before, but... of the far future? So... Did that mean. ]
So, you're from here then? [ K-Kind of silly question, but he was trying to piece together things. Slowly... He traversed worlds, not times, after all. ]
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A version of it. I-it's not like this back home. Far from it. It's like... like an alternate dimension. Another world.
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Alternate world... He hadn't heard of that before... but... ] So... It's like your world. But it's not. Weird...
So, what makes it different then?
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[ Future....
Even despite the damage though... Was that the only reason why they wouldn't let them outside? ] There could be something out there though, couldn't there? [ Like a way back. ]
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