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[emergentfaculty]

Hello. If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you be willing to part with?_

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[unbornlotus]

Before I answer, I've got to check. Are you planning on stealing the sense we're willing to give up like some sort of AU-Rogue?

[emergentfaculty]

Er, no. I've neither the desire nor the capability to steal anyone's senses.

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[unbornlotus]

If you're sure.

I'd give up my taste.

[emergentfaculty]

Why that one?

And what's an AU-Rogue?

[unbornlotus]

Sight, touch, I need those for my art. Smell and hearing, I need for my job. If I can't taste anything, I won't have to taste anything gross and I know just the co-worker I'd make do it.

Seriously? Rogue as in X-Men?? Ringing bells? Ding-dong?

[emergentfaculty]

Welcome to a universe of infinite realities. The odds of my world's history aligning with yours is not as likely as you may believe.

[unbornlotus]

In the spirit of my world's history aligning with yours, I have two more questions.

One, do you have a beard?

Two, no, I'll wait for the answer to one first.

[emergentfaculty]

I do not, no.

[unbornlotus]

Two -- ever heard of a uMaster?

[emergentfaculty]

No, I have not.

[unbornlotus]

So what's with the sense question?

[emergentfaculty]

Curiosity. I am from a world that we have already established is not like your own and I would like to understand more.

[unbornlotus]

Did you learn anything?

[emergentfaculty]

Always, despite your reluctance to answer my original question.

[unbornlotus]

Hey, a girl's got to check before giving things up like that.

[emergentfaculty]

Perfectly reasonable.

Would you rather wait until the second date? I'm not sure what the timeline is for asking about sensory perception.