Victor would be able to write faster if she didn't have a robotic toddler leaning against her right arm, but she didn't mind. She was looking to be about thirty years old and deliberately androgynous
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Sarah blinks at the familiar-looking woman, but doesn't seem surprised. Stupid timeflooded Nexus. "Hi, there. You look a lot older since the last time I saw you. Who's your friend?"
Sarah looks tired. "I'm learning that there's never a break from the Nexus."
"I wish I could feel as charitable right now," she murmurs. "Do you... do you know that you're older than normal now?"
She smiles at Jude. "Hello, Jude." He's bright all right. And shiny. "He's very cute," she tells Victor. She wonders how to politely inquire about robot babies from the future.
"Besides that there is a sudden epidemic of very fine nearly-twenty-year-olds of my aquaintance arriving here many years older, I have not learned anything to speak of too recently. Hello Victor"
He picks up on it quickly and decides not to be a bother. "Perhaps so. It is the Nexus after all."
"I am very well, thank you. I think I need to read more about science." Maybe computers, if one of his dearest friends/Family members and one of his favorite Nexus pals are both going to have robots in their lives within the decade. He's relatively clueless, and that might need fixing.
"Trying to achieve some sort of unification between the scattered Gargoyle clans...," Elisa says, before noticing just who it is she's talking to. "Victor?!"
"That's one serious task! I imagine, culturally, the differences are astronomical." She tilted her hat back, bobbed her head. "Yep, that's me. And you're Elisa. And this is Jude," she concluded, grinning playfully.
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Not to take even inconsistancy for granted.
*Stare. Narrowed eyes.*
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"That's a good thing to learn."
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Sarah looks tired. "I'm learning that there's never a break from the Nexus."
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"This is my kid, Jude." She smiled that proud mother smile. See how bright he is? See how well he colors?
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She smiles at Jude. "Hello, Jude." He's bright all right. And shiny. "He's very cute," she tells Victor. She wonders how to politely inquire about robot babies from the future.
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Jude whirred in return, waving. She was used to questions, and she wouldn't mind them. "He really is."
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"Heya, how're you?"
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"I am very well, thank you. I think I need to read more about science." Maybe computers, if one of his dearest friends/Family members and one of his favorite Nexus pals are both going to have robots in their lives within the decade. He's relatively clueless, and that might need fixing.
He does, however, smile at the little fellow.
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Jude couldn't quite smile back, but his eyes brightened a bit in acknowledgement and he gave Guillame a thumbs up.
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Silly temporal mechanics of the Nexus...
"Pleasure, kiddo."
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Beep-beep-clank. "He says likewise."
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Jude clicked and headtilted, and Victor leaned over. "I'll explain it when you're older."
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