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[Robin has already been here long enough to know what's going on as far as the village mythos is concerned. There'd been alleged kidnappings from multiple dimensions, and all sorts of superpowered types are supposedly stuck here to act as an army for some omnipresent Big Brother figure. It would have been a transparent enough illusion if not for
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S-Salutations, Robin.
... I would... s-suppose that doing so takes... t-too much collective effort and resources. The sheer energy expenditure a-alone that the Shifting technology must take even to do temporary Shifts seems to... render a full-scale erasure of i-individuals... unsatisfactory.
[The Malnosso left Vivi's letter, and the hat she wished to give him, behind, even after she'd been sent home.. But to truly destroy all traces of her presence, they'd have to destroy the memories of anybody who'd ever witnessed her, too. And the last time they were able to do that, it was temporary.
... The fact it could have been longer, however, is not reassuring.]
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Greetings, Professor Hastings.
If that's the case, then what is there to gain from erasing evidence of the same individuals' physical presence? Why do anything only part of the way?
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The Malnosso do a... significant amount of things "part of the way". For example, the... e-environment of this enclosure is absolutely preposterously put-together... Not like a r-real biome at all. I suppose it is simply a... facsimile, and as they can control all aspects of the e-enclosure at all times, there... is no need for anything more effectual.
... But I could... h-hardly tell you why this is. It all seems so... dreadfully inconsistent. Were they to be... anything like proper scientists, this would all have a rationale.
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I'm curious about any theories you have about the inconsistencies. One would think the natural shifts would influence their capability to create any sort of a stable environment, but do you mean to say there are additional factors involved?
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There may be... several factors that influence it. Most notably is a... l-lack of information... though, this strikes me as... s-strange considering the fact that they can pare any of our minds - presumably - at will for i-information, and can bring books - but not databases [- yes, he resents this discrepancy -] from any of the multiversal worlds represented here... But Malnossians may simply not... think it a concern to use r-real properties of physics or biology.
... That, or it may be that they have some... misguided idea of what a forested biome truly looks like.
[His tone turns almost apologetic.] I regret that I have... no better knowledge, as I lack the tools necessary to take more... a-accurate readings - otherwise I would be studying the microbiology of the forests as ( ... )
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It's a bit of a junkyard in a lot of places around here. What exactly would you need to take better readings? [Robin's from the MacGuyver school of science. If it doesn't exist, give him some wires, duct tape, and gum and he'll damn well MAKE it exist.]
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... Ah, well, proper cryogenic storage and electron microscopes would be an incredible asset... Wh-why they do not already exist is beyond me, really...
... But you are capable of... c-constructing something like that from the extremely limited technology here? [Robert is meeting a lot of engineers. This is a good thing, in his opinion.]
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That might first depend on how cold you need your materials to be and what it is you're planning to store. [And also how many working refrigerators he's capable of fitting together. :| This is a lot easier when he's got a stolen bat-credit card and a butler willing to fudge the paperwork at his disposal.]
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I doubt that a-anything below one kelvin is even vaguely approachable... [Said in the wistful tone of somebody who expects a lot better, like a little kid whining about the Atari setup while yearning for an XBox 360.] Bah, the technology here is so... lacking s-sometimes.
... Well, at... at least to me.
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That just means there's more room to innovate. One would think someone in your field would be excited about the opportunities.
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... I... I suppose you have a point. But... I am an astrobiologist by training, not an engineer... [Though I do have an engineer as a partner...
Really he just doesn't want to fail, though. Or get things wrong. And this may be evident in Robert's tone.]
... This must mean you have been... r-researching this place thoroughly, then. [And this mun finds it hilarious that Robin has. Robin is totally able to read everything Robert has available publically. \o/]
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Then adapt your skills. If you can connect the mysteries of the universe, a few wires shouldn't scare you away. [Oh, he knows about Donatello. But it's more fun this way.]
I just read the standard-issue book. I'm surprised more people don't bother with it.
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And... and I suppose it seemed... almost inethical, in a way. F-for me. [Because, as much as Robert wants to learn knowledge, it feels awkward reading other peoples' entries at will.
... But it's true that the information is still technically there and free to peruse... And he himself isn't upset at Robin for reading his, as much as it's now at least somewhat obvious that he has been.]
I am not certain how... others f-feel in that regard.
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... At... at any rate, though, you certainly make a... valid statement.
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If you'll excuse my saying so, I wouldn't have thought you were a particularly private man, Professor Hastings.
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