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[offtracks]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, NOBORI.

FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 17.128.903.472

*** NOBORI has joined 17.128.903.472

<NOBORI> Hello! This is Ingo!
<NOBORI> How may I help you?

Other Handles: Wayward [anon]

Comments

[offtracks]

That seems...harsh.

[Ingo sounds less certain of this than he would have, back in the day. Emmet is, after all, his only real guide for understanding these things; it's difficult to contradict him. But Ingo knows that no force of will can stop his episodes. Even if they could - well, it happens because things are difficult already, there's no call to be mean about it.]

[i_am_emmet]

It is, but most people just think I am having a temper fit.

[offtracks]

...but that is not it at all! At least - I suppose it is an excess of emotion, in a way, but it is not as though you simply...decide "ah, yes, this is what I shall do now!" Like someone shouting, or some such thing!

[i_am_emmet]

People are weird, they don't understand.

[offtracks]

I know that not everyone has those exact experiences, but surely everyone becomes upset? Or - well, I suppose other people do manage the city much better.

[A lot of that was Felfri-born trauma. A lot of it is also just that the place is overstimulating. There's a lot of reasons Ingo struggles with places like the arcade!]

[i_am_emmet]

Its the entire 'You should handle your feelings differently' thought. They don't understand the programs stop running.

[offtracks]

...I don't understand what you mean by that.

[He wasn't going to say anything but this is the second time Emmet's brought up programs!]

[i_am_emmet]

Oh, modern things.

[Emmet paused trying to explain a program.]

The thing your laptop runs are called 'Programs' like the program to connect to the network, or make a Word document, or draw a picture. If your computer runs too many of them, it can make the computer stop working.

[offtracks]

It can draw pictures? I thought it was only for communication!

[Ingo knows how to use the network and That Is It!]

[i_am_emmet]

You never investigated it more?

[offtracks]

I know how to use the network! What else do I need?

[i_am_emmet]

Word documents, art programs, games! There is one called V-Pets I downloaded.

[offtracks]

Are the word documents like books?

[i_am_emmet]

Not really, think of it like a digital scroll. Did they have scrolls in Hisui?

[offtracks]

Yes, parchments. But what is in them, then?

[i_am_emmet]

Whatever you write, or what other people write. Back home I used to save stories that Independent Authors would write on my computer. And tried to write one once myself, yup.

[Emmet was reading fanfiction.]

[offtracks]

...I'm not sure I understand how this is any different than paper, but I do like reading stories.

[nightmare scenario ingo attempts to find new romance novels from "independent authors" on the internet now]

[i_am_emmet]

Think of your laptop. Now imagine over a million books on it.

[offtracks]

That is far too many!

[i_am_emmet]

But imagine how nice it is to have them all in one neat area. You don't need shelves or anything.

[Emmet knows a lot of people like the book smell, but it just makes more sense to go digital!]

[offtracks]

But what if something happened to the laptop?

[i_am_emmet]

Have backups. Or store it on the cloud or something.

[offtracks]

Now you are just saying words!

[Ingo laughs and stands. Breakfast is coming up, which means that Emmet will have to go to sleep soon - he'll cook something up real quick for all of them to share before that happens!]

[i_am_emmet]

No, I'm not. I'll buy you a dictionary.

[Emmet yawns, because despite the nap, it had been a long night.]