AUDIENCE 🚀 SCIEN

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[dropoffs]

[ This is a little funny to them. Only a little. ]

Do you have an equal?

[egodist]

One.

[dropoffs]

[ A little clap of their hands. ]

Then you are not alone.

[egodist]

It doesn't matter to me if I am or not. I am used to my circumstances and have accepted them.

[begging this man to crave more human interaction]

Are you an easily lonely person? Is that why you keep waiting for others?

[dropoffs]

[ They know people are weird, but also know people are people. ]

My master and I are bound by a promise, which is why I am waiting for them. In terms of loneliness... It is livelier with people around.

[egodist]

So you are.

[he can't relate....]

What promise binds you to your master?

[dropoffs]

People are very fascinating to observe.

[ They don't think it's necessary to elaborate or anything. People being around is definitely more fun. ]

To serve and guide.

[egodist]

Sometimes they're amusing.

[that's not the same thing, scien. it's the way a king regards his court jester.]

Guide...? You prepare the course for your master?

[dropoffs]

Yes, even if sometimes they're pitiful.

[ They say it more like they are a bystander to life's happenings. ]

Well, as we know, they do get lost. Guiding can be reminding them of their goal or their purpose.

[egodist]

[ . . . he tilts his head, finding himself wondering]

How would you describe your master?

[dropoffs]

Scatter-brained.

[ cant be an insult if its true ]

[egodist]

[an emotion similar to amusement!!]

Sounds apt.

You wouldn't choose a new master?

[dropoffs]

[ A chuckle. ]

And abandon them to stay lost? I'm afraid I can't let that happen.

[egodist]

An interesting tie.

[he can't imagine being devoted to someone scatter-brained.... sounds like a headache]

Do you treasure him more than yourself?

[dropoffs]

[ It really is a choice... So difficult. They're thinking. ]

I suppose I must. They are my master. [ They tilt their head. ] Do you have any relation to your equal?

[egodist]

I wouldn't necessarily say that you must purely because that is your relationship. It is still something you choose.

[scien and dahut are boss and assistant but clearly it's friendly fire at all hours, and only about to get worse]

No. That woman is simply someone I work with.

[dropoffs]

Then being their servant is my choice.

[ They don't know how else to explain it and they seem content with that. ]

You two are not friends? That's a shame.

[egodist]

If you say so.

[once again can't relate.... but he won't tell someone else how to live. though at the next question he just

laughs. it's not a kind sound]

I suppose you could call us friends, though she'd find it detestable. We can also be mistaken for adversaries at times, even though we're comrades.

[dropoffs]

[ That's an amusing thought. ]

Life is full of all types of relationships and it is just as important to have ones that aren't always positive. It's a surprise to me that she would find your company detestable.