branding lady, meet meek little lamb

[mxglam]

Glam isn't allowed to actually patrol the following day (it's a Sunday), so they mostly browse the 'net and read books. Echo's busy with her family (and she is allowed to go out patrolling), and Lorica's... doing something.

They're slightly worried about the fact that Yates hasn't replied to their email, but it's the weekend, so maybe that's why.

Has she replied to the email by Monday?

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[mxglam]

All copies disappear, as well as the buoys. "Yeah. I guess they can be used to extend my attention some, but not completely."

[thinkering]

"And you lost your duck."

[mxglam]

Sigh. "I wanna do one more test. Bot, can you bleep when your sib has a duck? Also when it loses the duck?"

[thinkering]

"Yes," says the robot.

[mxglam]

New duck!

"I'm gonna start playing with buoys again until they start disappearing. My prediction is that the duck won't disappear this time, 'cause the bleep would be distinctive enough that I'd notice it happening. Make sense?"

[thinkering]

Bleep.

"Sort of."

[mxglam]

"Only sort of?"

[thinkering]

"It sort of makes sense."

[mxglam]

"Yeah, I got that, I'm wondering why it only sort of makes sense instead of making sense completely."

[thinkering]

"You might be distracted enough by the buoys to lose the duck regardless?"

[mxglam]

"Ah. Yeah, I guess. Well, trying anyway!"

Buoy buoy buoy buoy buoy buoy buoy buoy buoy buoy...

Buoys start disappearing at the expected rate. Duck does not disappear.

[thinkering]

The robot, accordingly, does not bleep.

[mxglam]

After enough time has passed: "Either my hypothesis is correct or I've managed to convince myself enough of it that it's become correct."

[thinkering]

"What an interestingly convenient power you have in that way."

[mxglam]

"Or at times inconvenient, convincing myself that I'm right isn't the easiest of tasks, you know. But yeah, overall, don't think I can complain."

[thinkering]

"And this is you working alone, it'll presumably improve if you manage your reputation right."

[mxglam]

"Yeah! If I could get a reputation of 'they can do literally anything' that will make me happy."

[thinkering]

"First step: 'they'."

[mxglam]

"...yeah."

[thinkering]

"I'm sorry they're giving you a hard time."

[mxglam]

Shrug. "Being two people is almost as good."

[thinkering]

"Plus, versatility boost."

[mxglam]

"Yeah. When I come out as being only one person that will probably help with the whole 'they can do anything' thing even if the 'they' part might be a bit more problematic."

[thinkering]

"Exactly."

[mxglam]

"I'm trying to count on the fact that Loen's gonna be a boy and Glam a girl but I'm worried people will just fixate on girl girl girl. Which would be hilarious because that's the opposite of the problem I had for the first seven years of my life."