lili & kaoru need less money

[coastal]

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[twinsightful]

[His eyes widen just a bit.]

He uses acronyms and everything. [The bird said IRL and Kaoru lost about 10 years of his life.] He also plays video games.

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[coastal]

What?!

[IT'S REAL HUMAN SPEAK]

[coastal]

[ . . . . wait]

What's a video game?

[twinsightful]

[Well now it's his turn, so.]

What. [...it's suddenly occurred to him that she might?? Not be from Earth??] It's a game you play on a screen with software. [That's a terrible explanation, but whatever.]

[coastal]

... software...?

[????

for the record she's totally imagining a silk screen. a paper screen. literally any other kind of screen besides a computer screen]

[twinsightful]

...like data...? [This is about where his usefulness taps out on that, rip.]

[coastal]

[just

this expression, coupled with a tilt of her head

sorry]

[twinsightful]

[. . .]

Never mind. The point is that the bird knows about modern human things. Including games. He's also easy to scare.

[coastal]

What do you mean modern...

[should she be offended... she's going to assume she should be and just frown a little]

Mm, well, he is a bird. I'd say his fears are warranted.

[twinsightful]

With technology, like video games and cell phones and computers. [It's almost a challenge?]

And who knows. The horse didn't seem that scared of being here.

[Kaoru had a long day talking to animals, basically.]

[coastal]

[ . . . . . she's definitely looking frustrated because he's? speaking? another fucking language all of a sudden?]

Talk normally!

[CLEARLY that's what's happening here]

[twinsightful]

[!?]

I am! What about this isn't normal?

[coastal]

I didn't understand half of the words you used!

[LANGUAGE IS BREAKING

she's going to try to repeat them]

Kon... pyu...?

[?????]

[twinsightful]

[A frown. Lili plz.]

Computer. It's sort of like pen and paper, but digital. [...oh!] Did you meet Shess?

[coastal]

Oh! His technology?

[????]

Your land has that as well?

[twinsightful]

Yes. Not exactly the same but very similar. If I had my phone I'd show you but I woke up here without it. But a computer is like that. You can put in information and it'll spit it back out.

[coastal]

If you ever see one here, point it out to me.

[SHE WANTS TO SEE IT]

My land could benefit from having one.

[twinsightful]

[Lili...there's a twitch of a grin.]

If you don't have things like that, what do you have?

[coastal]

[??? she tilts her head]

By way of technology...? Mmm... Crossbows, I suppose...

[does

does that count as technology]

Nothing like what you're describing... Many of our books are still hand-printed. I want one of Shess' tablets for myself because it could be useful for spreading literacy!

[twinsightful]

Crossbows are weapons...[But he holds open the door for the library to let her inside first.]

A few people have different devices that they brought in. Shess has a tablet, Axel has a phone...I wonder how people are going to charge their stuff though.

[coastal]

Charge...?

[cavalry...? charge...?]

Mm, I'll ask Axel about his device.

[twinsightful]

Electricity. [...] Condensed lightning? [No.]

I don't know what a gummiphone is, but it has phone in it. He should know.

[He's stepping ahead to grab a notebook that's lying on a table.] We can use this.

[coastal]

[no..... she just shakes her head]

You all can capture lightning?

[how is that possible!! but in that case she'll go to retrieve.... a pen? she squints at it]

Is this a writing utensil?

[she's still in the ink brush stage of history]

[twinsightful]

Not exactly. That's actually pretty bad, don't do that. But electricity is a little hard to explain. [But he looks at her, smiling a little because wow it's like a martian. He's flipping open the notebook then to bring up a fresh page.]

That's a pen. You really don't have these?

[coastal]

It sounds useful... I want to know more about it.

[and she's actually going to look around]

And this is a pen...? Is that ink on the inside?

[she's going to wander off]

I'm going to find books on these subjects.

What else do I need to learn?