❧ 016 ❧ Digital voice recorder (back dated to the 11th)

[dominateartimus]

[Xander sounds tired as he addresses the network.]

As much as I dislike advertising on this, I'm in need of a roommate again. My only requirements that you are at least 18, with a job in Locke, able to clean up after yourself and can handle being around two short-haired cats. The apartment isn't too far from Locke University. If you're interested, please contact me over the network.

[He releases a sigh before it turns in to a weak chuckle. With everything that went down recently, he felt mentally exhausted. A concerned meow is heard in the background.]

...Maybe this is the lack of sleep talking, but does anyone else worry about suddenly loosing their 'pulses' and returning back to normal? I didn't think much of it at first, especially after I lost recollection of this whole thing about a year ago. Now? There's a good chance I might die from the injuries I've sustained or collapse from exhaustion. [Despite the grim subject, he's still chuckling.] Although, I wouldn't be surprised if this didn't cross many people's minds.

Comments

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[hustru]

I worry for another to lose them.

Wouldn't be sentient anymore.

[Audio]

[dominateartimus]

I take it you've lost someone before who was part of the network?

...Who wouldn't be sentient?

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[hustru]

My dog.

We left the echo boundaries once and she was a normal dog again.

[dominateartimus]

Ah. That... must have certainly been an interesting experience.

[hustru]

Disturbing.

Do you have children?

[dominateartimus]

Of course it would. I'm sorry.

No, I do not. [There's a meow in the background.]

[hustru]

Floweregg is like a child, now.

[Fairly literally, considering that Siiri estimates her mental age to be somewhere around preschool or primary school.]

[dominateartimus]

Was Floweregg always like that?

[hustru]

I doubt that she was born with echoes.

[But she can't say much more than that; she might have already had them when they adopted her, so who knows what her pure dog-personality is?]

[dominateartimus]

Of course. I'm sorry for assuming.

[hustru]

[???!!!!!

Why are people so hard to understand, there is no reason to apologize, how did she screw up this time? Going over the whole conversation a couple of times over, but... She can't find anything, and she should reply something, shouldn't she?]

No reason to be sorry.

[dominateartimus]

No? Even though I made assumptions about your dog when I didn't know the full story?

[hustru]

Most are confused by her.

[At least he didn't get confused the way that a few people did with Floweregg, without the other person knowing that she was a dog, telling people that Siiri was "her mistress" and "owned her". That just. Was a lot more awkward.]

[dominateartimus]

How so?

[hustru]

They don't expect her to be a dog.

[dominateartimus]

I understand now. Most people would assume that she's a child instead of a dog, unless she's using a video to reply.

[hustru]

Or an adult, if text.

[dominateartimus]

That is true. It seems I overlooked that.

[hustru]

Why did you ask?

[dominateartimus]

I guess I was curious.

[hustru]

Sounds like "I was only asking for a friend".

[dominateartimus]

[A weak chuckle escapes him.] No, I wasn't.

[hustru]

Do you think you'll lose your echoes?

[dominateartimus]

I have in the past, although it was for a brief period of time.

[hustru]

The anniversary makes you worry?