hmf. (contemplating milliways_bar)

[pure_science_12th]

You don't understand me nearly as well as you suppose, boy. The intellects that so annoy you — they're still as human as you. Whatever superiority to them you may have accidentally attained is as nothing, set against my superiority to you.

Still, at least you recognize this, and make the effort to improve yourself. Yare yare... Very well; I'll suffer this imitation of my genius, for the time being at least.

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[chem_doll]

Perhaps time will improve the imitation, Mayuri-sama.

[pure_science_12th]

[O hai self-made rule 63.] Ah, Nemu. It's always a pleasure to see you. [Even when you're falling short of expectations.]

I suppose, with time and practice, it's possible; the question is whether he has enough time to improve noticeably. He's 44 already — no age at all to a shinigami, I know, but nearly half of a typical mortal's lifespan.

[chem_doll]

Sometimes time isn't the problem, but rather lack of motivation.

[pure_science_12th]

Was that just a lucky guess, or have you been in contact with the other residents of his "headspace"? Because many of them complain of his lack of motivation. Kuchiki-fukutaichô in particular is quite sulky about it.

[chem_doll]

[You taught her better than to guess.]

I've observed the writers here for a long time now. It seems to be the most common factor lacking among them.

[There's a pause there.]

Kuchiki-fukutaichô displays the same mannerisms sometimes perhaps that is what people call "bonding".

[pure_science_12th]

[Yes, well, she's liable to fall into all sorts of bad habits when he's not around. And when he is, come to that.]

If he's typical of the breed, then the second most common factor must be an attention span that makes Kusajishi-fukutaichô look diligent and focused. I'm sure you've seen Kuchiki-fukutaichô and Abarai commiserating about their own puppeteers' deficiencies in that regard.

Perhaps, Nemu. Or perhaps she's simply resigned herself to his failings, just as some of our more recalcitrant experimental subjects eventually resign themselves to their fates.

[And then, because he wouldn't be Mayuri Kurotsuchi if he couldn't casually say something that would horrify most people:] I'm sure that wouldn't have been a problem with Inoue, at least.

[That's one thing he'd never be able to forgive the Quincy boy for, even if he were the forgiving sort in the first place: coming between him and the opportunity to study the development of a Fullbringer. Who knows what he might have learned from her that could even now have been aiding them against Yhwach?]

[chem_doll]

[Bad habits that involve not maiming people to death in unethical experiments for intellectual curiosity?

A statement that in its content would not have appalled her for she was used to his atrocious line of thinking, however, this she does not understand from her timeline.]

I apologize Mayuri-sama, but is Inoue-san a topic of interest to you?

[Because she's from the Hueco Mundo Arc when they fight the Pink Perfectionist.]

[pure_science_12th]

Have you completely forgotten?! I'm almost positive I've mentioned this repeatedly!

[Deep breaths, captain. Refresh her memory. At least give her something to work with.]

Oh, very well... My preliminary hypothesis is that the girl is either a nascent Fullbringer or some hitherto unknown quantity. In either case, careful study of her spiritual development could advance our understanding of reiryoku by leaps and bounds. [Sigh.] Ah well, even if that Quincy boy hadn't intervened, I doubt I'd have been given the opportunity to examine her properly, in the face of more urgent matters.