Test-Driving, New Muse

[diomedea]

Too many voices. Weak voice, strong voice. Hard to decide which. Motivations are known, Mun, but only his, not mine. You can fake it, always.

Review, rewind, go back. Then you will see.

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[pompous_today]

Hello, River. Are you feeling strong or weak?

[diomedea]

[Simon, that's a silly question. You ask lots of those.]

Like an albatross, see?

[She gestures to the large, awkward bird following her, and it unfurls its wings. He's missing flight feathers on his wings, but otherwise looks okay.]

Strong bird, can't fly.

[pompous_today]

[Simon looks at the bird, very confused.]

... where did that come from?

[diomedea]

[River laughs. Simon has the best confused faces.]

Through the door. Qì, they said. Animal animus.

[You're not understanding, are you? She frowns. Come on, Simon, she's telling you, you just aren't listening. She covers her ears and looks at him. Follow along, now.]

Not ears, listen with your big brain.

[pompous_today]

The door- you mean, from another world?

[diomedea]

[Better, Simon. She smiles, and laughs a little.]

Yes.

Shadows there, but people. All binary systems, smaller stars orbiting another star.

[She points to the albatross.]

See?

[That was what she said, wasn't it? Not "Sea" or "C"?]

Only three possibilities, not four. If the first is a zero, both are zeroes. Zero-zero, one-zero, one-one.