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[durincest]

Ouch! Fili, get off!

It's not my fault we're squished together, now is it?!

[Both brothers turn accusing eyes at the scribe.]

Would it have killed you to give us a little more room?

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[dualtrainers]

Users that come in pairs.

That's new.

[durincest]

Users? [The younger of the brothers frowns.] What is that supposed to mean?

[dualtrainers]

[What amounts to an entire conversation passes between the two in a moment, mostly minute facial tics and very little else. Finally one of the pair answers:] Users, those existing outside the Grid.

[The other continues the line of thought:] Not programs, nor ISOs, though they're programs as well.

[durincest]

I'm lost. [Kili states, and Fili nods.]

We've never heard of anything like that.

[dualtrainers]

[The conversation flows easily from one to the other, they really are two halves of a whole.]
Ah, our User-mun informs us that you're from somewhere else.

Possibly sometime earlier.

Before -or outside- the realm of Programs and Users.

Are pairs a common thing where -and when- you're from?

[durincest]

Pairs? [The brothers are still confused.]

Well...we're brothers...

[dualtrainers]

[The Twins tend to have that effect on people, even where they're from. Another wordless conversation passes quickly between them before Dex, the one on the right asks:] So you share code?

[Sin, the one on the left, amends:] Energy.

[Another brief sideways glance at each other as if to verify before speaking in unison:] Blood?

[durincest]

[Fili and Kili both look confused until the last word. Their expressions clear and they both nod.]

That's one way to put it.

[dualtrainers]

[Blood is something of an abstract concept to the pair, but now that the semantics are sorted they grin, crooked and mirrored.]

It would seem that we've failed to introduce ourselves

And before asking personal questions at that.

[Each nods to the other, introducing them.]
Dex
Sin

Game trainers.

[durincest]

Fili and Kili of the Blue Mountains. [They bow, or rather, incline their heads, before adding the traditional ending.]

At your service.

[dualtrainers]

[That prompts another broad, shared grin from the pair.]

And we at yours.

[durincest]

What's a program? [Kili asks interestedly, and beside him his brother nods.]

[dualtrainers]

We are. [It's the best explanation they've got, but they're going to try harder, bless them.]

Where we're from -and when!-
If there's a task that needs doing -training new recruits for the game arena, for instance- then a User writes a program for that task.

It's like hiring someone for a job -only more precise- yes, more precise because it's like hiring the exact right person for the job.
The person who was made to do that job -and that job alone!-

[Generally they manage to confuse people with the talking over, around, and through each other, but it's not impossible to follow.]

[durincest]

[Hey, they're brothers. They know how the whole finishing each other's thoughts thing goes.]

So...you were made to do a job? And your job is training?

[dualtrainers]

[Dex beams] In as many words, yes.

[Sin's smile is a little smaller, but no less bright.] We were meant to be singular at first. But then our User had other ideas.

Thought a pair would be more adaptable.