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failureisntachoice) wrote2015-09-11 12:57 pm
failureisntachoice) wrote2015-09-11 12:57 pm
How much education did you get back home?
What were you studying? Computer science?
[He looks at her over the edge of the menu. There was something there, but he wasn't really equipped to untangle it.. maybe he'd ask Cordelia later.]
Regardless of any other status... you would have been family by circumstances of birth. [Cordelia HAD been working on him, in general.] It is more than acceptable to take care of yourself, however you find you need it.
Regardless of any other status... you would have been family by circumstances of birth. [Cordelia HAD been working on him, in general.] It is more than acceptable to take care of yourself, however you find you need it.
I had considered it. The ramifications of an AI of your quality and capability would be somewhat enormous. The very first thing that would have to be done is establish your rights as a person, your place within a major House would make it quite a bit easier to stomp down the other Count's throats, make it a hit and run attack and work out the incidentals as they arrive. I'm sure the Beta Colony would have the law already frameworked and ready to simplify for digest.
It would have profound societal impact, forcing new permutations of what a person is to the generally fairly closed viewpoint Barrayar has. It is good in the long term, though dangerous in the short.
[His eyes watched her, sharp with calculation.]
EMP proof plating could easily be fitted to your armor for your safety, and should be. Most of our reliance on the weapon is gone, but stockpiles exist of everything whether there is practical use or not.
As for the practical and obvious, clearly, you could revolutionize space warfare as, the tac computers understand tactics and countertactics, but not humans, in general. As much as I desperately wish to see the galactic arms race settle and our place slip to a more peaceful one, I doubt it would happen in our time.
[There's another pause here, long. He folds his hands and sets his chin on them.]
Or you could be Armswoman Allison. Or Tex. Of House Vorkosigan.
In a new world, your identity would be yours to choose, all levels of it.
It would have profound societal impact, forcing new permutations of what a person is to the generally fairly closed viewpoint Barrayar has. It is good in the long term, though dangerous in the short.
[His eyes watched her, sharp with calculation.]
EMP proof plating could easily be fitted to your armor for your safety, and should be. Most of our reliance on the weapon is gone, but stockpiles exist of everything whether there is practical use or not.
As for the practical and obvious, clearly, you could revolutionize space warfare as, the tac computers understand tactics and countertactics, but not humans, in general. As much as I desperately wish to see the galactic arms race settle and our place slip to a more peaceful one, I doubt it would happen in our time.
[There's another pause here, long. He folds his hands and sets his chin on them.]
Or you could be Armswoman Allison. Or Tex. Of House Vorkosigan.
In a new world, your identity would be yours to choose, all levels of it.
[ She snorts and sets the menu down, already knowing exactly what she'll order when their server approaches. ]
I wouldn't call drinking at the bar taking care of myself. Not that it matters.
[ Hell, she didn't even have anyone at the house anymore now with Epsilon moving out. ]
I wouldn't call drinking at the bar taking care of myself. Not that it matters.
[ Hell, she didn't even have anyone at the house anymore now with Epsilon moving out. ]
[ Well shit. That's a lot more thought than she had expected anyone to put into it and she's watching him intently as he speaks. When he reaches the end, she finds herself relaxing. She's never been one to pioneer social revolutions, much less in a galaxy that has next to no AI technology.
She speaks carefully, ]
There's a reason I don't broadcast what I am here. It'd be a lot easier to live as Armswoman Allison there. I get the feeling I'll already be drawing enough attention to myself with the 'armswoman' title.
She speaks carefully, ]
There's a reason I don't broadcast what I am here. It'd be a lot easier to live as Armswoman Allison there. I get the feeling I'll already be drawing enough attention to myself with the 'armswoman' title.
It... well. It has a certain place. [He couldn't quite manage any sort of a platitude about it being a good place. Not in any sort of good faith.]
I'm not sure if I envy your inability to get properly soused, or am mortified by it.
[When the server comes by, he sets his own order in a quick, perfunctory manner, handing the menu over.]
I'm not sure if I envy your inability to get properly soused, or am mortified by it.
[When the server comes by, he sets his own order in a quick, perfunctory manner, handing the menu over.]
Ah, that will be something.
[His smile is sharp, like a knife, grey eyes glittering with some challenge.]
I quite look forward to it.
[His smile is sharp, like a knife, grey eyes glittering with some challenge.]
I quite look forward to it.
[ She matches his expression with a smirk of her own. That's a fight she wouldn't mind having. ]
You going to take extra care to make sure it happens then?
You going to take extra care to make sure it happens then?
[ She places her order in a similar fashion and with the menus out of the way, folds her hands together on the table. ]
I'd go with mortified. I'm sure I can simulate the damn feeling, but it's more of a pain in the ass than it's worth to figure out.
I'd go with mortified. I'm sure I can simulate the damn feeling, but it's more of a pain in the ass than it's worth to figure out.
It seems to take the point away, yes. There's always keeping busy, instead.
I had a particularly difficult command a few years back. One of the best ways I'd found to let men merely get their issues out was to allow carefully monitored matches. [Monitored, of course, was not controlled, nor overly bound by rules.] As officers were required as well, it did marvels for letting situations sort themselves out.
That was my next step. I need to find a new place to stay now, so that should give me plenty to do on top of work.
So you want me to fight everyone that tries to say something about it? [ Not that she sounds like she minds. ]
Curious and I can't hire or refer you if I don't know what you can do.
[He considers her quietly a moment. She has too much of a soldier's pride to accept it as an offer of kindness. But..]
We do have need of additional security at the moment. The room would be rent free, if you wouldn't mind the additional work.
We do have need of additional security at the moment. The room would be rent free, if you wouldn't mind the additional work.
Oh not nearly so tedious. I would merely want a venue for soldiers who would decry a woman for being weaker to be prove themselves or be silent.
[ She does and she knows where this offer is coming from. If it had been a true issue, a request for her to move in would have been made sooner. That doesn't mean she is't going to consider it. ]
Part of the Lucifer concern?
Part of the Lucifer concern?
How public could you make those? Because it might stave off future idiots from wasting my time if they see how bad the others get pummeled.
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