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Laptops? Last I saw this was in a museum. Guess they're into the antiquities.

[He’ll mess with it a bit and turn it upside down so that the only thing visible is a table for a moment. Some odd scratching noises and rubbing sounds follow, the video fuzzes a bit before clearing back to him facing the camera again. His expression is pretty serious.] Doesn’t look so bad. But is it fireproof?

You never know, this thing could just combust on you when you’re asleep. Burn down the whole apartment structure and a block radius before someone even notices it. People don’t always wake up from excessive smoke inhalation. Sometimes the smoke gets to them first. But… there’s enough of us here that someone is bound to wake up before it gets out of control, right? People not comfortable living in these apartments, maybe? [Shrug, he really doesn’t seem all that bothered by this notion.]

Well, at least these laptops are free. And hey, getting paid to fight in a war? Not bad at all.

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Nope, you definitely called them brain...less. Or without a brain. I guess you could call them ... opinion-less? Free-will-less?

Ah, that is what I mean. They do not have their own wills.

See? Doesn't that sound a lot better?

But free wills or not, they don't know that free will exists. They might not even want to. [Shrug]

[ There's a slight curl to his lips as something paused through his mind but Takegami smooths it out to a shrug. ]

From what I can tell, they are too scared to even think about this place unless they set to guard the borders.

Scared of here?

I can sort of understand why. Free will is a scary thing. You'd be surprised how much thought is needed for the shoes you'll wear when you've got options.

I never had that problem. [ His sense of style just automatically helps him choose well. ]

But you've always had those options, right? Red shoe, blue shoe? It's pretty mind-boggling when you've always had to wear black shoes up until then.

But hey, maybe that's just over thinking things.

No, not always. After all, parents always had to buy towards their tastes until one reach adulthood.

Uhuh. It makes sense. So wait, you're saying your parents make the decisions and then eventually you do. Am I getting this right?

That is how it usually goes.

All right then! [He's so proud of himself.]

So. You're from what sort of world?

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This world's past.

Yeah? How much past would you say?

It was 2008 when I was pulled. It is now 3312. You can do the math, yes?

Math, sure. But I guess I don't really know what that means. Except that you're probably as ancient as these laptops, right?

Yes I am. Although I admit I am not half bad looking for a man as old as a netbook.

Ha! Depends on what you're into. I know some people who would never part with these things, no matter how old.

Or maybe they decided to give us these because they are not too complicated for a majority of the people they bring here.

I don't know about that, things we use back home are pretty simple. This is the more complicated stuff.

Was your home Earth?

Ouch, was. Gotta get used to that. But yeah, was is a good way to put it. It's not like this place though. Similar, maybe. But enough differences to make you wonder.

Hmm, our hosts has been pulling from all the dimensions.

All the... well, aren't they skilled. [He'll chuckle] I might need some bigger rigs for the place then.

Is that so?

Very so, I'm afraid.

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