verse three is audio -> video

[allsongs]

[it's a minute or so of a melody hummed, something thoughtful, simple. it persists even when she finds what she wants – that there video function, the telltale thing she knows for sure is her window to everyone else floating around with these things.

far too quiet for her, and quiet only a moment longer before she speaks up:]

I want to understand what it is your name means. Tell me?

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[obfuskate]

That is why I said I tend to work alone. It is not 100%.

[ Why, yes, he is not above using and manipulating people for his own gain, thank you for inquiring!!!!!! ]

[allsongs]

The hundred percent is–?

[obfuskate]

One hundred percent means 'total fullness'. Should it be any integer less, it is not considered complete. It is not 100%.

Therefore, my point is that I am not always alone.

[allsongs]

I understand this. Thank you. [nod.]

[obfuskate]

Of course.

Now... what is your name? What is the meaning behind it?

[ Might as well hear the same thing in return. ]

[allsongs]

Simmaeri. [the nod becomes a slow bow.] It is large sound. Big. Inside.

[obfuskate]

[ That sounds vague, yet familiar. Shadow purses his lips thoughtfully. ]

A large sound. Inside... An echo?

[allsongs]

Blaine has said yes. Echo. Jesse has said boom, a thunder. Are there other words?

[obfuskate]

I could not agree with boom. I see little reason why the term 'inside' would be applied to it.

Synonyms and related words for echo, however...

[ He pauses, gathering terms into his mind like a mini-thesaurus. ]

Onomatopoeia. Repercussion. Reverberation. Ringing. Rebounding. Parroting. There are many similar words, but none as accurate as echo.

[allsongs]

[she smiles for the fresh vocabulary, trying them out for herself each in turn. lots of r-sounds. an interesting pattern and rhythm. oh, English...]

It can be echo. It can be many words if it is true to one. Simmaeri is Simmaeri for me.

[obfuskate]

I take it you prefer to err on the side of simplicity then.

[ Fascinating. That is fitting for some situations, but not all. ]

[allsongs]

It is not simple. [smiling.] But it can be if one is happy to make it simple. [relative perspectives and all that junk.]

[obfuskate]

... Mm. Understood.

[ Okay, that is a far better perspective on things. Otherwise, he doesn't have much more to say, honestly, so he prepares to exit out of the feed. ]

Simmaeri. [ Ahh- still such a pretty name. ] I have nothing more for you today, but we may meet again.

[allsongs]

Good-bye, Shadow.