exsilium | [voice]

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[voice]

Hey. Got a question for all of the tech freaks out there. I know there's plenty of you around.

[It isn't the most formal way to start a message, never mind a request - but even so, there's a briskness to his voice that sounds almost business-like.]

Let's say I want to keep an eye on the names that show up on this thing [a couple of relatively loud taps] along with the new people. Is there a way I can set it up so it... [He hesitates for a fraction of a second, but carries on as if he hadn't.] lets me know somehow when a specific name gets added to it? Or any name, that works too. Just out of interest.

Details would help, but a straight yes or no's better than nothing. I'm not exactly expecting any hand-holding here.

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Right... [He sounds a touch uneasier than before.] Well, anyway, technology's not the problem. Technology that doesn't come with schematics is.

[ a curious blink, leaning in slightly. ]

.. I suppose it's not terribly helpful to just suggest fiddling around with it. I imagine you've done that already. [ he pushes a few strands of hair back behind an ear. ] I'm really sorry, I-- I wish I could help, but I didn't even have a cellphone back home.

..."Cell" phone?

[But after a moment or two, he just lets out a small, irritable sigh.] Whatever. It's fine. Don't worry about it. The question's meant for the nerds out there, anyway.

It's a-- [ oh darn. ] It's a little.. phone. [ he outlines a rough shape/size of one in the air with his index finger. ] It's wireless, a bit like these. Simpler to operate, though, I think. Mostly.

I'll... take your word for it.

[He still sounds a little disconcerted about something...]

Hey, if we're swapping personal questions now, do I get one? Fair's fair.

[ a little weakly: ] I-- I said I was sorry.. [ but he has a point. ] I suppose so, though.

Is the way you're using the word "half-breed" as creepy as I think it is? [Blunt.]

[ a slight flinch, fingers curling together in his lap. well, it's not as if he hasn't heard considerably worse. ]

.. If you're asking if my mother mated with a stag, then no.

Been asked that before, huh? My bad. [From that reaction, it doesn't take a genius to figure out he hit a nerve, so he's trying to sound disarming. He isn't great at it.] Yeah, just checking. I figured you'd be more like a chimera than that. That's not how animals work.

[ a small sigh. ] It's okay. I should be used to it. 'Half-breeds' are what humans call people with a human parent and a parent from the other world, whether it's a god or a monster or a demon or a.. any other sort of being. My father was a sort of.. nature god.

[ it's the best way he knows how to explain the green man, anyway. ]

...Sure, if you say so. [He's still pretty glad he kept this off video.] So what's the actual word for that, or don't you have one?

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