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Now there's a line that's been tried before. And it's almost never true. Do you really work alone? No help from anybody? Or is that why it took 7,000 tries to break the system?
That just means you didn't have to have conversations with the people you were working with.
"Multitudes?" Really?
Either way, not really supporting the "I work alone" premise.
Either way, not really supporting the "I work alone" premise.
I know what it means, I just can't believe you said it.
Well, be careful out there. And don't make me come confiscate your gun.
Well, be careful out there. And don't make me come confiscate your gun.
And all of it had to be done indoors? Not even time for a walk?
Running a settlement requires a great deal more paperwork than you'd think.
I'm not permitted to leave the settlement without an escort, and inside the settlement there's rarely a moment's peace. I felt tethered to my table even when I wasn't beside it, and now the tether’s broken.
I'm not permitted to leave the settlement without an escort, and inside the settlement there's rarely a moment's peace. I felt tethered to my table even when I wasn't beside it, and now the tether’s broken.
You need an assistant.
But I think there are a few others things we can prioritize first.
But I think there are a few others things we can prioritize first.
I think the term is "secretary" but yeah, that works too.
I don't mean to be an airplane person. I'm not trying to dismiss your concerns, honest.
I don't mean to be an airplane person. I'm not trying to dismiss your concerns, honest.
I did have an apprentice for a while, but I'm not sure I’d do it again.
[A sweet, earnest Saxon boy only a couple of years Steph’s junior, he’d been murdered by one of their Norse allies soon after he’d left her village. Even now, he sits heavy in her heart like a stone]
I know that you all understand each other, and thus expect to be understood. I fear that as we progress here, I'll be left behind.
[A sweet, earnest Saxon boy only a couple of years Steph’s junior, he’d been murdered by one of their Norse allies soon after he’d left her village. Even now, he sits heavy in her heart like a stone]
I know that you all understand each other, and thus expect to be understood. I fear that as we progress here, I'll be left behind.
I try not to talk like that. I know how it feels, and I know your world is really different from mine. That doesn't make it lesser.
I'm not trying to be patronizing, but sometimes it's easier to think of it like magic. Most of the time the specifics aren't really important, you just need to know that it works and go from there.
Like, I couldn't tell you how an airplane flies, it just does.
I'm not trying to be patronizing, but sometimes it's easier to think of it like magic. Most of the time the specifics aren't really important, you just need to know that it works and go from there.
Like, I couldn't tell you how an airplane flies, it just does.
I know you understand, but to me it's not old. It's my life.
I know you can't halt everything to explain things to me, but it's not just how things function. What is “automated”? What kind of damage should I expect a gun to do? What is “egghead”?
I'm afraid that any code people make to keep out eavesdroppers will cut me off as well.
I know you can't halt everything to explain things to me, but it's not just how things function. What is “automated”? What kind of damage should I expect a gun to do? What is “egghead”?
I'm afraid that any code people make to keep out eavesdroppers will cut me off as well.
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