"How can you doubt our heroes?" she says cynically. "Or our villains. And what do you bribe them with anyway - a safe universe?" Her expression cools as she sits. "When you put the weight of the multiverse on one side of the scales, and a hostage or hostages on the other - well, let's hope it never comes to that."
"Maybe next time you'll get to dress up in the fancy outfit." She eyes his prom attire. "Something with lots of copper sequins, maybe a crown? Or better yet, there won't be a next time."
"I'm really not that creative a person," she admits with what appears to be honest humility. "It's just not in my nature. My only flashes of genius and inspiration have to do with AIs - and, so long as I make sure I keep my work in a hardened case with a Faraday Cage built into it, there's minimal risk of bringing any harm to the ship."
Especially since she would make certain that the box had no external audio contacts. She remembers a stumbling, hunchbacked figure from her past, and shivers again.
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"Maybe next time you'll get to dress up in the fancy outfit." She eyes his prom attire. "Something with lots of copper sequins, maybe a crown? Or better yet, there won't be a next time."
"I'm really not that creative a person," she admits with what appears to be honest humility. "It's just not in my nature. My only flashes of genius and inspiration have to do with AIs - and, so long as I make sure I keep my work in a hardened case with a Faraday Cage built into it, there's minimal risk of bringing any harm to the ship."
Especially since she would make certain that the box had no external audio contacts. She remembers a stumbling, hunchbacked figure from her past, and shivers again.