Chapter 27 page 5 ~ This Being model was 99.44% pure
This is destined to be the first chapter in the printed Volume 8, so I figure it’s a good time for a “refresher on the characters’ names” panel.
Miranda (narrating): We think there must be a limit on how many Beings can be infused with life at a time. Once that limit was filled with the best, most durable models, there could’ve been a long period where none of them were destroyed.
That’s when we lost the record of how to make new ones. Or even that they were “made” in the first place. If the limit is a flat number, my guess is 72.
Bianca: Wait, why 72?
All: There’s supposed to be 72 names of God.
Tansy Rosen: Jewish, studies this for a living
Stuart Cohen: Jewish, studies this as a hobby
Miranda Lake: pays Dr. Rosen to teach her this stuff
Sparrow Applebaum: working hard to shore up her vague memories from one year of Hebrew school
Timothy Mattei (aka Camellia): makes a point of reading up on many different religions
Bianca Washington: lapsed Methodist, never learned any of this
Bianca: Of course . . . why didn’t I think of that.
Jany Balachandran: lapsed Muslim, never cared about any of this
Jany: You people are all NERDS.
71 now…
Good point. Which means someone can now make a new one. How interesting …
Come to think of it, this is not the first time the lost knowledge was rediscovered and a new being was created.
What if it’s NOT flat number? It might be related to number of people on Earth … in which case, there would be PLENTY of free slots now.
What’s with the Ivory joke? I mean like, I don’t see the context.
No context, people just use that phrase a lot because it’s recognizable.
The joke is that there’s also a brand of soap called Dove.
Oh, good one, I missed that :)
Come to think of it, is there an elephant being?