Chapter Six Page 19
May11
Cybele: It . . . It was too fast, I ‘m sorry . . . I lost it down the tunnel . . . Would have kept after it, but my chest got all tight . . .
Tuxedo Charlie: Just relax and catch your breath. We’ve got procedures for this sort of thing.
Advisory: it’s headed down the Red Line inbound track . . .
Sailor MBTA: Hey . . .
I haven’t worked with you before. What’s your name?
Cybele: Oh, me? I go by CeCe. How about you?
Sailor MBTA: I didn’t ask what to call you. I asked your name.
Cybele: It’s fine. I go by–
Sailor MBTA: Beings don’t have real names. They can say “call me…” or “I go by…” but never “My name is…” It’s maybe the one thing they can’t lie about.
Cybele: …
Clever!
It would be fun to stay and chat with you more . . . but I’m outbound!
Hmm. That sounds like a faerie type rule. So that makes the current theories robots, celestial beings or faeries.
Oh, I suggested fairies a while ago, boy-o.
Also, I’m liking these security personnel.
oh, oops. Sorry.
Don’t be sorry. I’m just glad I’m not the only one thinking that.
I rather like Sailor’s agog expression when CeCe’s rabbit’s ears pock out of her hair. :D
Well done, Sailor MBTA! Very clever, indeed. ^^
Well, there was the Turing test! ^^
Interesting. So there are ways to tell them apart from humans. Cool. This will probably come up later, won’t it?