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[arora]

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[arora]

[ Fingers run over the key, feeling the texture and mapping out the shape of it. She seems fascinated by it, despite the simplicity of the gift. ]

Yes.

[ascarylady]

[ She does, huh? Sevika wouldn't have thought a machine could get frustrated. ]

So why not tag along?

[arora]

This body contains a back up copy of part of my code, but it does not contain all of myself. To take my entire person to another place would. . . not be possible. And given previous incidents, I do not feel as if I should remove my back up from Etraya.

[ The key, meanwhile, gets carefully placed into one of Aurora's pockets for safekeeping. ]

[ascarylady]

So it's too dangerous to...

[ Well, that isn't a surprise. ]

You never know. You have enough idiots here who are into inventing. Maybe they can figure something out for you.

[ Or maybe not. Ultimately, it isn't Sevika's place, nor is it particularly in her interest to push. ]

Although that isn't what I planned on talking to you about, it's the trolleys.

[arora]

Do you like them? I put them together, as you recommended.

[ With two entire routes, even! ]

[ascarylady]

I...

[ Hmmm. Like is a strong word. ]

Appreciate that you did that, but I wanted to know if there was a reason for each route only having one trolley.

[arora]

I wouldn't want there to be too many on the tracks. It would be unfortunate if there was an accident.

[ascarylady]

[ Unfortunate if there would be a... ]

Aurora. How long does it take someone to ride the full route on that single trolley car?

[arora]

Six hours.

[ It would be a shame if a trolley cart were to rush forward and ram into another, wouldn't it? Clearly this is possible despite how large the track and how slow the trolley is. ]

[ascarylady]

[ Sevika gives Aurora a long look... and, with a sigh, fishes out a cigarette. If this place has no smoking signs, consider them ignored. ]

You realize no one wants to wait six hours for a trolley to come back around, right? Walking where you want is faster, making the trolleys useless.

[arora]

Is it not meant to get one to different locations? It travels by every stop at least four times a day, I thought that would be sufficient for your travel needs.

[ How often does one truly need to move locations? ]

[ascarylady]

[ Yeah, see, this? This is why she can't agree with people who think Aurora may secretly be malicious. She's... naive, at best, and Sevika has to figure out how to explain this. Probably like how she might explain this to a kid. ]

It is meant to do that, but you need to understand that six hours is a long time to ask a person to wait. Let's say...

[ Okay, she moves the table's salt shaker to one end of the table and the pepper shaker to the other. ]

Let's say the salt shaker is my home.

[ She gestures to it. ]

The pepper shaker is a store.

I want to go pick up some food from the store and bring it back home. I'm lucky enough to catch the trolley right away near home. An hour later, I'm at point B. I get what I want from there. That takes me thirty minutes tops. How long am I left waiting for the trolley with my groceries before I can go home?