Oh, right... [ a pause. and a small, self-conscious laugh. ] My apologies. You haven't met many mustari, have you? These masks are actually part of our traditional attire.
It's been so long, it's difficult to say for certain. I believe they may be based on the divine relics... objects of great power, unearthed from the remains of a long-lost civilization. Such relics are a treasured part of our faith.
All of their personal data was extracted from their brain and emulated in a simulated world, giving them the freedom to customize both their own selves and their surroundings.
[ for some reason tries to elaborate more instead of leaving it at that even though euphausia is struggling. ]
For conversational purposes, most code can be broken down into if-then sequences. Like when you order things from the kiosk. If you tap the icon for something, then you get that thing. Human behavior is the same, but on a much smaller, micro level of interaction, always moving and adapting to every factor in the present and the past.
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Where does that tradition come from?
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I've heard they are controversial in other lands, though...
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But that should be a small matter of discomfort. People should get to look however they want. Or wear whatever they want.
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Where I'm from is like that. A lot of people don't even decide to look human.
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... oh, right. human-people. ]
People can choose that much...? What else do they look like?
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Others choose to look like animals, floating heads, mythological creatures, foods with faces... Aliens, robots, cartoons... I see all sorts.
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she's trying to picture being a triangle. or a floating head. ]
Is it not difficult to live in such a form...?
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They are just people given more control.
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All of their personal data was extracted from their brain and emulated in a simulated world, giving them the freedom to customize both their own selves and their surroundings.
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sweating under the helmet as this ye olde tries to make sense of this ]
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Oh...... okay!
[ does not sound like she understands. ]
They live in a simulation? And... you do, too?
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For conversational purposes, most code can be broken down into if-then sequences. Like when you order things from the kiosk. If you tap the icon for something, then you get that thing. Human behavior is the same, but on a much smaller, micro level of interaction, always moving and adapting to every factor in the present and the past.
[ stop. ]
But yes. I lived in a simulation.