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[Thanks to a gorgeous, no-nonsense brunette he'd stumbled across in the hospital section of the ship, Jimmy's got the basics down for the MIDs. It'd taken him a couple tries, but you live and you learn and you sometimes fuck up. A few taps, quite a few considering the state of his prosthetic, and his face pops up on the network - curly hair styled, and a wide grin for anyone and everyone.]

Friends, the name's Jimmy. Jimmy Darling.

[He's not looking for a tour guide. He's not looking for someone to explain all these shiny metal machines or how he got to be up in the stars. No, Jimmy's looking for something else.]

Anyone from the 1950's? Heard that people round here are from all over the place. I need someone from back then to catch me up on some local news.

[Jimmy's wrapped his head around the fact that people come from different times, but alternate universes - well, that's going to take a minute.]

So if any of you good lookin' folks can point me in the right direction, i'd be mighty grateful.

[A wink. The feed ends.]

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Never been to Brazil. Heard it rained a lot there.

[Not that he knows for sure. Gossip isn't exactly fact.]

How much better?

It rains about the same as anywhere else, man.

[travel brochures...]

You see the hoodickey you're talking into? Something like this is considered bulky and unfashionable where I'm from.

[Jimmy comes from a place where phones have cords and only well-to-do people had them. The fact he can carry his around, attached to his wrist, is more advanced than what he knows.]

How much smaller can these get?

These MIDS? I haven't seen anything smaller than human sized ones. Tech in general? You could have an entire library on a chip that fit on the end of your finger!