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[braceforimpact]

I have a question.

[Some precious few may recognise Kaworu's voice, but otherwise, he just sounds like a discreet, polite teenager.

Albeit one hijacking the airwaves with a very specific set of observations.]

This may be stating the obvious, but... it seems that every individual on board this ship speaks a language... right?

I find that very strange.

After all, language requires society. Without the desire to communicate--and a society to create the need for language itself--it would not exist.

But it's not just that.

We all share the same basic form. Have you noticed?

It's not a coincidence, I think. That basic form... the human form... it's very important here.

And it seems that the Moira is designed to accommodate exactly that.

Strange.

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[visionarie]

There are those here who do not share humanity's form.

[braceforimpact]

Is that so?

[visionarie]

I assume you have yet to come across them.

[meyneth]

So, what... You're saying the Ingress only takes people who talk and look sort of similar?

[braceforimpact]

[Or speak at all.]

Yes. Interesting, isn't it?

[You have to wonder what it means.

Kaworu knows.]

[meyneth]

Um...

["Not really" is what she wants to say here. Who cares that the Ingress is only taking people? What else would it bring, animals? Objects?]

...I figured that's just what it was programmed to do.

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[coolskeletonnyehntyfive]

Well, there are some people here who run on all fours and such sometimes, but that's an interesting observation! Do you think they made the Moira to accommodate us, or chose us because we fit some manner of anatomical requirement?

Because they miscalculated a bit with the robots. Those guys are too big for the beds.

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[braceforimpact]

[Do robots even need beds?

Good job, Papyrus. Asking the real questions.]

I wonder...

Is it form they look for? Or is it something else?

[....something specific that comes with the form.

What do you think?]

[coolskeletonnyehntyfive]

Well, it would be difficult to make uniforms and spacesuits for someone with, say, many tentacles! Considering how quickly they supply us with clothing, perhaps they find people to fit the things they have on hand?

[That IS interesting, now that someone's got him thinking about it. Was his suit previously owned? Was another tall, handsome skeleton here before him?]

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[redshitlord]

Uh, dude? We gotta talk. Otherwise how is anything going to get done?

Or... you know.

Played? Made, whatever. Seriously, what kind of post is this?

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[braceforimpact]

[How is it possible to understand something so thoroughly and yet miss the point so completely?

This is probably a question people ask about Kaworu all the time, actually.

Sadly, he himself exists somewhere between 'this statement makes sense' and 'I don't understand what the confusion is.' So his response is probably unhelpful.]

Yes, exactly.

[Kaworu, no.]

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[redshitlord]

... Wait, what?

What's that... even mean?

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[handing]

Do you mean the human form in a physical sense?

[Because if so--he's not entirely wrong from what Pepper's noticed. Even the giant robots seem to have an identifiable shape that's human-like, if much more massive in scale.]

Perhaps whatever society made the Moira also shares that form.

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[braceforimpact]

[There is no graceful way to say 'well of course they did,' even for Kaworu. But. Well.]

Yes. If they built the Moira, it stands to reason that they would have had a society, and thus the human form.

[All these things are connected where Kaworu is from.]

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[handing]

Well. There's a lot of talk about how the opposable thumb is what makes primates a more superior set of species on earth.

[Be it right or wrong, it's an old school notion that Pepper remembers being taught.]

Maybe the human form could be said to have a similar affect in certain areas of the universe, although that feels like an incredibly arrogant notion.

[beautifulspaceraptor]

I wouldn't be surprised if the original owner of this ship were humanoid, no.

That said, I don't think the basic form is human. Then again, from my perspective, the oldest known humanoid race is not human at all.

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[braceforimpact]

[Humanoid?

Believe it or not, this is the first time Kaworu has ever encountered that word.

Which makes it kind of a tragedy that Nihlus can't see his face.

He's sincerely trying to figure out how to have this conversation around it. It's not going well.]

What would you call it, then?

Whoops, video!

[beautifulspaceraptor]

[That... didn't make too much sense. What exactly was being asked here? Nihlus' mandibles slant in obvious confusion.]

I... sorry?

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[willinglychanged]

[Drew was quite confused by all this.]

What d'ya mean human form? Not everyone here is human y'know... I mean there're big ol' robots an' everythin'.

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[braceforimpact]

Yes. We've met.

But trace an outline of the body and the form is no different from any other human's.

[Did Kaworu just imply the robots are humans?

Maybe.]

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[amourtician]

[ Jay looks at the screen, nonplussed. His ears stand at right angles to his skull and his eyespots glow faintly, even in the bright light of his room. ]

Er. What's a human?

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[braceforimpact]

You have to ask?

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[mttbrandlegs]

Well we don't all share the same form, darling.

[It's a television set! No, it's a calculator.

...Nah, it's just a rectangular robot in power-saver mode.]

So I have to say, parts of your logic are slightly flawed! I agree on one part, however; this ship is meant to accommodate certain body shapes. Otherwise my clothes would fit perfectly!

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[braceforimpact]

[Well, that's new. Not really enough to trouble him (yet.) But definitely new.

A machine... does that even have a soul? And if not, does it count as a person?]

Oh? And what do you call yourself?

[You know. Since everyone is so hung up on semantics.]

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[gainedlove]

Um!

[We interrupt this broadcast for a special news bulletin from Angel Insider!]

He means th' Ingress is takin' people that are supposed to have other people like them to do stuff with an' make cities an' stuff. 'Cuz there's aliens an' things that don't need 'ta do that.

[...okay, so there was an attempt at translation? Frisk tried, okay.]