2nd Impact [SOUND ONLY]

[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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[braceforimpact]

[...he's... still talking to him?

...he's still talking to him. Even though he didn't understand anything Kaworu was saying.

Even though he didn't understand what Kaworu was saying, he just...

He still wants to know who Kaworu is.

He....]

Tabris.

[redshitlord]

[There's a pause, and then, complete with "fingerguns"...]

Tabby it is, then.

[braceforimpact]

[Should he be concerned about this renaming? Or is it a good thing?

Does the gesture mean something?]

... if you want.

[It seems a little inappropriate... but he didn't come up with 'Tabris' or 'Kaworu Nagisa.' So it really doesn't matter.]

But you should tell me your name, too.

[Unless you want Cpt. Zero-Imagination to try and make something up.

I don't recommend it.]

[redshitlord]

Cool, great, awesome even.

[A pause, and he blinks.]

Oh! Right! Sorry about that. It's Sideswipe.

[braceforimpact]

[Kaworu would ask what kind of name 'Sideswipe' is, but it's not actually worse than 'Tabby.']

Sideswipe... I'll remember. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[...but... now what?

He doesn't actually know much about conversations. This is about as far as he knows how to go.

Or rather, as far as he knows how to go that doesn't involve asking invasive personal questions and/or launching back into the philosophy of human existence. Which he very tentatively grasps isn't the right option here...?]

[redshitlord]

Sure thing, dude.

[Not to worry. As much as Sideswipe has no interest in philosophy or Real Talk About Existence, he can do pretty much any other form of small talk like a pro.]

Hey, so.

You been here long or what?

[braceforimpact]

[Sideswipe: conversational training wheels for the space toddler.]

A month.

[Which is a long time for him. Longer than he was alive and awake, the first time.

Which might be part of why this is making him so stressed out.]

Is that 'a long time' to you?

[redshitlord]

Ummm... probably however old Drift is.

So like, a hundred million years or something.

[THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY TRUE he has no idea how old Drift is, but still. A few million years is a "long time" as far as he's concerned.]

[braceforimpact]

[Well, that's not even as old as the Earth.]

Then not very long.

[Kaworu.]

Have you been here much longer?

[Relatively, of course.]

[redshitlord]

What, really? Because, a million years is super long.

[What.]

I've been here since the whale place.