THIA

A wide range of interests is healthy, no?

Glasslands?

Consider my definition of interesting very, very broad.

/ ahhhh

/ in the games??

Hopefully it'll get me somewhere interesting?

Still in!

More curious than ever.

How ominous.

/ thia puts you BOTH in her pocket

Where are we going?!

That's a huge question. We'll have to find some.

( A gentle pat on the shoulder. )

This feels like setup for something...

No, I do not.

Oh cool, like termites!

I thought it was hanging out with humans.

Amir how much sunlight do you need in a 24 hour cycle?

She needs a How To Keep Your Human Alive handbook.

They're faint, but I don't think that makes you clinically insane.

Then it will live out its lifespan in this tank and die and Thia will busy herself with other projects. She has as many lifetimes as she needs.

Does it?

I identify a 100% match.

Yeah, I enjoy your expressions of wide-eyed wonder and... Wide-eyed confusion. I'll lead the way.

Don't touch anything.

Humans, she means.

How did these things achieve interstellar travel?

Some sort of parasitic symbiotic tentacle-wielding eyeball creature. I have it in containment, don't worry, but for safety's sake you should probably put a helmet on...

Oh, but then I wouldn't be able to see you.

We can forget the helmet. My security protocols will be plenty.

( She's TRYING to look annoyed with him, but he's far too amusing for his own good. )

I'll be honest Amir I thought humans were going to be *really* boring creatures, but you're very funny.

Want to see something horrifying?

Oh look it can't find it.

YOU called it a head-phone!

( Giving his shoulder a playful whack. )

I'm *trying* to use language you'll be familiar with.

Anyway hold still while I scan your brain.

No!!

It's a very new fashioned head-phone. Ear-bud. Everything here is *state of the art*.

It plays music. :)

Insert this into your ear for me.