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Linya is working on a massive flowchart-like diagram of a planned software project for Dr. Cheung. It's laid out in every color and in three dimensions with sprawl of its little writing that takes up most of her office and keeps fading out at the edges and in her shadow when she moves around, but reappears when she turns or approaches.
isthisart
That's all the way on the other side of the continent. Not within lightflyer range unless she stops for fuel and has unreasonably consistent weather the whole way.
Damn.
I hope you like it there. Let me know if you're ever hereabouts and I'll let you know if I'm over there.
I'd love to see a holo of your new garden when you have one set up.
Damn.
I hope you like it there. Let me know if you're ever hereabouts and I'll let you know if I'm over there.
I'd love to see a holo of your new garden when you have one set up.
isthisart
Oh, poor Ekaterin.
Give me your new address and I'll send you a neighbor for your bonsai skellytum to make up for it?
Give me your new address and I'll send you a neighbor for your bonsai skellytum to make up for it?
isthisart
You're welcome. I hope it helps.
Let me know if it starts dancing. That would be the wrong lilac.
Let me know if it starts dancing. That would be the wrong lilac.
first-loyalty
I haven't seen it display any musical inclinations so far, but maybe it's just biding its time.
isthisart
It hasn't? Darn, I thought I got you the kind that sings. It's only not supposed to dance.
first-loyalty
It can't sing, it can't dance, it can't pilot a lightflyer. Linyabel, did you get me a defective lilac?
isthisart
I must have gotten you a defective lilac. I'm so sorry. The reputation of the supplier was excellent, I don't know what went wrong.
first-loyalty
Ekaterin sends a holo of the lilac. It is sitting in a windowsill, and on its stem below the spray of flowers it is wearing a tiny tutu made out of tissue paper and string.
I'm encouraging its dreams, she writes.
I'm encouraging its dreams, she writes.
isthisart
Linya can't stop laughing for a solid minute.
It has achieved more than I ever thought possible! Those fools at the lilac academy will see when they're paying top dollar for front seats at its debut performance!
isthisart
Well - maybe the conversation came to a natural end.
Conversations do that.
Linya has now written enough songs that stay put (as opposed to her aimless improvisational fare) that she has troubled to take an afternoon recording them for general dissemination to anyone who's interested.
She sends Ekaterin a copy.
Conversations do that.
Linya has now written enough songs that stay put (as opposed to her aimless improvisational fare) that she has troubled to take an afternoon recording them for general dissemination to anyone who's interested.
She sends Ekaterin a copy.
first-loyalty
It's not going as smoothly as I hoped, but I have a sweet little lilac to keep me company.
first-loyalty
Nothing very important. It's just hard to keep up with all the little things sometimes. I'm sure I'll manage.