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lost!fëanor in wormverse
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"Do you have a plan?"

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"Yep but it's a secret plan."

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She raises her eyebrows. "Why is it secret?"

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"Because people might interfere."

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"You think someone'd stop you?"

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"Yeah maybe. Or just bother me all the time."

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"Why do you think so?"

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"Because it'll be a big deal."

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"Wouldn't you think that'd make people not want to bother you?"

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"People are kind of dumb."

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"And you want to keep it a secret even from me?"

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"Yep."

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"Could you be wrong about whether it'll work?"

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"No."

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"That's very confident."

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"I know. It's possible I'll be wrong about the timeline, but I really don't think even that, and there's no way I'm wrong about the outcome."

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"Can you at least share why you're so sure?"

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"I figured out how to do it and it's just a question of getting it working and I've made some progress."

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"And imagine I were being told this by any other parahuman?"

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"You could probably trust some and not others."

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"Yes. And many things modulate trust, like how long we've known someone, how often they've been right in the past, and how likely they are to be overconfident."

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"I don't care if you believe me."

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"I know you don't, but the problem is that, from my position, it looks like you might be making promises to children that you will not be able to keep, and that will be deeply upsetting to them."

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"Yeah, I wouldn't do that."

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"But it's still impossible to confirm and I have to work with what I have."

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