"So far."

"We'll hand the boring parts off to Hughes."

"He's good for that, anyway."

"Heh, yeah. I like him, though. And Gracia."

"They're nice enough."

"Very! Good friends, wouldn't want to be roommates."

"There's very few people I would want to be roommates with."

"You're the best roommate. Wouldn't want to downgrade."

"Yeah, someone else might snore."

She laughs. "I'll add that to the 'reasons my sister is the best' list."

"It's important to capture all aspects of my greatness."

"Very! Not that a list could point out everything about why you're so great."

"The gestalt is greater than the individual pieces?"

"Exactly!"

"Seems accurate. Bodes poorly for my autobiography, though."

"You'll be a great writer, too. Impress everyone with your amazingness."

"Or maybe I'll just live forever and they can see it in person if they want."

She nods, solemnly. "A much better plan. I approve."

"On the other hand, that does kind of commit me to being a semi-public figure."

"I can do all the public-ing and you can be the shadow behind my throne!"

"Or we can just be the sort of people who end up in the history books but aren't public public... Like, lotsa scientists get mail from other scientists but not like people recognizing them."

"That could work."

"Science is a good thing to be famous for, too."

"Public science and secret world domination."

She laughs. "We'll have to find figure heads for it to be a proper secret."

"I'm sure there'll be no shortage of candidates once we start looking."