Sadde and Bell in Worm
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Lorica giggles.

And, later on that day, notifies Glam that Windflower is mostly set up and Glam should come into the workshop.
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So Glam comes into the workshop. "What should I do?"

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"Give a bot a ping-pong ball."

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Ping-pong ball: is given.

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The bot flies away, then provides a brief video of itself placing the made ball next to a real one; Windflower is not visible. The video then winks out.

"The bots will bleep for feedback, higher pitch the faster you move the ball," Lorica says. "Scoot the real ball as fast as you can."
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They try.

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No bleep.

"Your ball, now. Try not to hit a wall."
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They visualize the table and the position of the balls in their head and try to send a ping-pong ball—labelling it internally as "the one they made"—to the edge of the table as fast as possible and then make it stop there.

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Bleep! goes the robot.

"Okay, gimme a minute to talk to Windflower..."
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"Alright."

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Presently: "Real ball, go."

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Real ball: no go.

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No bleep.

"Your ball, go."
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They focus again.

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Bleep. Slightly lower pitch.

"Annnnnd..." Pause. "Real ball, go."
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Real ball: still no go.

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"Your ball, go."

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It goes.

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Still lower pitch.

Delay.

"Your ball again, go."
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Goes again!

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High bleep!

"Real ball go."
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...twitch a bit?

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Blink. That was unexpected.

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Was it really.

"Real ball again!"
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