There is a planet where all life larger than a mote of dust is well over a hundred miles above its surface.
This planet has humans, who have ships and farms and cities, even if the whole floating around thing causes some issues. And on one particular city in one particular back hallway of one particular building, there is a door that is misbehaving.
"I haven't got a dozen pillows, how about a thick blanket?" He fetches it and lays it out.
"I can take out some of the wood if you want to trade some soft for some bending."
"Certainly."
This action robs the hammock of somewhat less than a quarter of its newfound non-bendiness.
"Glad to help. I'm thinking about how to go about brainphoning people... I don't want to charge money for it, that seems unfair, but it might also be unfair to only give it to emergency responders or traffic controllers and so on. I don't usually deal with political questions like this."
"Any time you have to answer the question 'who gets this' or 'who is best for that' it can get political very fast."
"The point of charging money is either to make it worth it for you, in which case we set the price at close to nothing, or to make it so not many people want it that you're overwhelmed, which means we set the price relatively high. A high price is a little unfair to poorer people who could also benefit from the brainphone is the thinking. If we set up a charity with whatever we charge that would get around it. I also don't want either of us to feel like I am exploiting your magic brainphone."
"How long do you think it will take you to get bored of it? I could probably get something to show you all the names of people who want it on a computer, faster than saying them."
"I could set up short batches, get you toys and things? I should probably do that anyway..."
"Okay then, I think I will charge some money for brainphone, not a lot, and use it to pay for things I get for you. Food. The hammock was kind of expensive. What kind of toys do you like? Should I show you a toy store?"
"Toy store, sure... Hm. I might actually have to look up where one is. I don't use them often myself, you see."
"Could you please add Hans Kimmel to the brainphone? I sent him messages to expect it, and he's going to help me set up brainphoning lots of people. The Hans I know, if you need that."
And then he looks up a toy store on his computer and then takes the railcars again. Pen can fly for most of the trip but they have to walk the last part, because the toy store is indoors next to a lot of other stores.
Says Hans to both Pen and Terence, [Hello. Thank you little one. My sister has a child about your age who might want to play with you if you feel like you need a friend, Pen.]
And then Hans starts having a planning conversation with Terence as he walks out the door toward the railcars.
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