[Altius notices that shift; the inventor is easier to read now that he has to worry less about dispersing, he supposes.
He wonders if this is the sort of satisfaction that drives Octavian. At the same time, he finds himself needing to put more effort than usual into pretending he's interested. Such is the choice he's made for himself, alas.]
Building a machine within a machine. [He shrugs one shoulder as he adds:] Supposedly. Are you a programmer as well?
[He's not even considering magic might be involved; given things like balance and responding to certain inputs are important to some of the prostheses his company engineers, his mind automatically goes to technology as the explanation.]
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He wonders if this is the sort of satisfaction that drives Octavian. At the same time, he finds himself needing to put more effort than usual into pretending he's interested. Such is the choice he's made for himself, alas.]
Building a machine within a machine. [He shrugs one shoulder as he adds:] Supposedly. Are you a programmer as well?
[He's not even considering magic might be involved; given things like balance and responding to certain inputs are important to some of the prostheses his company engineers, his mind automatically goes to technology as the explanation.]