[Tidus's heart rate spikes during Hank's paper explanation, and Connor frowns - his next message is to Hank, relaying the information to Hank's implant instantaneously. Something about this has just made Tidus...
And then he gets it. For most people, removing the chip means death. If Tidus's chip is no longer working, he may think he's dying.
But he's talking before Connor can try to correct him, and Connor's busy again committing every individual word and sound to memory, letting specially-created programs sort the information and try to piece together a grammar and dictionary based on Hank's translation coming wordlessly through the implant. His mind can then access it to talk, just like with the languages he has already.
Universal translation technology doesn't technically exist where Connor and Hank are from - but neither does the commercial need for it. This is probably the closest their world is ever going to get.]
OK, so... [What's the most important thing here.] I think you're OK. But this is why nothing makes sense. This. What is this? The name.
[The chip - he holds it up. He needs a name to actually talk about the damned thing.]
This is why we have different words, but we understand. I don't have it, but I'm OK, I just didn't know what you said.
When you... practose... No, practised...in the woods, did you...
[He mimes banging his head - did Tidus injure his head out there.]
Maybe you... broke it. [He mimes breaking the chip.
It's unlikely, but a malfunction's all he can think of. Maybe caused by a bump, maybe just a spontaneous problem. But how often do problems happen spontaneously here without anyone causing them?]
no subject
And then he gets it. For most people, removing the chip means death. If Tidus's chip is no longer working, he may think he's dying.
But he's talking before Connor can try to correct him, and Connor's busy again committing every individual word and sound to memory, letting specially-created programs sort the information and try to piece together a grammar and dictionary based on Hank's translation coming wordlessly through the implant. His mind can then access it to talk, just like with the languages he has already.
Universal translation technology doesn't technically exist where Connor and Hank are from - but neither does the commercial need for it. This is probably the closest their world is ever going to get.]
OK, so... [What's the most important thing here.] I think you're OK. But this is why nothing makes sense. This. What is this? The name.
[The chip - he holds it up. He needs a name to actually talk about the damned thing.]
This is why we have different words, but we understand. I don't have it, but I'm OK, I just didn't know what you said.
When you... practose... No, practised...in the woods, did you...
[He mimes banging his head - did Tidus injure his head out there.]
Maybe you... broke it. [He mimes breaking the chip.
It's unlikely, but a malfunction's all he can think of. Maybe caused by a bump, maybe just a spontaneous problem. But how often do problems happen spontaneously here without anyone causing them?]