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[chainreaction]

Umm, hi. I'm Thrice, from Earth, and I was thinking that, well, back home, I teach, well, I mostly research, but I also dabble in information-theoretics and OTPs like See-Spring and t...this is going poorly.

[He makes a bit of a hand-flappery gesture before continuing.]

If you're not from a time or place or have a lot of experience with computers and encryption, I'd be happy to meet you, walk you through the basics, and help you learn how to encrypt your messages.

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[talkstoengines]

Everyone's being so helpful today!

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[chainreaction]

Oh, well, less helpful and more I need to do something.

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[talkstoengines]

But still! You could do something that's not helpful. [Yep, Kaylee likes this guy.] My name's Kaylee, by the way. Is this your first time in the black?

[chainreaction]

[It takes him a moment to process that she must mean 'space', rather than a successful business.]

It is. I, well, back home, we haven't gotten to far.

[talkstoengines]

Not always a bad thing. We had to, way back when. Used up Earth, had to go other places.