Dictation x03 - [Audio]

[drabsolutelynot]

[The curious phenomenon of the memory sharing has not gone unnoticed by Rosen. Of course he understands the concept of 'God' events and realizes his poking might lead to little more than a 'it's the gods' answer but he still feels he'll be remiss if he misses this opportunity]

I am looking for volunteers who might be willing to let me observe them in relation to this...uh...this 'memory sharing'. Of course this would require that whoever volunteers be alright with the possibility of their memories being seen.

[A pause to clear his throat before he proceeds again]

I can assure you the purpose of my research is not to get any personal information about you so the content of your memories is of little interest to me, but still it will likely be unavoidable.  

Anyway. If you are interested please let me know. 

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[drabsolutelynot]

Well I never said I thought I'd be able to find out anything....

[A clearing of his throat]

...but research is its own reward.

[And also he's never exactly been quick to explain his reasons to others.]

I don't see the harm in trying to compile what can be learned about any given phenomenon.

[missiondeterminant]

[...Humans.]

There's been no shortage of harm done in the name of 'research', so if you really expect anyone to volunteer to allow you to see their memories you may want to come up with a better reason than 'I might learn something.' As it is, you just sound like you're trying to alleviate boredom in a way that also conveniently affords you personal information on other people here.

[drabsolutelynot]

[Rosen chuckles. This one reminds him of a mixture of people from home. Cameron...Nina...It's almost endearing in the sense of nostalgia he gets at being argued with. ]

I would think making up some idealistic lie about wanting to help the world would be worse than admitting that I am just naturally curious in finding out how this place works in the only way I know how: research.

[And there's a rustling of fabric as he shrugs]

And as I said. It's volunteer only. I will put you down as a 'no'

[missiondeterminant]

If you had said that initially it would've still been suspicious, but less so.

[Now it just sounds like backpedaling, and so Connor is still definitely dubious. But he might've left it there, if not for the last comment, which he finds... Annoying? It's not quite annoyance--he's familiar enough with that emotion to be able to identify it now--but he's not experienced enough yet at more subtle distinctions in feelings to be able to name what it actually is. Close enough, though, and it prompts him to continue.]

I asked because memory sharing occurs in my world in a very similar manner to this event.

[But because he's only emotionally like four months old he's gonna be difficult about sharing anything, so there!]

[drabsolutelynot]

[Now that gets Rosen sitting up straighter in his chair]

...also transferred by touch?

[missiondeterminant]

Correct, but it's typically purposeful on one or both sides.

[He supposes it could happen accidentally, but he's never heard of it.]

[drabsolutelynot]

So... it is a direct means of transferring information between individuals....

[A pause for thought]

Any individuals? Or only select individuals with this ability?

[missiondeterminant]

Individuals of a particular species.

[Connor's still deciding how much he's willing to explain, but for now he's just amusing himself with giving the bare minimum answer each time.]

[drabsolutelynot]

[Connor's reticence is not lost on Rosen, still what Connor just said just shifted the field of inquiry.]

So if I understand you correctly, yours is a world that, in terms of sentient beings with heightened speech and comprehension, has multiple species? And can communicate with one another? Does that apply across species?

[missiondeterminant]

There are multiple species here that can communicate with each other.

[He says it in a tone that indicates that of course they can communicate, although for memory trading--]

Memory transfer does not work across species, only within the one capable of it.

[drabsolutelynot]

That may be so, but it was not the case in the world I come from. So I feel it is important to clarify.

[Though he's found in his time here that his world seems to be more of a rarity in that respect]

And that species would be....?

[missiondeterminant]

What wasn't the case, that there were multiple species or that they could communicate with each other?

[He's just purposefully not answering the question yet, not because he's unwilling to but because it's more fun to be difficult.]

[drabsolutelynot]

[Cute.]

The latter.

[missiondeterminant]

Did they not speak the same language? Or were they just incapable of communicating a way the other could understand?

[drabsolutelynot]

[It's not an invalid distinction to make where Rosen's world is concerned. After all it could not be said that other species did not communicate, not could it be said that humans were entirely unaware of other species' methods of communicating, and for all he knew there is an alpha out there who could perhaps bridge that gap....

...but for the time being the wide range of communications among non-human species remain primarily incompatible with human communication]

The different methods of communication do not translate beyond a vague guess of what the other species is trying to convey. For example a human may understand that another creature is displaying anger, or fear, but there is no ability to communicate in any more detailed or meaningful way at this time.

[missiondeterminant]

[Connor's getting the impression that maybe he's talking about highly intelligent animals like gorillas and dolphins, rather than the sort of situation there is here, which would make sense.]

I understand.