"As far as I can tell, it's a weird bribery system."
He rolls his eyes, still holding onto his SCA without putting it back on.
"Why people think they don't sound arrogant for talking about devices like
these as if everyone knows exactly how they work, then get annoyed when you
point out you don't know, I'll never understand. How do you get to assuming
I believe you know everything? What's this technician you talk about? Why
assume I wouldn't tell the Voidtrecker Express if you looked at this? Where
does owing come into anything?"
He snorts, dismissive and unimpressed with what seems like a whole bunch of
logic leaps to him.
"To those of us from worlds that have nothing close to inventions and
devices like this. Should we pretend we know what you're talking about, to
spare you from having to choose to explain it or not?"
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"As far as I can tell, it's a weird bribery system."
He rolls his eyes, still holding onto his SCA without putting it back on.
"Why people think they don't sound arrogant for talking about devices like these as if everyone knows exactly how they work, then get annoyed when you point out you don't know, I'll never understand. How do you get to assuming I believe you know everything? What's this technician you talk about? Why assume I wouldn't tell the Voidtrecker Express if you looked at this? Where does owing come into anything?"
He snorts, dismissive and unimpressed with what seems like a whole bunch of logic leaps to him.
"To those of us from worlds that have nothing close to inventions and devices like this. Should we pretend we know what you're talking about, to spare you from having to choose to explain it or not?"