“Er — the information is there, yes, but it's not kept in books. Sorry, my use of ‘library’ was mostly an analogy. Here.”
The equally fancy box that's been following Teytis around opens a bit and a paper-thin sheet of — something smooth and flexible — slips out and lays itself neatly on Kiri's desk.
It could be the table of contents for a very foreign and very eccentric encyclopedia, but the references do not much resemble page numbers.
Its listings, with a mix of translated and untranslated-with-annotations words, include such relevant and irrelevant subjects as: kored (“prerequisite to telekinesis and shapeshifting”), pimsilt techniques (“making things without telekinesis and shapeshifting”), radio ("communications machines"), computers ("thinking machines"), energy sources, economics, leadership, recipes, fiction, messages for hypothetical aliens, transportation, and sanitation.
“I have much information that is reference material, and more that happened to be in demand when I was brought here; this is just a sampling particularly including some things I thought you might be interested in or that I could help with myself. Whatever interests you, I can give you more detailed listings, or talk about it, or translate works on the subject.”
no subject
The equally fancy box that's been following Teytis around opens a bit and a paper-thin sheet of — something smooth and flexible — slips out and lays itself neatly on Kiri's desk.
It could be the table of contents for a very foreign and very eccentric encyclopedia, but the references do not much resemble page numbers.
Its listings, with a mix of translated and untranslated-with-annotations words, include such relevant and irrelevant subjects as: kored (“prerequisite to telekinesis and shapeshifting”), pimsilt techniques (“making things without telekinesis and shapeshifting”), radio ("communications machines"), computers ("thinking machines"), energy sources, economics, leadership, recipes, fiction, messages for hypothetical aliens, transportation, and sanitation.
“I have much information that is reference material, and more that happened to be in demand when I was brought here; this is just a sampling particularly including some things I thought you might be interested in or that I could help with myself. Whatever interests you, I can give you more detailed listings, or talk about it, or translate works on the subject.”