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[rubikscomplex]

[ He makes note of that pause. ]

And how would you know that, Trinity?

[ House is probably never going to call her Jane. He hadn't asked for her name and she'd handed it out. That's begging to have it be ignored. ]

[cloneprincess]

[ She was being polite. And she doesn't know who Trinity is, but she's getting used to understanding every third word. ]

I've been living in for the past year. Most of the galaxy has.

[ Dead serious here, no hint of a lie. She believes what she's saying utterly. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[ House doesn't do polite. She might have noticed by now. Possibly. ]

Most of the galaxy. Hmm. See, I thought people had only been here, like, a month.

[ He assumes she's talking about here. ]

[cloneprincess]

I was talking about back home. Some days, this place seems better than where I came from.

[ At least she's dying slowly here. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[ ...Okay. Loon alert starting to sound. That or she's just as bored as he is and thinks joking about her other spaceship and evil robot overlords will help. ]

Uh huh. Well, Space Australia must suck as much as the regular down under. Do you guys have kangaroos there, at least? I'll settle for robot kangaroos.

[cloneprincess]

Our robotics aren't that advanced. [ What is a sense of humor? Miranda may actually be a robot herself. Beep boop. ] - not on a mass scale, anyway.

And Australia isn't in space. It's on Earth. [ Where she grew up, yes, this is a fact that is true. ]

[rubikscomplex]

What kind of shitty space future are you from where you don't have robot kangaroos or nation-states with interplanetary claims? New Australia or whatever.

[cloneprincess]

The kind with creative naming, an international space program, and extensive efforts to preserve the native wildlife so that we don't need to build robotic replacements.

My - friend did have a dog-mech.

[rubikscomplex]

Uh huh. [ Zero belief here, 'Jane,' the administrator. ]

You know what I'm getting from that? Lazy ass engineers. Who bothers preserving things when you can rebuild them better, stronger, faster? Unless they're saving that all for the humans. Are you really the bionic woman?

[cloneprincess]

[ Well that is entirely too close for comfort. Miranda takes a few minutes to reply. ]

I was built perfect the first time, I'm afraid. All of our genetic modification occurs in utero, and none of it involves building cyborgs.

[rubikscomplex]

[The delay is almost as notable as the response.]

Eugenics. Okay, so I'm getting the dystopian vibe coming through here. Good. Adds atmosphere. So you're a hot, multi-racial babe with the perfect tits and ass? Bet that's done wonders for your career.

[cloneprincess]

More apocalyptic than dystopian, at the moment.

[ The disbelief thing is disappointing. She thought there was someone she could work with here, maybe, but apparently not. ]

But the rest isn't too far off.

[rubikscomplex]

[ Give it time, Miranda. One day, perhaps. ]

Right. Well, this I gotta see. How about you call me later tonight with video?

[cloneprincess]

You'd have to at least buy me dinner first. Our standards are higher in the future.

[ Okay, now she's screwing with him. ]

[rubikscomplex]

Well, now, if I'm buying you dinner, I'll be expecting more than just a look. I like multi-sense immersive fun if I'm taking a chick out on a date.

[ No he doesn't. God. The last date he'd been on had been... embarrassing. Sitting there with Cameron. Her wearing the corsage he'd bought. The most awkward prom date ever. ]

[cloneprincess]

Your money might be better spent on a sexbot, in that case.

[rubikscomplex]

But you're just as cold and hard as one after freezing in Snowhell. It'd basically be the same thing, right?

[cloneprincess]

[ Implied popsicle necrophilia is evidently a bridge too far. Goodbye, House, see you soon. ]