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"No."
[ that's it, that's the voicemail message ]
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"No."
[ that's it, that's the voicemail message ]
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What, and take responsibility for your behavior? I'm not sure I want that.
Well, if I'm introducing you, then that means that I'm - you know. Providing a guarantee that you're worth meeting.
[ A little sotto voce grumble. ]
I just don't want you to be...weird at her. Lady Vorkosigan is very forgiving, but she shouldn't have to put that into practice.
I just don't want you to be...weird at her. Lady Vorkosigan is very forgiving, but she shouldn't have to put that into practice.
[ He sits back and spreads his fingers in a clear invitation to explain. ]
[ Mark stares a moment - and then, miracle of miracles, by some impossible chain of events...the corner of his lip turns up, and he actually laughs. It's not a big laugh, more a little chuckle than anything else, but it's not scornful or mean-spirited. And even that's enough to transform his face; he goes from looking gloomy and suspicious and grim to actually looking like a vaguely nice young man. Make no mistake, he returns to Surly Vorkosigan a moment later, but it did happen. ]
That's stupid.
That's stupid.
Yeah, but -
[ His face is a little lighter when he looks at the Doctor again. Laughing, after all, has lingering positive effects on the soul. He makes a circle with the pudgy thumb and forefinger of his left hand, then curls the thumb and forefinger of his right hand into a smaller circle. He puts the one in front of the other to demonstrate a sort of Venn diagram, with the small ring encircled completely by the bigger one. ]
That's a logical fallacy. Just because "eccentric" is an exclusively human term, that doesn't mean that "weird" is an exclusively non-human term. Just because all Zaps are Zots, that doesn't mean all Zots are Zaps.
[ His face is a little lighter when he looks at the Doctor again. Laughing, after all, has lingering positive effects on the soul. He makes a circle with the pudgy thumb and forefinger of his left hand, then curls the thumb and forefinger of his right hand into a smaller circle. He puts the one in front of the other to demonstrate a sort of Venn diagram, with the small ring encircled completely by the bigger one. ]
That's a logical fallacy. Just because "eccentric" is an exclusively human term, that doesn't mean that "weird" is an exclusively non-human term. Just because all Zaps are Zots, that doesn't mean all Zots are Zaps.
Logical fallacy or not, that's how they're different! [ The Doctor's smiling a little as he continues. ]
All I was doing was describing how they were different. If we want to go all linguist, we can certainly do that--I've got a dictionary in here somewhere, those list etymologies.
All I was doing was describing how they were different. If we want to go all linguist, we can certainly do that--I've got a dictionary in here somewhere, those list etymologies.
Uh -
[ Which one is etymologies, again...? ]
That's...not bugs. Oh. The origins of the words?
[ Which one is etymologies, again...? ]
That's...not bugs. Oh. The origins of the words?
Well, but why would etymologies matter, then? After all, that's just about what words meant a hundred years ago, not what they mean now.
[ A light snort that's not, perhaps, as rude as it could have been. ]
You sound just like Miles.
You sound just like Miles.
[ A grunt. ]
Yeah, it's not my thing, either. I meant more in the sense of you searching for whatever proves your point.
Yeah, it's not my thing, either. I meant more in the sense of you searching for whatever proves your point.
Huh. You really hate strategy games that much? What about Monopoly?
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