[Except in cases where it would be detrimental to withhold information, but for once Robert doesn't say anything. He wants this to work, not fail, and even he knows that pushing Bil's buttons wouldn't be helpful in this context.]
... F-First... the worlds here d-differ... enormously... As, er, an e-example, I am one of the... few L-Lucetians whose world does not... h-have paranormal aspects...
...
What, then, d-do you think would happen, w-were I to go to a world where s-such aspects did exist...? Would I... b-be temporarily modified so as to... be c-compatible, with such a world...?
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What about... other m-modifications, such as... these w-wings? Presumably they would be... r-rather visibly o-obvious... and yet they are... n-necessary for certain f-functionality, so... l-logically speaking, r-removing them is not an option...
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[Except in cases where it would be detrimental to withhold information, but for once Robert doesn't say anything. He wants this to work, not fail, and even he knows that pushing Bil's buttons wouldn't be helpful in this context.]
... F-First... the worlds here d-differ... enormously... As, er, an e-example, I am one of the... few L-Lucetians whose world does not... h-have paranormal aspects...
...
What, then, d-do you think would happen, w-were I to go to a world where s-such aspects did exist...? Would I... b-be temporarily modified so as to... be c-compatible, with such a world...?
...
What about... other m-modifications, such as... these w-wings? Presumably they would be... r-rather visibly o-obvious... and yet they are... n-necessary for certain f-functionality, so... l-logically speaking, r-removing them is not an option...
[Prodding nervously for answers, here.]