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[ecks]

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[rubikscomplex]

not human either
goblin?
orc?
ewok?
cardassian?

no
you were freaking out about us moving
golem?

[ecks]

Golems are not people
Not all of those words mean things

I am part human
I am also part other things
Most people in my world are not pure humans

[rubikscomplex]

that's fantasy racist
and they mean things
you just don't know what they mean

so what other parts are you?
exact percentages of each genetic composition

[He doesn't actually care all that much, but he's curious if she will list them out.]

[ecks]

Fantasy?

I do not know exact percentages
I do not know every part
I was not informed

human
orc
gnome
elf/drow
strix?

[rubikscomplex]

it's a genre

what the hell is a strix?
what were your parents made up of?
we can work our way back from there

[ecks]

strix are people with wings
like angels but not angels
they were supposed to be angels

how can electromagnetism be a wave and a field?

[rubikscomplex]

they sound like an evil corporation
so why weren't they angels?
and you really need to get better at non sequiturs
parents
what was their make-up?

i'll tell you about electromagnetism when you tell me that

[ecks]

they aren't angels because they are just people with wings

I don't have parents
My parent is a gnome
You should not ask this.

[rubikscomplex]

[He does notice the change in how she's punctuating and capitalizing. Curious, he decides to test that. Play nice and see if she goes back to imitating.]

electromagnetic fields are formed when electric and magnetic waves couple together.

[It takes him a moment, but Ecks will get a photo of a basic diagram sent to her.]

the reason we can see is because of these interactions
the reason these tablets can interact without being physically connected is due to wavelengths represented on the electromagnetic spectrum

[ecks]

[He has stopped asking. That is good. Now they can talk about the part that is really interesting instead of the part that is dangerous.]

You said electricity was electrons moving.
Magnetism is ??? moving?
How do the electrons move if they are not connected?
why is it a wave?

i thought the reason we can see is light entering our eyes

[rubikscomplex]

[Interesting. So imitation when she's comfortable. He wonders if she's consciously aware of what she's doing.]

photons are the only reason we have light

[What follows is another explanation of the principles of EM radiation and the different types of fields. How electromagnetic waves interact with magnetic waves, how light and signals are transmitted, and the like.]

x-rays and gamma-rays are the ones you wanna stay away from most
but even ultraviolet radiation'll kill you
it'll just do it slower
have your "people" discovered what cancer is, yet?
malignant growths in the tissue

[ecks]

it seems unlikely that light would be both a particle and a wave
but maybe like the ocean
water drops and ocean waves
electrons and electromagnetic waves
?
i don't understand what is a photon if it is not an electron
it did not seem as though that was what you meant by photon

how do you know if there are x-rays and gamma rays?
we know of cancer
one subject studied only cancer
sometimes cancer is magic or an invading thing
but sometimes cancer is just cancer
don't know why

[rubikscomplex]

terminology gets complicated quickly
for the electron vs. photon
think of it like this
electrons are matter
remember i told you about atoms?

electrons are physical pieces of matter
they have mass
they have a charge
they could probably be destroyed if you had the right technique
all of this exists on a scale that's too small to see with the naked eye, but it exists and can be physically interacted with

photons are units - packets of energy - for an electromagnetic wave
they aren't matter
they don't have mass
they don't have a charge
you can't create or destroy energy
you can only change its form

photons and electrons interact to make electricity and other forms of electromagnetic radiation work

there are x-rays and gamma-rays everywhere
they come from natural sources
it's just the concentration of them that's the problem
it's the dose that makes the poison
pretty much the only reliable way to know if there are excess levels of radiation are special sensors
or you start dying
that's the bad way to find out

what were you studying, subject?

[ecks]

if you can't create or destroy energy
and a lightning bolt is an equalization of charges
and lightning bolts can be a form of magical attack
where i am from
that seem to be created from nowhere but cannot be
magic could be a field and wave like electromagnetism
there are magic fields
there are magic rays
other things too that do not look like rays but electromagnetic energy does not always look like a lightning bolt

these rays cause cancer?
i never studied cancer
i studied

That is not my name, Doctor Greg Hotstud. I am not called Subject. I am called Ecks.

[rubikscomplex]

call me greg again, the only thing i'll be calling you is "subject"
the name is house

[ecks]

I don't want to talk to you anymore. I am not required to talk to you. I am not required to call you a name you tell me. It is not required. I do not have to do it.

[rubikscomplex]

you're right
you don't
so hang up the goddamn phone like a normal person
(which you aren't)
instead of telling me that

[He's curious to see if she'll obey the order because she's upset or if she'll try to fight against it. Or maybe rationalize it as her decision before hanging up.]

[ecks]

Goodbye

[Good job, House, she's hung up on you.]

[rubikscomplex]

[Baby's first rebellion. How touching.

How interesting.]