Welp We're Here and That's What Matters

[ahelpingpaw]

[Perhaps it's tradition by now, he doesn't know. Still, he does send a note to everyone some time after the trial. Simple and to the point:]

Because everything on this ship is awful, I think a drink is needed. Come get some at the bar, it'll do you some good as long as you don't drink too much

Filbo (pawprint)

[Indeed, if you come to the bar you'll find there's one of everything. Filbo seems to have asked literally every drink he knows or has at least heard about, and lined them up from the most mellow to the strongest. There's one of each, so it's limited, take yours before it's gone! Or...ask Jimmy Buffett for more, he's right there.

Should he be encouraging drinking? He's not completely certain, but he had to do something! And this is as good as anything -- not festive because this is no time to be festive, but also social enough to encourage coming.

This will do.]

Comments

therapy cats

[silentscout]

[Lalli is obligated to bring Kissa to cat playtime. Kissa is a playful cat, after all, and is quick to chase after Parker and bat at him a bit. Lalli, meanwhile, will sit with Data.]

Does she always sleep like that?

[ltcommandroid]

Frequently. I suppose I have enough padding on my legs that it is not uncomfortable.

[not just a robot skeleton!]

[silentscout]

Mmm. Spot likes you a lot. Cats only sleep on the people they see as their own.

[So says Lalli, local cat expert.]

[ltcommandroid]

We have lived together for several years. She does not like anyone else as much as she likes me - in truth, she is rather particular.

[silentscout]

Mhmm. Cats are like that.

[Kissa doesn't seem attached specifically to Lalli, but she does sleep in his room at night at the very least.]

Do you remember when I explained about the three kinds of souls?

[ltcommandroid]

I do.

[but I don't, rip OH WAIT IS IT LIKE THAT TUMBLR POST ABOUT GHOST BEARS]

[silentscout]

[GHOST BEARS

But no, he talked about it here.]

My luonto is a cat. It's one of those big ones with very short tails. So I understand cats a little better because of it.

[ltcommandroid]

It takes an animal form? [...] Do you mean a lynx?

[silentscout]

Mhmm. Onni's is an owl. Tuuri's is a sparrow. Mine is a lynx.

They're always animals of some kind.

[ltcommandroid]

Interesting.

[He scratches Spot's head lightly.]

I am unsure if souls are real in my world, but nonetheless, I would likely not possess one.

[silentscout]

If I had my powers I could look and tell you. But you have a personality, so you probably have a 'second soul' at least.

[ltcommandroid]

Can you have a second soul without a first? I am not technically alive. I was not born.

[silentscout]

I don't know if it's different for you. The first soul is what lets you stay alive. The second soul is your personality.

[ltcommandroid]

...I have questioned at times whether I do have a personality. It is possible that what you experience as a personality is simply a series of complex algorithms.

[silentscout]

So? No matter what it's made of, it's a personality.

[ltcommandroid]

It would not be a person. It would be a machine exhibiting complex behavior.

[silentscout]

A human is a human. A person can be a human. Or it can be a machine exhibiting complex behavior.

[ltcommandroid]

[Data considers that for a moment. Kinda still not really what he meant - but fair enough.]

That is how I prefer to think of it, as well.

[silentscout]

[Lalli is assuming they are in agreement, so he nods approvingly.]

Spot likes you too. If a cat likes you, then you're a good person.

[ltcommandroid]

You believe that they can sense character?

[silentscout]

Cats can sense a lot of things, including character. They're smarter than people realize.