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[justsayyes]

"No." Which isn't a lie, because she doesn't. "I don't know why, anyway. Not really." It's something she's been actively avoiding trying to analyze, because it makes her uncomfortable.

[biocomposer]

"That's why I'm suggesting we talk about it," Elijah says, patiently. "You're treating this issue as an immovable obstacle, but I don't think it is one."

[justsayyes]

"How do you know I'll even be any good at doing something else?"

[biocomposer]

"I don't," Elijah says solemnly. "Neither of us do. This is going to be - alien, to you. Gems are created already in possession of the skills they're judged to need. Humans are used to having to choose, practice and develop the skills that we want to ultimately benefit from. You're going to have to do that too."

[justsayyes]

"That sounds hard and dumb."

Luckily for her, calling something dumb or stupid because it distresses her doesn't seem to trigger the flood.

[biocomposer]

"It sounds like a challenge. But a challenge which, in my opinion, you are more than equal to."

[justsayyes]

"I wasn't equal to the challenge I was made for." No bugs again, but that's a near thing. It's just Very Complicated.

[biocomposer]

"That's arguable, and irrelevant regardless," Elijah says. "So I don't see why that's something for you to even contemplate at this point."

[justsayyes]

"It's all I ever contemplate." The insects that pop up this time are actually hoverflies - bumblebee mimics - because it's more of an exaggeration than an outright lie.

[biocomposer]

He regards them with interest, and hums.

"I hope time continues to broaden your interests, Jasper."

[justsayyes]

"And I hope you're willing to wait millennia." She grumbles, shifting a moment before starting to get up. "I'm done."

[biocomposer]

"Alright," he says, mildly, and gets up to see her to the door.

"...Thank you for coming to speak to me. You didn't have to, and I appreciate it."

[justsayyes]

Jasper, eloquent as always, shrugs with a grunt. "Stupid communicator's tiny." Well, compared to her, anyway. But she ducks out the door without any further explanation.