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[vulpesvivus]

I need to find something to do with myself around here.

Maybe I could start traveling and collecting badges again, but...I don't know. It doesn't really seem worth it if I'm on my own. I could probably ask Heather, but I'd just end up getting in their way or somethi I don't really imagine anyone would want a mechanical engineer following them around, either.

...Does anyone else ever feel like they've just flat-out been here too long?

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[vulpesvivus]

Basically, yeah. It's been a widespread thing for a long time now; the technology to develop nuclear-equipped bipedal robots has been around since at least the early to mid-70's, and it's 2014 back home.

At any rate, that would be a hell of a thing to run. Do we get a platinum membership card after three years or something?

[islandshore]

Sheesh. And if they existed more than forty years back, I bet the ones that exist now are at least ten times as lethal.

And seeing how we're like fossils compared to some of the people here, I'd say that's fair. And then you could slap on a name like "Oldbies Anonymous"... or maybe something a little more creative. Names are tricky.

[vulpesvivus]

Fossils? Ouch. If I didn't know better I might almost be offended.

[islandshore]

Hah. I wouldn't say something like that seriously, anyway. I'm only eighteen, and the 'grey' hair's all natural.

[vulpesvivus]

Mine's been gray since I was twenty-five, if it makes you feel any better.

[islandshore]

I'd ask if there's a story behind that, but I've already bombarded you with questions as it is. Hope it wasn't something like stress, though.

[vulpesvivus]

No idea, honestly. I wasn't half as stressed then as I was later on, so it's really anyone's guess.