Uncanny Page #5

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must allow for a certain level

of financial stability.

Yeah, I suppose.

Do you need to work

to support yourself financially?

No, I suppose I don't.

Then why do you work?

I... Erm... I guess...

I do.

I guess I do miss it, Adam.

Yeah.

There's a part of me

that wants to go back

and finish my doctorate

and get a job somewhere

and build something amazing

and change the world.

But this is...

This is high level science.

It's not riding a f***ing bike.

You can't just jump back in

after ten years.

Especially when that ten years

houses an exponential

tech explosion.

- You're upset.

- No.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to offend you.

I'm just curious as to why

you're love of innovation

is finite.

If you love practical science,

why stop simply at admiring it?

You're interaction ends

when you write your article.

It ends with your appraisal

of new tech

on a superficial level.

Shouldn't love

not have limitation?

Shouldn't love of something

so abstract as science

cause you to want

to bury yourself in it?

To become one with it.

Shouldn't it cause you

to pursue it

as if there was nothing else

in the world?

How can you let that emotion

be derailed by something

like fear of the unknown?

Ow.

I apologize.

What was that about?

I don't know.

Are you awake?

Yes. What's up?

I don't think that Joy likes me.

She is like a different person

when she talks to you.

Why do you think that is?

People are different in their

interactions with other people.

I tend to look at everyone

as being surrounded

by miniature

electromagnetic fields

that gradually break down

with repeated interaction.

I'm curious

to know more about her.

So, just ask her.

I did.

- And how'd that go?

- Not as anticipated.

On some level,

she regrets abandoning

her graduate study.

She's proud of her achievement

in the field

of entertainment gaming.

But this does not supplant

some imagined ideologized future

in which

she is a successful roboticist.

Well, that's good info.

She also doesn't like

to be touched unexpectedly.

Yeah, most people don't.

I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm sure Joy will like you more

once she gets to know you.

It...

It is nice

to have someone to talk to

who likes talking to me.

Well, that's what I'm here for,

buddy.

Shiva The Destroyer.

Deep in thought.

Belonged to a former professor

of mine.

It's beautiful.

Dr. Sing would always say,

"That our conduct must be good,

so as not to waken

the sleeping destroyer."

When Shiva wakes,

the world will tremble.

Let's hope

he doesn't wake up then.

Can I show you something?

Mm-hmm.

- I hate surprises.

- Don't hate. Create.

What are you, a fortune cookie?

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