[The look he gives her, slightly appalled, implies that he thinks it's something anyone should be concerned about: you don't want to be in a lift when the lift breaks if it goes into free-fall.
But he allows her to pull him into the lift anyway. If the lifts haven't fallen yet, they probably aren't going to, unless the situation gets worse and something destabilizes the ship again.
One day, he'll resist her, because she won't be doing what he wants to do. Until then it's easier to let her think she's in the lead.
At her next question, he shakes his head.]
No, not unless I was speaking to a native speaker, and then it would translate automatically -- I'd never hear the language itself, I'd hear it as English. It isn't a system, per se... it's microscopic robots in my bloodstream.
I can try to write an encryption for that sort of thing, but writing it down will never be fully secure. Encrypting it is only a deterrent... it makes it likely that anyone who wants to read the encrypted material is determined enough to deal with a number of annoyances first.
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[The look he gives her, slightly appalled, implies that he thinks it's something anyone should be concerned about: you don't want to be in a lift when the lift breaks if it goes into free-fall.
But he allows her to pull him into the lift anyway. If the lifts haven't fallen yet, they probably aren't going to, unless the situation gets worse and something destabilizes the ship again.
One day, he'll resist her, because she won't be doing what he wants to do. Until then it's easier to let her think she's in the lead.
At her next question, he shakes his head.]
No, not unless I was speaking to a native speaker, and then it would translate automatically -- I'd never hear the language itself, I'd hear it as English. It isn't a system, per se... it's microscopic robots in my bloodstream.
I can try to write an encryption for that sort of thing, but writing it down will never be fully secure. Encrypting it is only a deterrent... it makes it likely that anyone who wants to read the encrypted material is determined enough to deal with a number of annoyances first.