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Post date: Aug 05, 2012 2:41:56 PM
Maud stared at the message. Well, he couldn't reveal himself to the others now... not before this meeting could take place. In fact, it was with a certain degree of trepidation that he approached the designated coordinates later that week. Once there, he removed his hat and sunglasses, and waited.
*ABSOLUTE VALUE?* came the voice from above.
"Call me Modulus!" Maud called back. "I'm a complex individual!"
A pause was the only acknowledgement, followed by: *WHAT IS YOUR DECISION?*
"I need more time!" Maud retorted. "I've only been observing the Math-Tans for, what, a year? And even then, it's only been the Polynomials, the Conics, and the Trig, I'm sure given another Earth cycle..."
*13 MONTHS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT TIME TO DETERMINE IF THESE RELATIONS SERVE ANY, WELL, FUNCTION. DECIDE.*
"Look, thirteen months is NOTHING on a cosmic scale!" Maud said, getting irritated despite himself. "Are you seriously planning to wipe out an entire race of characters merely on my say-so?"
*YOU WERE CHOSEN FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ABSOLUTES. DECIDE.*
Maud rubbed his forehead. "Can you at least stop SHOUTING?" he requested. "You'll make me as deaf as my sister Signum..."
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