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[Kami taps the camera before leaning back, the foam-covered handle of her cane clasped between her hands.] Hello, muffins. I'm Dr. Lakshmi, or Kami, your friendly neighborhood sysadmin-slash-roboticist. I am not the person who assigns you your assignments. So don't come to me with your problems. Because I don't care.

Ways to stay on my good side: Don't touch my shit. Don't break my shit. Don't try and trash my network. Don't try and trash your devices or I swear to Space Ghost I'll make you pay in blood. I used to work for people a lot tougher than you folk; I wasn't scared of them, I'm not scared of you, and I will put you on a 2003-era flip-phone if you test me.

I'll see you Sentinels and the Fatemarked from un-techy worlds at 1330 tomorrow for computer class. If you're expected, you'll get an alert shortly. Peace out, nerds.

Comments

[traqueur]

Can I ask when you're from?

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[That...actually brings Kami up short. She looks ready to answer, and then she frowns, counts on her fingers a second, mouths something, does a "carry the one" hand motion, and eventually shrugs.]

Yeah, good question. I don't even know anymore. Hazard of working for my previous employer; time gets kind of funky over there. If it helps at all, I'm 41, by my count, and I was born in October 1974. But I could be off by a year or two in either direction.

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[And amazingly, Martha just nods; she understands the whole not quite knowing one's age thing. So, she offers a smile, and a wiggle of her hand with the words:]

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, as a friend of mine would say.

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Your friend's got a way with words.

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He would say he's a way with everything.

[aquilawful]

I see why Sarah Harding says you're someone worth talking to.

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Oh yeah? What else's she said about me?

[aquilawful]

I believe her exact words were 'smart, full of herself, but not terrible,' [Jack answers with a wry grin.] Given that she didn't mention anyone else but the intern I think that's high praise.