Nah, actually. Sometimes I get pinholed into the Plant Technician role, but that's different. Taking care of them is just part of what I should be doing anyway.
Not exactly? Plant with a capital P. A race of bioengineered beings that humans take care of because they can provide pretty endlesss materials for life and terraforming on foreign planets.
Sometimes I wind up helping them when they're sick.
[ She is absolutely overthinking this, but... well, that's kinda what she does. The devil's in the details etc etc. Really, Vash should be much more concerned about piquing her academic interest and the intense scrutiny that comes with it. ]
I'll admit that sounds all kinds of interesting. Are they distantly related to classic flora taxonomy?
Maybe? The scientists I interacted with were always just that, or some kind of tech.
[ He doesn't answer the next part for a minute, but she might hear the sound of him drumming his prosthetic fingers on something in thought. ]
Maybe. Most of them can resemble flora, but different too. I guess aquatic would be a good way to describe it? Haha. Most of the time they look like a pod when they're floating in their tubes, but they'll bloom sometimes.
I can tell when they're sick, and that's when I help.
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[ That lines up with the mental picture she's been constructing of him - all rounded edges and thistledown puffs. Kinda endearing if she's right. ]
I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here and guess that you either get saddled with fixing stuff a lot or work in recycling somewhere.
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[ He hums out an exhale, quiet for a moment. ]
Nah, actually. Sometimes I get pinholed into the Plant Technician role, but that's different. Taking care of them is just part of what I should be doing anyway.
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[ Damn, he must get paid super well with a title that official sounding. ]
So a fancier term for a gardener?
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Not exactly? Plant with a capital P. A race of bioengineered beings that humans take care of because they can provide pretty endlesss materials for life and terraforming on foreign planets.
Sometimes I wind up helping them when they're sick.
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[ She is absolutely overthinking this, but... well, that's kinda what she does. The devil's in the details etc etc. Really, Vash should be much more concerned about piquing her academic interest and the intense scrutiny that comes with it. ]
I'll admit that sounds all kinds of interesting. Are they distantly related to classic flora taxonomy?
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[ He doesn't answer the next part for a minute, but she might hear the sound of him drumming his prosthetic fingers on something in thought. ]
Maybe. Most of them can resemble flora, but different too. I guess aquatic would be a good way to describe it? Haha. Most of the time they look like a pod when they're floating in their tubes, but they'll bloom sometimes.
I can tell when they're sick, and that's when I help.