"So you just understand- and I understand- but! That's not... language is complicated, almost as complicated as people! You can't automate... there'd be more conflicts than just trees and scientists, and... and your mouth! It's definitely- the spell would have to bend light, or generate a different image, or directly modify my visual cortex to see something different, and- and the timing, there's no way it'd match up, if I- it'd look like you were still talking when you'd stopped, or that you'd- there were no weird pauses when you finished saying things, how would- how would it know, did someone learn all Earth's- no, it's older than- it'd have to take it from my head, it'd- if i had a different accent, would you sound...?! How does it process the- there's no predictive...! Please tell me I'm hearing you wrong, that it's not really..."
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Oh, christ. Not this. Please, not this.
"So you just understand- and I understand- but! That's not... language is complicated, almost as complicated as people! You can't automate... there'd be more conflicts than just trees and scientists, and... and your mouth! It's definitely- the spell would have to bend light, or generate a different image, or directly modify my visual cortex to see something different, and- and the timing, there's no way it'd match up, if I- it'd look like you were still talking when you'd stopped, or that you'd- there were no weird pauses when you finished saying things, how would- how would it know, did someone learn all Earth's- no, it's older than- it'd have to take it from my head, it'd- if i had a different accent, would you sound...?! How does it process the- there's no predictive...! Please tell me I'm hearing you wrong, that it's not really..."
Max's breathing is getting shallower.