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[alephbet]

This is my first new year's day, now that I think about it. People make resolutions around this time of year, right? What are yours?

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[forgetbeam]

Yes. This network makes it convenient to speak even when we are not in close quarters, doesn't it? However, we must be careful not to let it create distances between us in the first place.

So let us speak face to face more often this year, too.

[alephbet]

That's an excellent resolution. It's embarrassing that I don't know my own roommates that well.

[forgetbeam]

I am also to blame. We will fix it at once.

[YEAH, he can do this socializing thing... Kind of... Crap, how does one get to know another out of a classroom environment...]

Tell me anything I should know about you, and I will do the same.

[That should do it.]

[alephbet]

Well, there's a lot of things I could think of, but... My birthday's on the twelfth?

[forgetbeam]

I see. Mine is in August. How old will you be?

[He took "first new year's day" to mean he just wasn't from a place that celebrated it...]

[alephbet]

One year old.

...yeah, I know I don't look it.

[forgetbeam]

Are you serious? How is that possible?

[alephbet]

I'm an artificial human.

[forgetbeam]

Are you saying you're some kind of robot?

[alephbet]

More like a clone.

[forgetbeam]

To think that something like that is possible is amazing.

[He might have been skeptical once upon a time, but... Tower. Actually, he kind of wonders. If he's only a year old...]

So were you created by somebody in this Tower?

[alephbet]

No. I've only been here for six months.

[forgetbeam]

I see.

[. . .]

Six months is quite some time.

[alephbet]

It is. For anyone.