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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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[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.