- Pronoun
- they or she
Betel took only a few seconds to reply, but for a being who usually took a fractional moment to think of a response, the delay was noticeable.
"Ah," said the Porygon2.
They looked to Sada, as if some helpful guidance would come from her direction. She smiled blankly, not picking up on any silent plea.
"Well... I should probably re-initialise the network," they began, haltingly. "But I do recall attempting to redirect Director Parallax's summon command to instead call a possible ally, or at least an individual favourable to the Wayfarers. Given the extremely limited window of opportunity, my disorientation at the time, and my limited experience with summoning in practice, it seems I may have made... an error."
"That seems likely," agreed Sada, cheerfully. "However, there doesn't seem to be any deleterious consequence of that error. Our displacement in spacetime puts us about two weeks after our previous engagement, and the world appears no different."
Porygon2 couldn't really wince, but Betel somehow managed a pained expression, with a little wobble in their levitation. Instead of addressing Sada's claim, they turned to Virga.
"I apologise for your inopportune and unideal summoning," they said, meekly. "If you wish, I can attempt to send you back, but the process may... not be procedurally sound at this time. The situation would improve considerably if certain other factors were first addressed."
"Ah," said the Porygon2.
They looked to Sada, as if some helpful guidance would come from her direction. She smiled blankly, not picking up on any silent plea.
"Well... I should probably re-initialise the network," they began, haltingly. "But I do recall attempting to redirect Director Parallax's summon command to instead call a possible ally, or at least an individual favourable to the Wayfarers. Given the extremely limited window of opportunity, my disorientation at the time, and my limited experience with summoning in practice, it seems I may have made... an error."
"That seems likely," agreed Sada, cheerfully. "However, there doesn't seem to be any deleterious consequence of that error. Our displacement in spacetime puts us about two weeks after our previous engagement, and the world appears no different."
Porygon2 couldn't really wince, but Betel somehow managed a pained expression, with a little wobble in their levitation. Instead of addressing Sada's claim, they turned to Virga.
"I apologise for your inopportune and unideal summoning," they said, meekly. "If you wish, I can attempt to send you back, but the process may... not be procedurally sound at this time. The situation would improve considerably if certain other factors were first addressed."
