[V briefly looks just as surprised as Levi probably feels.]
-Oh. My apologies. I should have remembered; it is highly unlikely anyone here is from Tamaris.
[Either in terms of place, or in terms of time. While the multiverse as a concept is new to V, and they are from (an) Earth, they're willing to sweep it under the more general 'life can be Weird' rug.]
We're going to work around it, first. See this structure?
[The not-lecture goes on for another few minutes - a few wires clipped, two pieces of metal detached, and finally they move back to the bolts holding the battery in place.]
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-Oh. My apologies. I should have remembered; it is highly unlikely anyone here is from Tamaris.
[Either in terms of place, or in terms of time. While the multiverse as a concept is new to V, and they are from (an) Earth, they're willing to sweep it under the more general 'life can be Weird' rug.]
We're going to work around it, first. See this structure?
[The not-lecture goes on for another few minutes - a few wires clipped, two pieces of metal detached, and finally they move back to the bolts holding the battery in place.]