0446 - Zoom. - 2026.04.20

Comic!

Comment:

For the record, those aren't quills, they're individual barbels. It's a really good zoom.

Transcript:

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0446– 2167/07/07/13:28 – sidewalk, LC in Nina’s chassis is following Otto
LC (electronic communication): Okay, not panicking, we just need to source some electricity.
LC (electronic communication): ...Huh. I am, actually, not panicking. Cool.
Nina (electronic communication): Glad you think so. I figured an adrenal response would be unproductive.
LC (electronic communication): Good call.
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LC (electronic communication): Well, we’re out in the open, all we need to do is find a free field and sync to…
LC (electronic communication): Nina? Where are your receptor coils?
Nina (electronic communication): If I had to guess, the alloy is probably being re-cast into microcircuitry as we speak.
LC (electronic communication): This is information we should have verified in an earlier stage of the operation, Nina.
Nina (electronic communication): In my defense, I didn’t know hover armatures were this inefficient.
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LC (electronic communication): Ooh, I got it! Sami the Seagull, here, has receptor coils! Can we just hook your battery to those?
Nina (electronic communication): I doubt a toy bird usually handles the kind of voltage throughput we’d need.
LC (electronic communication): Well, hopefully, it can run hot for a few hours until we source a replacement. If nothing else, the feathers should work as a decent heat sink, the filaments are all nano-labeled as fire resistant.
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[B&W zoom on feather filaments]
Nina (electronic communication): Nano-labeled?
LC (electronic communication): Your wrist cams might not do colour, but they’ve got incredible zoom. I could really get used to this.
Nina (electronic communication): I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself.
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