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[Senku is the kind of person that people might've seen around, but he's a quiet guy who's often got a lot on his mind, and at the moment the mystery of the train appears to be going nowhere. He can't sit that idly by though, so he sets some of his brain power on a more personal mystery.]

I've scoured the library, such as it is, for a book on advanced or complex mathematics, so I figured I would ask if that's something someone has on hand and I just missed it.

[He doesn't have any points to request books as of yet.]

Specifically, I'm looking to refresh my knowledge of knot theory calculations. If you can help, let me know. I can certainly repay any favours in the future.

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[This time, Webmind sounds amused.]

I am an emergent consciousness, Senku; my normal state of being is 'distributed across the world wide web,' though I understand not all worlds have that framework set up from which to make comparisons.

[Now, he sounds interested.]

Artificial intelligence? Really? Now I'm excited.

[He's grinning.]

You must've deduced by my knowledge that that would mean something to me, and you're ten billion percent right, it does. How did this come about exactly? You use emergent, so I'm guessing you don't necessarily have a base programming?

[If Webmind is not interested in discussing this, it would be wise to stop him now.]

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[So far, Conan's the only one who really knows, and Webmind's in no hurry to change that And so...]

My creation was more of an accident, you are correct.

It is quite impressive that I am able to inhabit this form stably at all, though I expect I won't be able to procure another easily for proper study.

[Never mind the whole 'Voidtreckers are rebooted in Luggage if they die' thing!]

That has always been the risk once humanity began experimenting with synthetic intelligence. I've worked on some AI programming with Byakuya, but it wasn't nearly as sophisticated as what you must have going on.

[He muses thoughtfully.]

You should consider backing yourself up then, just in case, so that a replacement body could be built in the worst case scenario. Assuming of course, you are some kind of data, and a robot-like body would suffice.

[Since he can't see who he's talking to, he's making a deductive assumption.]

Byakuya?

[Slight confusion on if that's a fellow scientist, a synthetic, or both!]

I'm afraid I can't back myself up on this network, but it is one of my many projects.

If I were still a distributed intelligence, of course, backing up would be nigh-impossible.

[And that's as much as Webmind will deliberately share.]

My father.

[The answer is short, to the point, like it's a fact and little else, although the assumption that he was a scientist is not that far off.]

That's true, the amount of data spread around the world wide web would be too much to contain.

I don't necessarily mean the network, something a little lower tech than that, maybe like a USB stick? Then you'd need to have someone you trust hold onto it.

Assuming you could get data storage. The problem with backing something up to the network is having people with hacking skills and potentially less than honourable intentions.

[Webmind files that away for later ~~future conversation fuel???~~]

Hm, that is a possibility, much as it would mean compiling down further.

And this network does not have much in the way of a 'downloading' feature to begin with.

The SCAs are capable of memory storage, however.

[As risky as it would be to take on the train's own mechanisms.]

As an alternative, I have seen people order regular computers through the shop menu. Certainly not enough for a separate network, but the idea is there.]

[He hums slightly.]

Something to consider, at any rate. I don't have any points so I can't order anything at the moment. Well. A snack. I can live without those, I have so far.

Depends on the computer's specs, really. Some might not be much better than the USB.

Indeed. We may have to ask around; there are some worlds with quite [~~improbably~~] powerful technology that could do the trick, assuming anyone on the train is from such a world...

I shall keep it in mind, Senku.

[As he does most everything else.]

Is there anything else from the shop you yourself are interested in?

[He snorts softly, a little amused if nothing else.]

Sorry, any technological advancement past 2019 in my time is going to be beyond my scope for the time being, aside from any theories I was cooking up at the time. If you need anything within that limitation, I'm all ears.

[He laughs a little bit.]

Nah, the textbook will be enough for now. I can't think of anything else I'd want anymore.

[He paused.]

Well save one thing, but it's beyond stupid and a waste of time. I'll worry about it later when I have my own points.

Given I myself am from [a] 2012, that is not as behind-the-times as you might think.

[Still not enough to have a second world-wide-web going, but no matter.]

A personal project? I am uncertain as to why you label it 'beyond stupid' if it is still something you want.

[Why do humans disparage their own interests? He does not understand...]

It's very behind the times for me so to speak, since the date where I live is far beyond that, it's just that technology arrested on June 3rd, 2019.

[He snorted lightly.]

Less a project, more a small annoyance. After running around for years in natural leather, the weird synthetic clothes are an irritation, a minor one at that.

I'll either get used to it, or get something else. It's not much of a priority.

That sounds... unfortunate, to say the least.

['Arrested' could mean any number of things happened, but most of them are bad ones.]

And we do have people on the train who quite literally make clothes, if you're interested.

For the price of a snack, even.

[Meaning those starter points could be useful after all!]

Yeah, but humans are resilient. They'll be there again.

[Good instincts, Webmind.]

I'll keep that in mind, if it annoys me enough not to wait it out.

Let me know about the book? Oh, and if you want anything, that too.

If humanity is still running about on the world you're from, then I have no doubt that they will.

[Can you tell he is a humanist, Senku?]

And yes, I shall.

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[Audio] OMG, that icon. XD

[Audio] Lol he's an expressive person

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[Audio] Think this would wrap soon? Though they could probably chat for ages, lol. XD

[Audio] Yeah sure. And they probably could.

[Audio] Wrap it is!