Technically eebs are from Earth, too, and are offshoots of humans, so that’s even less supportive.
russell styles
I still think that it should be possible to unclamp. We will find out if the last Eeb is clamped before they find another Keebrick.
Faking being clamped would seem to be the ideal solution for Devyat. So long as she goes along, who would know the difference.
Since she would need to hide her power, the temptation to abuse her power should be reduced.
But the ability to reverse clamping would do the job. Heck, her dad could reverse clamping on himself.
Pedrocelli
@Russell, I think you mean her mum. Dmitri is her dad.
Efogoto
Outlandish power is only really dangerous in the third person: the Eebs with power had to be clamped. In the second person, I can see that you might have had a problem with it. In the first person, it’s fine: I can handle it. See? Everything’s fine!
Dave
I absolutely love this comment. It’s frickin genius.
Just wanted you to know.
Carry on.
Nathanyel
We’re fine, everything’s fine. How are you?
War Pig
Yeah, humans.
On the one side, Mother Theresa, Sabin and Saulk, Paul Newman, Johns Hopkins and Florence Nightingale. On the other, Adolph Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Charles Manson, Myra Hindley and Karla Homolka.
The good are really great and the bad are really evil.
Clamu
You’ve got mom Theresa in the wrong list there.
Muzhik
@War Pig,
Not to mention the people who talk at the theater.
Frankie D.
Theresa was a real shitstain. Believed the poor had to suffer in order to get into heaven, until it was her health at risk.
0z79
People are like chef’s salad, with good and bad bits all mixed together. At least, according to a certain wise double-amputee and former member of a sub-par theater troupe.
Peter Rogan
Old. old joke. The australopithicine droppings on it are a dead giveaway.
The best solution I can see is for Emily to go along with Devyat and see to the destruction of the second Kreebrick, after which the argument can resume, Devyat can reshape Emily’s consciousness to report Devyat died, or agree to carry on the deception so long as Devyat remains invisible to authorities, or Devyat can… But why give it away?
All these characters have deeper motivations on which they’ve acted in the past. And we still don’t know the source of Dmitri’s unseemly upset. More is going on here that it appears. Bad old antihuman joke or not. –On closer examination, those droppings may be Hylobatidaen.
Efogoto
Hey Devyat! Point out that the non-existence of black swans was proverbial … until a black swan was found. Now that we know Kreebricks exist in this universe, there ought to be serious consideration given to retaining the one weapon we know works on them rather than neutralizing it.
Technically eebs are from Earth, too, and are offshoots of humans, so that’s even less supportive.
I still think that it should be possible to unclamp. We will find out if the last Eeb is clamped before they find another Keebrick.
Faking being clamped would seem to be the ideal solution for Devyat. So long as she goes along, who would know the difference.
Since she would need to hide her power, the temptation to abuse her power should be reduced.
But the ability to reverse clamping would do the job. Heck, her dad could reverse clamping on himself.
@Russell, I think you mean her mum. Dmitri is her dad.
Outlandish power is only really dangerous in the third person: the Eebs with power had to be clamped. In the second person, I can see that you might have had a problem with it. In the first person, it’s fine: I can handle it. See? Everything’s fine!
I absolutely love this comment. It’s frickin genius.
Just wanted you to know.
Carry on.
We’re fine, everything’s fine. How are you?
Yeah, humans.
On the one side, Mother Theresa, Sabin and Saulk, Paul Newman, Johns Hopkins and Florence Nightingale. On the other, Adolph Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Charles Manson, Myra Hindley and Karla Homolka.
The good are really great and the bad are really evil.
You’ve got mom Theresa in the wrong list there.
@War Pig,
Not to mention the people who talk at the theater.
Theresa was a real shitstain. Believed the poor had to suffer in order to get into heaven, until it was her health at risk.
People are like chef’s salad, with good and bad bits all mixed together. At least, according to a certain wise double-amputee and former member of a sub-par theater troupe.
Old. old joke. The australopithicine droppings on it are a dead giveaway.
The best solution I can see is for Emily to go along with Devyat and see to the destruction of the second Kreebrick, after which the argument can resume, Devyat can reshape Emily’s consciousness to report Devyat died, or agree to carry on the deception so long as Devyat remains invisible to authorities, or Devyat can… But why give it away?
All these characters have deeper motivations on which they’ve acted in the past. And we still don’t know the source of Dmitri’s unseemly upset. More is going on here that it appears. Bad old antihuman joke or not. –On closer examination, those droppings may be Hylobatidaen.
Hey Devyat! Point out that the non-existence of black swans was proverbial … until a black swan was found. Now that we know Kreebricks exist in this universe, there ought to be serious consideration given to retaining the one weapon we know works on them rather than neutralizing it.