003 - [Audio]

[angleofscience]

[Shortly after this, Jetfire has been attempting to distract himself, having gone to the library but that's not exactly working, and all he can come up with?]

A question, if you will; what would be the difference between science and magic?

[He has accepted the possibility of more-than-natural... or supernatural/divine events, if barely, but that acceptance still doesn't explain a general question of what 'magic' could be in relation to known and quantifiable science.]

... Also, Starscream. Do you... have a moment?

[He's not sure asking this - no matter how interested he is in the answers - will be sufficient distraction, so he'll just go to someone he knows is good at distraction (if only to have all attention on himself).]

Comments

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

All right, Jetfire. Who kicked your puppy?

[angleofscience]

... Kicked my... what? You know as well as I do I'm not in possession of a--- [Pause. That was just an expression, Jetfire realized, as he caught the reference.]

Mmm... Not so much kicked anything, but... Were the humans ever of the opinion of those of you who landed on Earth being nothing more than... non-sentient, spark-less drones? Automatons.

[Maybe it shouldn't matter what another species thought of them (especially considering the lack of respect for human life the Decepticons had...), but being considered less than he actually was was... unsettling.

He does his best to not let that be heard, however.]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

Sure. There are always a few religious nutcases around who think that. But I never paid that close of attention to the opinions of humans.

[angleofscience]

No, I suppose you wouldn't...

I just didn't expect... I mean, I suppose it's understandable in a way; lacking other references and context, and with the greatest complexity perhaps being simple AI, assuming we are the same isn't unreasonable. Still.

[Just talking was actually helping him order his reaction, but that doesn't make him any less affected by it.]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

What can I say? Humans are generally stupid.

[angleofscience]

Starscream. [Okay, you can't see it, but he totally dragged a hand down his faceplates.]

Ignorance, especially unknowing such, isn't stupidity. [A pause.]

Thank you, though.

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

Close enough. Who cares anyway?

[angleofscience]

[Have a look.]

Usually, choosing the correct words will facilitate communication and lessen misunderstandings, even if I am used to your way of speaking. Further, ignorance can't, by any definition, be called 'stupidity'.

[He would say something about it not being necessary to insult anyone, but that would be a waste of time, and not very interesting, anyway. Starscream insulted everything and everyone. Was it terrible of him to sort-of miss this? Or rather, have realized he missed this, now that he had it again?]

Besides, I don't really see the challenge in insulting a species so radically different from ours, and, as far as I saw, far behind us technologically. Surely your wit could be used on others?

[... Wait. Did he just actually sort of invite Starscream to insult him? Even if he tended to do that anyway? Jetfire huffed slightly at himself.]