05th anomaly ; video ; open

[dinosize]

Have you ever wondered what comes next? Evolutionarily. After humans.

[ Stephen is in his own cabin, a light and airy space that doesn't really seem to suit him. The camera is propped up on the edge of a sink, where he's washing out blood and dirt from the clothes he wore while out in the port.

He's not really looking at the camera. ]

Do you think humans could ever be a food source for another animal?

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[keeps_a_cool_head]

Humans have become a source of interest for me. You're an odd species.

[dinosize]

How so?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

You're behind most of the rest of the galaxy at the moment, but you're extraordinarily adaptable. You think about matters in ways most don't.

[dinosize]

Seems to me that any species that wants to survive will be adaptable.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Not in the way you might think.

[dinosize]

Then - what way do I think?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

From what little I know of humans, you have a tendency to come up with insane solutions to problems that may have been solved far more simply and easily.

That takes some significant ingenuity.

[dinosize]

We don't think in straight lines. Funny thing about us.

I ask because I've seen species on Earth, through temporal anomalies, that don't fit within any era of natural history we know. Satisfied?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Can you describe these temporal anomalies?

[dinosize]

Physically? Or the effects?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Both, if you can.

[dinosize]

Physically? Like a broken, glowing mirror. There were floating shards, and they mostly seemed to refract or reflect pieces of the world around them. Stepping through would take you immediately to a different part of time.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Would your location remain the same?

[dinosize]

Impossible to say.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Have you made any investigation into it?

[dinosize]

Our first priority was always damage control.

[ His tone is neutral, giving no indication of how he feels on the matter. ]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

As it ought to be, I suppose.

And after?

[dinosize]

They would close fairly quickly.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Shame. I wonder if there were a way to keep it opened for a set period of time.

[dinosize]

Possibly. We haven't found it yet.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Do you have anything you have with you from your world used in conjunction with these anomalies?

[dinosize]

How would I know? Isn't it all duplicates anyhow, the stuff that's here?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Yes: I'm asking if you have such duplicates in your cabin.

[dinosize]

Why?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I have an interest in wormholes. Yours is the closest I've heard to ones being terrestrial, instead of out in space.