• egrets@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Continued exchange from Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (2006):

    Kurt said, “You just said they’re gone. Which is it?”

    Dr. Halsey considered a moment and then replied, “Both. The quantum-mechanical implications do not translate to simple, nonparadoxical, classical terms.”

    “Then let’s stick to practical terms,” Kurt said, growing annoyed. “Are they safe?”

    She tilted her head, considering, and then replied, “You could detonate a nuclear warhead on these pods and because the extruded Slipspace within is not in this dimension, there would be no effect to their contents.”

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      9 hours ago

      tbf this was an intentional moment about how timey-wimey and extra dimensionally slipspace is, and Halsey was immediately called out for talking out of both sides of her mouth.

      But it’s more funny to crop that.