[ that's good. he never had a doubt that humanity would reach the stars one day, but it's comforting to know that the effort bears fruit in the future. there's an overwhelming sense of pride— for humanity as a whole and all of their achievements, past, present, and future.
his love for humanity aside, however, is the question of how much force would it take to kill amos. flat does note the lack of comment, but he doesn't push it. instead, he answers: ]
I can't give you a number right now. It all depends on how much heavier he's making it and what limits he has. Hmm... think about... bags full of sand? [ he hopes that's something she understands. otherwise he's fucked. ] Usually, you'd have no bags of sand between yourself and your target, and your weapon's probably gonna cut through it with no problem, right? But if there's a bunch of bags of sand in front of the target, then your weapon's gonna get stuck on one of the bags.
[ mentally, he shrugs. ]
Gravity can be so light that you float into the sky and out of the planet or so heavy that it pulls you in until your body and everything around you is turned into a spaghetti noodle. It can become even more powerful than light itself. [ ... ] So he's gotta have a limit. Or some sort of weak spot. Even the most OP person has some sort of weakness, it just has to be found.
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[ that's good. he never had a doubt that humanity would reach the stars one day, but it's comforting to know that the effort bears fruit in the future. there's an overwhelming sense of pride— for humanity as a whole and all of their achievements, past, present, and future.
his love for humanity aside, however, is the question of how much force would it take to kill amos. flat does note the lack of comment, but he doesn't push it. instead, he answers: ]
I can't give you a number right now. It all depends on how much heavier he's making it and what limits he has. Hmm... think about... bags full of sand? [ he hopes that's something she understands. otherwise he's fucked. ] Usually, you'd have no bags of sand between yourself and your target, and your weapon's probably gonna cut through it with no problem, right? But if there's a bunch of bags of sand in front of the target, then your weapon's gonna get stuck on one of the bags.
[ mentally, he shrugs. ]
Gravity can be so light that you float into the sky and out of the planet or so heavy that it pulls you in until your body and everything around you is turned into a spaghetti noodle. It can become even more powerful than light itself. [ ... ] So he's gotta have a limit. Or some sort of weak spot. Even the most OP person has some sort of weakness, it just has to be found.