First Atom; Video

[dashesanddots]

[The visage of a man comes onto the screen. He is unfamiliar but fascinated by the technology of the computer terminals. However, that is not the pressing topic at hand. ]

Greetings. My name is Robert Lutece and I arrived here yesterday with my sister Rosalind. She and I are both scientists and will be converting her suite into a laboratory, therefore we have no need for the furniture in her residence. We will be offering it to whoever is interested.

[He sits and waits in front of the computer terminal, looking rather calm with his eyebrows slightly raised. They just sit that way naturally, default expression that gives a general appearance of being constantly unamused.

It's her turn to talk now. Though this would be a little easier if they were reporting from the same terminal.]

Comments

[dashesanddots]

[Like the Super Mario Bros live action movie.]

Last time we worked for someone... Well, it didn't necessarily end bad but it did not end well either.

[In one timeline, which they made an effort to fix at the begrudging acceptance of Rosalind, who really didn't care what happened as long as she had Robert. But Robert actually cared about the future, so.]

[lookedtothestars]

[The narration cannot continue with examples as the use of the Super Mario Bros film as an example no doubt contravenes some legislation regarding humans rights in some way or another.]

Reluctance in that case is understandable.

[Caring about the future is quite important.]

[dashesanddots]

Yes, however, it was a rather interesting experience from a scientific point of view.

[Babies and stuff, world peace or something.]

[lookedtothestars]

How so?

[Preserving babies is always a good idea.]

[dashesanddots]

We were killed. Technically. Our bodies were atomically scattered across the space of probability, causing us to exist at all times in all possible timelines. Our consciousness could only be present at one point, however, but it rendered us in a state of both being alive and dead.

[You would know, wouldn't you, Jor-El?]