crowspace | Call Me Out v. 5.0.1

[So, for whatever reason, V/V appeared out of nowhere in Asemu's life and is now hanging out at the Asunos' house, winning over the rest of his family (except his father, but he had a front-line base to command, so he wasn't around). Asemu is just moments away from completing the last bit of his homework, and his door is open.]

Okay, just one more problem...

What are you working on?

[If Asemu's door is open, V/V can just come in. That's how that works, right?]

Huh?

[He looks up.]

Oh, it's homework. I'm just finishing up my math.

Can I see? I've never done homework before.

Eh? Sure, I guess so.

[Asemu gets out of his chair and puts the homework sheet front and center. It's full of trigonometry problems and answers written below them in semi-decent handwriting. Next to the handout is a piece of notebook paper with all sorts of mathematical simplifications written out on it in order to find those answers.]

...I don't understand any of this.

Oh. Sorry. I guess I should have warned you that it's high level stuff. I'm taking trig this year.

That means you're really smart, right?

...Um.

[Ahaha. He's way too humble to admit to something like that. Not to mention having a genius for a father.]

Well, I...am a bit smarter than the average person. I guess. When it comes to math. But this is nothing compared to my dad.

Even if there are smarter people in the world, I don't think that makes you any less smart. You should be proud of that.

[That gets a look of surprise. That's probably the best thing anybody has ever told him.]

I...guess you're right. Thank you.

You're welcome. What are you going to do after you're done with your homework?

Dunno. I haven't decided yet. I might hop on the computer and see what's going on online.

Won't it be similar to yesterday?

What, the Internet? No, it changes every day as new things come out. People talk, news gets posted...stuff like that.

You could spend all your time looking at it then.

I could if I wanted to. But I don't think I'll find that much interesting.

How big is the Internet?

...Um.

[Asemu has no idea how to answer that question.]

I don't think anybody knows, for sure. But it's bigger than any person could ever hope to see in their lifetime.

[Certain commercials notwithstanding.]

No wonder you don't just finish it in one sitting.

Yeah. There's gotta be trillions...no, quadrillions of pages out there.

That's a big number. I've never heard of quadrillions of anything before.

Not even something like stars or astronomical units?

...Space is really big, but most stars don't matter to people on Earth.

Not...really? Astronomers and navigators depend on the number and positions of the stars.

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