[Junior shakes his head. Based on everything he's gleaned from Hickey so far...they were simply from different times. He had no idea how he could even explain the discrepancy of his age in a way that would make any sense to him.]
It's difficult to explain. My mind and body has been made to age faster than a normal person's. That's why I don't really know what age I am. I suppose I'm currently equivalent to an eleven or twelve year old.
What do you mean, "has been made"? Are you not human?
[ A question that feels less insane than it should, but nothing about their current situation makes sense. The Tuunbaq's existence didn't make sense. In order to understand these things, he needs to open his mind. ]
[As Junior considers the best way to answer, he makes his way over to where Hickey's statue stands. He's already read it by now, of course, but he'd be interested in seeing how the man might react to having it scrutinized in real time.]
Artificial humans produced by enhancing the preserved DNA of prominent historical figures.
[He glances at Hickey again, both to gauge how he might be processing this information and also to consider the time period that the man might be from. Junior isn't so versed in history that he can nail down an exact era...but he tries to think of a good example that might help.]
[Junior nods. It wasn't really all that important if Hickey really knew much about him or not, at the end of it. The overall concept was still, well, advanced.]
A German composer. In the year I'm from, he's considered to be one of the greatest in music history. His works are widely performed across the globe. He's just an example of the type of person that the British Government reincarnated as an agent.
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He barks a laugh. ]
You've been played, mate. You've got be at least ten or eleven.
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It's difficult to explain. My mind and body has been made to age faster than a normal person's. That's why I don't really know what age I am. I suppose I'm currently equivalent to an eleven or twelve year old.
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[ he doesn't see shit ]
What do you mean, "has been made"? Are you not human?
[ A question that feels less insane than it should, but nothing about their current situation makes sense. The Tuunbaq's existence didn't make sense. In order to understand these things, he needs to open his mind. ]
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[There was so much he didn't understand, himself. Knew the facts, but not how to place them into the greater context.]
I was conceived by a man and a woman, but neither of them were human. I don't know what that makes me.
[There was literally no one else like that--he was the first, and probably the last that would ever share that circumstance.]
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What were they, then, if not human? I suppose you'd be whatever they were.
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Artificial humans produced by enhancing the preserved DNA of prominent historical figures.
[He glances at Hickey again, both to gauge how he might be processing this information and also to consider the time period that the man might be from. Junior isn't so versed in history that he can nail down an exact era...but he tries to think of a good example that might help.]
Have you heard of Beethoven?
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[ WELL THEN. That does technically answer his question, though what to do with that information is a separate issue entirely.
So he'll just... file that away, while he tries to remember where he's heard that name before. ]
Er, the name is familiar, yes. A musician?
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A German composer. In the year I'm from, he's considered to be one of the greatest in music history. His works are widely performed across the globe. He's just an example of the type of person that the British Government reincarnated as an agent.