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Apparently in America yes. I think.

I won't argue that. In fact, it would seem that is true no matter - [Wells accesses the young woman before him, determining that this was likely not the place to ran about multiversal iterations of the United States of America.] - um, no matter where you go. Yes.

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Not everywhere. [ Since she's been to at least three different Earths, hers... Well Her home country was the one with that personality. she doesn't say anything about it though since really not like she's getting back there]

Though, have a feeling that wasn't what you were going to talk about?

[While she had been talking, he resumed staring intently at his tablet and fiddling with a seemingly fine spot of hair near his neck.] You are correct. [said distantly, still lost in the schematics that idly spun on his screen.]

What I'm far more concerned about is the idiot that thought that this microscopic transistor had the capacity for this sort of output. They may as well have put in a vacuum tube. [His frustration explodes out of him in emphatic bursts.]

[ She blinks a moment, then laughs.]

Okay I think I got a part of that, sorry Tech's not my thing. Though, which brand is it? Because some of the companies have idiots doing the designs, at least that's what a few friends have told me. They refuse to let me buy the tech anyway.

Brand? [he laughs.] There's no brand. This- [Wells quickly tilts his screen her direction to show a 3D diagram of what looks like a fancy box filled with circuits.] -is an advanced prototype from Mercury Labs that was clearly designed by an ape.

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[ She takes a look.] Mercury labs? That's one I haven't heard of before. And careful I do know a few smart apes.

True, it's because they were lab animals and the experiments... well yeah...

I've met my share of smart apes - is this normal? For you? [Perhaps that was something he'd missed in his research of this parallel Earth. Not likely, but the possibility did not escape him.]

Apes? Not really. Lab experiments... yeah, little more normal. [ She rubs her arm, glad that the sleeve of her blouse hides scars she has from being one said lab rat.]

You?

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Of course there are lab experiments. Science does not simply come into being with out theorizing and analysis through trial and error. [By continuing to analyze the schematic on his tablet, he could ignore the young woman's obvious discomfort, likely attached to some emotional or physical trauma.]

andddddd there you go using big words, either a scientist or a teacher.

[Because either work right?]

Scientist. A pretty successful one at that. [Wells is wholly not impressed by her sarcasm about big words.]

And what do you do besides lurk around while people are trying to get real work done?

Ah, I see.

[ well there's a sticky question.] I don't know annoyance is kinda my game.

Then maybe you should go practice your apparent gift somewhere else. I have to make this tragedy of a design work and unless you're also an electrical engineer, I don't see how you can help.

[She grinned slightly]

Well what is it you want it to do. I might not understand it all, but... I might be able to do something.

[Snippily.] What do I want it to do? Operate in reality. [He takes a breath, calming down.]

This theoretical schematic doesn't compensate for any of the needs of the interface or any safe shutoff for that matter. If I turned this on, it would operate for a few minutes before terminally failing. Useless.

Look. I know how to replace transistor with a larger capacity one. I've invented more efficient energy systems than your Earth has ever seen.

[ She's thinking a moment.]

Considering my home world still runs off steam turbines, not surprised. Though... [ She snags a paper from a sketchbook in her bag.] Those with my calling though, are quite adaptive it seems on other ones. [ She scribbles an alchemic drawing and snags the device from him, setting it on the paper on the table.]

We're also a tad, how is it said here, 'show boaty'? [ She taps the mark on her hip with the inside of her wrist before she touches the paper closing her eyes as there's a watery glow around her and the paper.]

Try that? It should run more efficiently. If not, I'll revert it back to normal and you can try the boring way.

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No that's- [He moves to chase his tablet but stops short because the glow distracts him.]

Huh. [He scratches behind his right ear, thinking hard enough that he scrunches his face a little.] That's one way to eliminate the problem all together.

[He skeptically approaches the table.] Except that's my tablet. Not the problem. [Despite his protesting, he continues to investigate, carefully reaching out to see what was different, besides the inexplicable visible electromagnetic radiation.] What did you do to it? [He asks softly, staring intently at the tablet.]

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[ She smirks stepping back so he can pick it up.]

Manipulating the flow of energy, while not as easy as manipulating water for me, isn't that hard once you can attune to it. [ She bites her lip a moment.] Other than that, not sure I can really explain it. Some worlds mistake it for magic, others... pseudo science.

[ Hey this isn't her first world hop. Not that she can return to her old one. One of the other Alchemists ruined that one for her.]

Huh. [Well straightens his glasses and leans in to inspect it and cautiously pokes it so it pivots on the paper.]

I've never met a Metahuman with your abilities. Or at least whose abilities presented themselves like this. Manipulating water is one thing... but they don't normally correlate.

Metahuman?

I'm base human, just... with a few quirks.

[His eyebrows raise nearly into his hairline. He pulls off his glasses.] I've never met a "base" human that can manipulate energy like that. "Quirks" are facial ticks and dyed hair. This - [he emphatically points at the tablet with his hand that
s still holding his glasses.] - is not a normal thing.

Where I'm from many people learn alchemy. Not many are really good at it though. I'm not even a prodigy that honor went to a fourteen year old. And seriously he'd probably do more.

[ She stretches, linking her fingers behind her as she steps back. ] You guys really don't have Alchemists here though? Seems so weird. Usually I've run into them before the science types. Or even magicians before hand.

I'm no expert, but yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not normal around here. [With a deep furrow setting on his brow, he rubs his eye with his wrist before putting his glasses back on. He resumes his study of his tablet by lifting the paper and peeking underneath it.]

Besides, alchemy is just ancient slight-of-hand and basic chemical reactions. I don't think that's what you did here.

[ She shrugs a little]

It's what my world calls it. And, the marking, just helps to focus. Really I'm better with liquids, it's what Pops was working with, but as long as there's a flow to it, I can manipulate it to some degree. But don't ask me the fine details of it. I could never figure out how it works, just know that it's awesome with it does work.

So then theoretically, you can manipulate anything. [As he spoke his theory aloud, it sent a primal fear through him that never made it to more than a brief narrowing of his eyes.] It sounds like you may have the ability to excite things on a molecular level. [Wells finally decides the tablet is safe to touch once more and he puts his palm on it as a test. There's no reaction as the screen is off, but it doesn't detonate or instantaneously kill him, which eliminated a few theories he had about what he had witnessed.]

Within limits, there are some rules that go with it. And I have a little higher morals than some of the others. [ She doesn't like explosions after all, they mess with the flow she taps to use her ability.]

Again, within reason. I don't think I really want to test the boundaries of it either. If I can't draw the energy from outside sources, it comes from within, and I'm not about to sacrifice myself foolishly. [ Though she'd do it to save others if she believes it's the right thing. But passing out because of it, is something she'd rather avoid]

When it comes to theoretical physics, logic can be overrated.

"Energy is neither created nor destroyed." [He mutters as he starts to inspect his tablet, which runs faster to his observations. He starts to focus on the changes and discerning the scientific reasons for the changes.]

True. [he says, chewing on a pen.] Without it though, what I'm talking about sounds like pure fantasy - which, I'm not. I'm talking about pulling on one trans-dimensional string that would result in a more stable connection from one simultaneously existing universe to the other. Sorting out how to traverse that might be a stretch, but there's a logic in the theory.

"Just redirected." Dad used to say that all the time.

Is it okay? [ She's actually concerned she broke it.]

I knew I'd come to the right place.

[She has a device she's been working on designed to create an Einstein-Rosen bridge. Only it's malfunctioning.]

What would you say if I told you that I've personally witnessed the sort of inter-dimensional connection you're talking about?

[He stops staring intently at the device and looks to her, finally still for a moment.]

I would say that's tremendous - and that we should run tests. Lots of tests.

It's fine. In fact - [He fusses rapidly opens a few applications and fiddles with them.] It's working above normal speeds - like the processor is on steroids. Whatever you did has had a remarkable impact on the output power of the CPU.

[She smirks a little, rubbing the back of her head.]

Not quite sure how I did it to be honest. But you're welcome.

[She grins because that is exactly what she was hoping to hear. She pulls a flash drive out of her pocket and hands it to him.]

Here's all the data I've got. I'm starting to think that the machine is working just fine, but it can only do half the job. There needs to be another one at the other end.