'You sound like a SyFy movie, if anything.' The spelling distinction is moot until he amends, 'With the Ys. But what he said.'
He checks out of the conversation for a little bit after that, if they continue talking immediately afterward. There's too much data and he isn't actually that great a multi-tasker (surprise surprise). Moves it around on his own system until it's organized in a way that flows a little better for him personally, looking it over for patterns and anything that would make people spontaneously start turning invisible.
'Okay, one, can I just have a peek at your code or whatever one day, because seriously. You can have a playdate with JARVIS or something if you want - would you like that JARVIS? Or you can put it together yourselves. Shit, you could probably do scary things yourselves. Scratch that, no play-dates. Second, sadly, this actually doesn't help that much. Not from what I'm seeing here. I'm not giving it back, but I might need more time.'
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He checks out of the conversation for a little bit after that, if they continue talking immediately afterward. There's too much data and he isn't actually that great a multi-tasker (surprise surprise). Moves it around on his own system until it's organized in a way that flows a little better for him personally, looking it over for patterns and anything that would make people spontaneously start turning invisible.
'Okay, one, can I just have a peek at your code or whatever one day, because seriously. You can have a playdate with JARVIS or something if you want - would you like that JARVIS? Or you can put it together yourselves. Shit, you could probably do scary things yourselves. Scratch that, no play-dates. Second, sadly, this actually doesn't help that much. Not from what I'm seeing here. I'm not giving it back, but I might need more time.'