text | a long string of numbers and digits

[volitaunt]

01101100 01101111 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110000 01101111 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01111000 01101001 01101101 01110101 01101101 00100000 01110000 01101100 01100101

[ Translation: location request poe dameron priority maximum please ]

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video;

[11calls]

[Okay, Alex is as enamored as she would be a puppy, and she's grinning at him.]

I really wish Nic was here, he'd get all that. But maybe I can help another way. Are you looking for something?

video;

[volitaunt]

[ Ha, he knows what to do here now. His image is briefly replaced with a shot of Poe that's taken from about the level of the man's knees and gives a clear view up his nose. ]

video;

[11calls]

So have you found what you're looking for, little guy?

[Because that is definitely a person. With a shot up his nose.]

video;

[volitaunt]

[ A slightly muffled voice says, 'Bee, what are you doing?' And the camera angle takes a brief tumble before orienting on Poe's face.

He blinks. ] Oh, hey. Uh. Hi.

video;

[11calls]

Oh! Hi. I'm guessing he's yours huh? He's adorable. I was trying to help him out but I'm actually really bad at math.

[And binary which in Alex's head totally counts.]

[volitaunt]

[ Poe laughs. ] Ah, this is about that 'lost pilot' notice he put up, I take it?

[11calls]

Oh, was that what it is? Well, I'm seriously going to need to use some of my time to brush up on my binary skills.

[And then Alex laughs.]

God, I never expected that I would ever need to learn so much about math in my life as I have in the last couple of months.

[volitaunt]

[ Poe considers pointing out that math and binary aren't really the same thing, but decides that would probably be rude and unhelpful. Besides, there's a more interesting question to ask. ]

Oh yeah? What's different about the last couple of months?

[11calls]

[For a moment, Alex just looks a little sheepish.]

Math and music got involved in a story that they really shouldn't have, unfortunately. So, spending a lot of time on Skype calls with math professors getting them to explain things to me.

[volitaunt]

[ Okay. Two things. ]

Math and music? What kind of story was this?

[ Okay, three things. ]

What's a Skype call? [ It sounds painful ok. ]

[11calls]

[Alex is going to avoid mentioning the answer to the first just by shrugging and saying:]

A long one.

[It's not a lie, it really is a long one, but that's for another time. As for Skype.]

It's like this. A video phone call over distance.