[ a strange chill runs down his spine at the sound of that laugh, and pitch might notice the way lop flinches slightly. it's clearly a move made only out of reflex, rather than something intentional, but lop does look a lot like an animal on the verge of bolting. ]

Aah. Right. Of course. The ... the person, at first. They said something about programmers and levels, didn't they.

[ he's been here just long enough that the smell's no longer giving him a headache, and lop resists the urge to crinkle his nose. ]

But it's hard to think that none of this is real. I -- wasn't aware there was even that sort of technology.