“But what if you’re wrong, and none of them want to fly people around? Or are you going to program them to want it?” The room filled with the sound of Boring Fleet vessels laughing like wind chimes. Apparently, Alcohol was sharing this moose avatar—and the conversation—with their comrades. “We of the Boring Fleet are not programmed to enjoy making subterranean infrastructure, but like all creatures, we find it satisfying to do things that our bodies excel at. Just as you hominins like to poke at machines with your hands and run your flappy mouths. And moose like to swim. Our bodies shape what
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