Road to Mastery 5 Quotes

“am a stone, but you can call me The Stone.” Jack felt irritation welling up inside him. He expected something more… treasure-y. “And what do you do?” “Fine, you?” “I mean, what is your function?” The Stone, if possible, looked offended. “What is your function?” it shot back. “You objectivist freak.” Jack sighed. “Listen. I have all the good will to cooperate. Can you please explain what you are, besides The Stone, so we can get on with our lives?” “Hmph! Well, if I have to,” The Stone replied. “I am a sentient piece of stone. A woman with a harsh voice found me on the asteroid where I’d lived for a long time—pretty boring, if you ask me. It’s where I learned to talk with myself. Not much else to do, you see. The other rocks weren’t the best conversationalists—all they did was scratch the ground as they rolled.” “Okay… And what did that woman do with you?” “Asked me bizarre questions, mostly. Like, how I can speak. What a silly concept. How am I supposed to know? How can you speak, do you know?” “I do, actually. I’m a biologist. I can describe the exact process.” “Really? That sounds interesting. Go ahead, I’m keeping notes.” “Where?” “In my mind.” Jack could already feel the approaching headache. “So you don’t know why you can speak, where you learned the language, or how you found yourself on that asteroid where you spent a ton of time,” he said. “You don’t remember anything before that. Right?” “…Well, yeah, but I would have used more words. Why are you in such a rush? Talk to me, I’m lonely!” “You know what? I sympathize, but I’m kind of in the middle of something right now. How about I put you in my space ring for a bit, and we can discuss again later.” “Okay. Can you put someone else in there as well to keep me company?” “Not really. Sentient beings can’t go inside space rings.” “But I can.” “Yeah, and I have no idea why. I promise I’ll get you out later, okay?” “Okay!” Jack stuffed The Stone back into the space ring, then sighed. This was so much trouble. How was he duped into adopting a talking stone?”
― Valerios, Road to Mastery 5

“QUADRUPLE SUPERNOVA!”
― Valerios, Road to Mastery 5