Joly smiles brightly at Segundus. "That's right! There's a translation field--or maybe a spell-- all over Milliways, so anyone can understand each other. It works for the written word too, so any text you find can be studied! You'll still be able to tell who's speaking--or who's written in--your own language, though, in my experience."
To Combeferre, he says "In a way! In later years, they take to calling it hypnotism, and begin to understand how it works--upon the mind, not outside forces. But as the mind controls the body, there are some limited but very useful effects that can be attained with proper application of the technique! However, this place and its translation field far outdoes any possible use of hypnotism. I promise you're not in any simple altered state of consciousness--for whatever that's worth!" He laughs as he realizes the answer may well be not much.
...Joly may be losing the thread of the mission, here. But science, though!
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Date: 9 Apr 2016 23:40 (UTC)To Combeferre, he says "In a way! In later years, they take to calling it hypnotism, and begin to understand how it works--upon the mind, not outside forces. But as the mind controls the body, there are some limited but very useful effects that can be attained with proper application of the technique! However, this place and its translation field far outdoes any possible use of hypnotism. I promise you're not in any simple altered state of consciousness--for whatever that's worth!" He laughs as he realizes the answer may well be not much.
...Joly may be losing the thread of the mission, here. But science, though!