Freefall

But why would the closed life support be turned on in a spacecraft that is landed?

Jean was an empty rock. That means no air too. Though it depends on what stages of buildup specific person had arrived to.

I'm starting to think that Florence may have something a bit more special planned than just cuddling◊ for tonight... (reader link)

She expects things to move that fast? Wow.

Not necessarily. Even just cuddling (remembering that their relationship is just starting, never mind the whole "interspecies" thing that's been shown to be on their minds even when it's just them in the room) she's going to be close enough that the smell could become something of a mood killer (or at least mood wounder, as it were).

edited 16th Aug '17 5:02:32 AM by Nohbody

@4525 Well, there are degrees of smell amnesia. There is the most distinct, where you stop being able to detect a smell after some amount of time being exposed to it. But there's another I've noticed, where you just acclimate to a smell even when you're aware of it all around. I got that way with animal waste back when I worked at a pet store (many, many years ago at this point). I was always aware of it - being ignorant of it would have made that job way harder. But after a week or two, I just acclimated and was aware of it as a background smell that I generally didn't pay attention to until I had to. I see that all the time in people who work in food service, too (except that people generally don't react as strongly to the guy who smells heavily of hamburgers as they do to the guy who smells heavily of a pet store).

@4530 I agree - I expect that there will be a sharing of sleeping space, even if they aren't using the same bed (or, at most, there just being cuddling even if they do). That said, wet dog is pretty powerful, and it gets stronger the larger the canine. My personal guess is that a wet Florence could be smelled across the room.

That said, lest we forget, Winston's first impression of Florence involved her being as wet as she could possibly be, so really, I don't think he's going to be all that bothered by post-shower Bowman's wolf.

On the other hand, that first encounter was clearly a doctor/patient thing, well before there were even hints of any mutual romantic interest. Doctors (human or non-human patients) often have to deal with unpleasant smells in the course of doing their job, so it may not have even registered.

Of course in the end it's all pretty much mental masturbation unless it's brought up in the comic, but then that's one of the things the internet is for anyway, along with one of the more prominent reasons and cat pictures/videos.

She may not experience smell amnesia, but as a human, he will, so Florence shouldn't obsess over this too much.

smelling like beer◊

Win-win.

What, the baking industry doesn't have anything for you?

(Smells sourdough starter in my fridge)

Never mind, go for the beer.

Aw man... do you hate your viewers, Florence?◊

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edited 21st Aug '17 9:18:31 AM by FuzzyBoots

The question has been raised as to what, exactly, constitutes "modesty" for a Bowman's wolf. It's not like they have prominent human mammary glands, and the business end is covered with fur anyway. It seems more of an acquired cultural taboo than anything practical.

Florence did keep her tail between her legs in such situations. And the chest area is apparently visible enough that Helix's sensors censored it.

Once. At other times, the chest area is usually covered by something convenient.

It occurs to me that a Bowman's wolf might not necessarily have any anatomy all that visible such that censoring is necessary; it might just be done for comedy purposes. I'm almost certain, based on familiarity with domesticated dogs, that such is the case regarding mammaries. It's more likely that her reproductive organs are actually censored for modesty reasons, though (again, based on my familiarity with domesticated dogs).

She was raised by humans to live in human society, and treated as a person (if a fuzzy one) by her family if I recall the backstory archive correctly.

Me, I was more amused by her holding a conversation with Beekay, who seems to be being used by Mark as The Watson (if not one that can talk back in any meaningful manner). While I don't follow the "dogs are complete freaking morons" school of thought (even if I've personally known some real winners in that department ) it's not like he really understands the concepts she's discussing.

I've used mental brownouts as an excuse before◊ (reader link).

When I'm really tired, I speak or write gibberish, sometimes partially based off of dreams, and if people were to take it seriously, it could cause issues.

Often when I try to write while tired, I get some wires crossing between story I'm writing and other random stories I read, is it that sort of thing too?

I'm totally using "mental brownouts". For those days when I've used up all my cognition and can no longer put a sentence together.

I need a mental power generator.

That's what caffeine is for, my friend.

I need s mental power generator whose effect lasts longer than 15 mins.

I believe this is a good argument for the Genius Sweet Tooth trope.

Winston is a giant dwarf◊, and we establish that the two of them don't necessarily need protection when they visit his parents.

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