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Mostly stylistic changes. Changed hospital to sanitarium, PK to psionic powers, reformed so that there is more consistency between plural and singular.

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	"Um, about the supernatural powers..."		"Um, about the supernatural powers..."

	"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I could help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study this subject in Japan. This thing is a blackbox, you know? So the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have ~~since~~ you ~~were~~ born..."		"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I could help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study this subject in Japan. This thing is a blackbox, you know? So the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have when you are born..."

	"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."		"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."

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Bored tenshi at 04:58, 12 February 2007

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	"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."		"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."

	I'm at a laboratory at an university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him, offers me a handshake with a reptile-like smile.		I'm at a laboratory at an university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a reptile-like smile.

	"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such a thing?"		"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such a thing?"

Bored tenshi at 04:57, 12 February 2007

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24.127.28.32 at 03:05, 16 January 2007

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	"... Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"		"... Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"

	"No no. That's for the best. The common sense of the ~~19th~~ century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be there, that's the most peaceful, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"		"No no. That's for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be there, that's the most peaceful, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"

	"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"		"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"

Question at 18:03, 14 January 2007

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	~~Part 02~~
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	"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."		"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."

	I'm at a laboratory ~~at a university~~. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a reptilian smile.		I'm at a university laboratory. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a reptilian smile.

	"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such things?"		"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such things?"
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	"No, I just want to know what kind of things they are."		"No, I just want to know what kind of things they are."

	"That's what you call "interest". ~~But who cares though?~~ To use her card as a letter... that's just like her. She was an outstanding student of mine, so I'm concerned about her. This place is getting fewer people ~~who can be used~~, so we don't have enough human resources. Yup, not enough is not good."		"That's what you call "interest". Doesn’t matter. To use her card as a letter... that's just like her. She was an outstanding student of mine, so I'm concerned about her. This place is getting fewer competent people, so we don't have enough human resources. Yup, not enough is not good."

	"Um, about the supernatural powers..."		"Um, about the supernatural powers..."

	"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But, there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I can help you. In ~~this~~ occupation, this is an ominous subject, so ~~there's~~ only a few laboratories ~~that~~ study it in Japan. This thing is a black box, you know, so the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have when you are born..."		"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But, there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I can help you. In my occupation, this is an ominous subject, so only a few laboratories study it in Japan. This thing is a black box, you know, so the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have when you are born..."

	"I really don't care about the classification. I think ~~it's PK anyways~~. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."		"I really don't care about the classification. Either way, I think of them as psionic powers. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."

	"They're like channels. You watch TV?"		"They're like channels. You watch TV?"
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	"You can compare the human brain to channels. Which channel do you usually watch?"		"You can compare the human brain to channels. Which channel do you usually watch?"

	"...Let's ~~see,~~ I guess it's channel 8."		"...Let's see… I guess it's channel 8."

	"That's it. That should be the channel with the highest rating, right? Let's say there are 12 channels in a human brain. The brains of you and me are always on channel 8, the channel with the highest rating. There are other channels but we can't go there. The channel that everyone watches... should I say "common sense"? Channel 8 is the channel we have ~~as we can~~ live within that common sense. Do you understand?"		"That's it. That should be the channel with the highest rating, right? Let's say there are 12 channels in a human brain. The brains of you and me are always on channel 8, the channel with the highest rating. There are other channels but we can't go there. The channel that everyone watches... should I say "common sense"? Channel 8 is the channel we have to be on in order to live within that common sense. Do you understand?"

	"...Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"		"...Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"

	"No no. It's for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be ~~there~~, that's the most peaceful channel, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"		"No no. It's for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be on it, that's the most peaceful channel, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"

	"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"		"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"

	"I don't know. Let's say channel 3 is a channel that receives the words of plants instead of people. Let's say that on channel 4, the brain waves ~~to make~~ your body move actually move something else. It's amazing to have these kinds of channels. There, the common sense airing on channel 8 doesn't exist. Since the most popular channel shows the common sense needed to live in this current world, other channels do not show such a thing. At the very least, the morals in channel 8 are not shown."		"I don't know. Let's say channel 3 is a channel that receives the words of plants instead of people. Let's say that on channel 4, the brain waves making your body move actually move something else. It's amazing to have these kinds of channels. There, the common sense airing on channel 8 doesn't exist. Since the most popular channel shows the common sense needed to live in this current world, other channels do not show such a thing. At the very least, the morals of channel 8 are not shown."

	"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"		"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"

	"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a ~~hospital~~. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's ~~people~~ who ~~have~~ had different channels compared to everyone else since the time ~~they were~~ born. But, most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. They're channels that you can switch between when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."		"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a sanitarium. That's what it means for a person to have supernatural powers. It's a person who has had different channels compared to everyone else since the time the person was born. But, most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. They're channels that you can switch between when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."

	"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because ~~they don't have~~ such a thing to begin with."		"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because there wouldn’t be such a thing to begin with."

	"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as an "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something ~~happens~~ to that person to destroy ~~their~~ body, causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, ~~they~~ would be ~~done for~~. Even though ~~that~~ person had all the common sense, if ~~they cannot~~ be on the same channel as us, ~~they cannot communicate~~ with us... because ~~they are~~ on a different channel."		"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as an "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from the start of their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something happened to that person to destroy his or her body, causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, that would be the end. Even though the person may have had all the common sense, if unable to be on the same channel as us, communicating with us becomes impossible... because the person is on a different channel."

	"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"		"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"

	"You can just ~~stop~~ their life. To put it more precisely, you have to destroy the abnormal channel. But to do so means to destroy their brain, so it comes down to killing them. There's no such thing as killing the channel without killing the body. If there is, that's what you would really call a supernatural power. That's around channel 12, I think? That channel can pretty much do anything."		"You can just end their life. To put it more precisely, you have to destroy the abnormal channel. But to do so means to destroy their brain, so it comes down to killing them. There's no such thing as killing the channel without killing the body. If there is, that's what you would really call a supernatural power. That's around channel 12, I think? That channel can pretty much do anything."

	The professor laughs like it is really funny.		The professor laughs like it is really funny.

	"That was helpful. By the way, is spoon bending the most popular power ~~in PK~~?"		"That was helpful. By the way, is spoon bending the most popular psionic power?"

	"What? Spoons can bend?"		"What? Spoons can bend?"
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	"Does that matter?"		"Does that matter?"

	"Of course. It has something to do with the fulcrum. Even Earth has a direction of rotation, right? What, it's not constant? Hmm... does ~~that~~ power actually exist? Then you shouldn't have anything to do with this person. This person has more than two channels. That unfit existence probably ~~can~~ rotate things in both directions. I have never heard of a case of someone having two channels and is able to use them both at once; it's too powerful."		"Of course. It has something to do with the fulcrum. Even Earth has a direction of rotation, right? What, it's not constant? Hmm... does such a power actually exist? Then you shouldn't have anything to do with this person. This person has more than two channels. That unfit existence can probably rotate things in both directions. I have never heard of a case of someone having two channels and able to use them both at once; it's too powerful."

	"Um... I don't have much time, so I should get going. I have to get to Nagano by today... so thank you for all your help."		"Um... I don't have much time, so I should get going. I have to get to Nagano by today... so thank you for all your help."

	"It's all right. You can come as often as you want ~~if it's~~ her introduction. Oh, and by the way... is Aozaki-kun doing well?"		"It's all right. You can come as often as you want, since it’s her introduction. Oh, and by the way... is Aozaki-kun doing well?"

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	"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."		"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."

	I'm at a laboratory at a university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a ~~reptile-like~~ smile.		I'm at a laboratory at a university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a reptilian smile.

	"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such ~~a thing~~?"		"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such things?"

	"No, I just want to know what kind of ~~a thing it is~~."		"No, I just want to know what kind of things they are."

	"That's what you call interest. But who cares though. To use her card as a letter... that's just like her. She was an outstanding student of mine, so I'm concerned about her. This place is getting ~~less~~ people who can be used, so we don't have enough human ~~resource~~. Yup, not enough is not good."		"That's what you call "interest". But who cares though? To use her card as a letter... that's just like her. She was an outstanding student of mine, so I'm concerned about her. This place is getting fewer people who can be used, so we don't have enough human resources. Yup, not enough is not good."

	"Um, about the supernatural powers..."		"Um, about the supernatural powers..."

	"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I ~~could~~ help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study ~~this subject~~ in Japan. This thing is a ~~blackbox~~, you know~~? So~~ the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have when you are born..."		"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But, there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I can help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study it in Japan. This thing is a black box, you know, so the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have when you are born..."

	"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."		"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."
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	"You can compare the human brain to channels. Which channel do you usually watch?"		"You can compare the human brain to channels. Which channel do you usually watch?"

	"... Let's see, I guess it's channel 8."		"...Let's see, I guess it's channel 8."

	"That's it. That should be the channel with the highest rating, right? Let's say there are 12 channels in a human brain. The ~~brain~~ of you and me are always on channel 8, the channel with the highest rating. There are other channels but we can't go there. The channel that everyone watches... should I say common sense? Channel 8 is the channel we have as we can live within that common sense. Do you understand?"		"That's it. That should be the channel with the highest rating, right? Let's say there are 12 channels in a human brain. The brains of you and me are always on channel 8, the channel with the highest rating. There are other channels but we can't go there. The channel that everyone watches... should I say "common sense"? Channel 8 is the channel we have as we can live within that common sense. Do you understand?"

	"... Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"		"...Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"

	"No no. ~~That~~'s for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be there, that's the most peaceful channel, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"		"No no. It's for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be there, that's the most peaceful channel, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"

	"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"		"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"

	"I don't know. Let's say channel 3 is a channel that receives the words of plants instead of people. Let's say that on channel 4, the brain waves to make your body move actually ~~moves~~ something else. It's amazing to have these kinds of channels. There, the common sense airing on channel 8 doesn't exist. Since the most popular channel shows the common sense needed to live in this current world, other channels do not show such a thing. At the very least, the morals in channel 8 are not shown."		"I don't know. Let's say channel 3 is a channel that receives the words of plants instead of people. Let's say that on channel 4, the brain waves to make your body move actually move something else. It's amazing to have these kinds of channels. There, the common sense airing on channel 8 doesn't exist. Since the most popular channel shows the common sense needed to live in this current world, other channels do not show such a thing. At the very least, the morals in channel 8 are not shown."

	"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"		"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"

	"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a hospital. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's people who have different channels compared to everyone else ~~from~~ the time they were born. But most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. They're channels so you can switch between ~~them~~ when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."		"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a hospital. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's people who have had different channels compared to everyone else since the time they were born. But, most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. They're channels that you can switch between when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."

	"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because they don't have such a thing to begin with."		"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because they don't have such a thing to begin with."

	"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as an "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something ~~happened~~ to that person to destroy ~~its~~ body causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, ~~that person is~~ done for. Even though that person had all the common sense, if they cannot be on the same channel as us, they cannot communicate with us... because they are on a different channel."		"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as an "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something happens to that person to destroy their body, causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, they would be done for. Even though that person had all the common sense, if they cannot be on the same channel as us, they cannot communicate with us... because they are on a different channel."

	"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"		"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"
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	"What? Spoons can bend?"		"What? Spoons can bend?"

	"I don't know about spoons but at least human arms."		"I don't know about spoons, but at least human arms."

	"You mean arms of an adult? That's pretty amazing. "Distortion" depends on the ~~objects~~ size rather than its hardness. I would think it should take about seven days to bend something like the human arm. So, which way is it? Right? Left?"		"You mean the arms of an adult? That's pretty amazing. "Distortion" depends on the object's size rather than its hardness. I would think it should take about seven days to bend something like the human arm. So, which way is it? Right? Left?"

	"Does that matter?"		"Does that matter?"

	"Of course. It has something to do with the fulcrum. Even Earth has a direction of rotation, right? What, it's not constant? Hmm... does that power actually exist? Then you shouldn't have anything to do with this person. This person has more than two channels. That unfit existence probably can rotate things in both directions. I have never heard of a case of someone having two channels and is able to use them both at once~~. This is~~ too powerful."		"Of course. It has something to do with the fulcrum. Even Earth has a direction of rotation, right? What, it's not constant? Hmm... does that power actually exist? Then you shouldn't have anything to do with this person. This person has more than two channels. That unfit existence probably can rotate things in both directions. I have never heard of a case of someone having two channels and is able to use them both at once; it's too powerful."

	"Um... I don't have much time so I should get going. I have to get to Nagano by today... so thank you for all your help."		"Um... I don't have much time, so I should get going. I have to get to Nagano by today... so thank you for all your help."

	"It's all right. You can come as ~~much~~ as you want if it's her introduction. Oh, and by the way... is Aozaki-kun doing well?"		"It's all right. You can come as often as you want if it's her introduction. Oh, and by the way... is Aozaki-kun doing well?"

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	"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."		"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."

	I'm at a laboratory at an university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a reptile-like smile.		I'm at a laboratory at a university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him well, offers me a handshake with a reptile-like smile.

	"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such a thing?"		"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such a thing?"
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	"Um, about the supernatural powers..."		"Um, about the supernatural powers..."

	"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I could help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study this subject in Japan. This thing is a blackbox, you know? So the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have since you ~~are~~ born..."		"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I could help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study this subject in Japan. This thing is a blackbox, you know? So the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have since you were born..."

	"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."		"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."

	"It's channels. You watch TV?"		"They're like channels. You watch TV?"

	"Well, yeah... but what about it?"		"Well, yeah... but what about it?"

	"You compare human brain to channels. Which channel do you usually watch?"		"You can compare the human brain to channels. Which channel do you usually watch?"

	"... Let's see, I guess it's channel 8."		"... Let's see, I guess it's channel 8."
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	"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"		"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"

	"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a hospital. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's people who have different channels ~~then~~ everyone else from the time they ~~are~~ born. But most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. It's channels so you can switch between them when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."		"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a hospital. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's people who have different channels compared to everyone else from the time they were born. But most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. They're channels so you can switch between them when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."

	"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because they don't have such a thing to begin with."		"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because they don't have such a thing to begin with."

	"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as a "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something happened to that person to destroy its body causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, that person is done for. Even though that person had all the common sense, if they cannot be on the same channel as us, they cannot communicate with us... because they are on a different channel."		"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as an "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something happened to that person to destroy its body causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, that person is done for. Even though that person had all the common sense, if they cannot be on the same channel as us, they cannot communicate with us... because they are on a different channel."

	"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"		"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"

	"You can just stop their life. To put it more precisely, you have to destroy the abnormal channel. But to do so means to destroy their brain, so it comes down to killing them. There's no such thing as killing the channel without killing the body. If there is, that's what you would really call supernatural ~~powers~~. That's around channel 12, I think? That channel can pretty much do anything."		"You can just stop their life. To put it more precisely, you have to destroy the abnormal channel. But to do so means to destroy their brain, so it comes down to killing them. There's no such thing as killing the channel without killing the body. If there is, that's what you would really call a supernatural power. That's around channel 12, I think? That channel can pretty much do anything."

	The professor laughs like it is really funny.		The professor laughs like it is really funny.

	"That was helpful. By the way, is the most popular power in PK ~~bending spoons~~?"		"That was helpful. By the way, is spoon bending the most popular power in PK?"

	"What? Spoons can bend?"		"What? Spoons can bend?"
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	"I don't know about spoons but at least human arms."		"I don't know about spoons but at least human arms."

	"You mean arms of an adult? That's pretty amazing. "Distortion" depends on the objects size rather than its hardness. I would think it should take about seven days to bend something like a human arm. So, which way is it? Right? Left?"		"You mean arms of an adult? That's pretty amazing. "Distortion" depends on the objects size rather than its hardness. I would think it should take about seven days to bend something like the human arm. So, which way is it? Right? Left?"

	"Does that matter?"		"Does that matter?"

	"Of course. It has to do with the fulcrum. Even Earth has a direction of rotation, right? What, it's not constant? Hmm... does that power actually exist? Then you shouldn't have anything to do with this person. This person has more than two channels. That unfit existence probably can rotate things in both directions. I have never heard of a case of someone having two channels and is able to use them both at once. This is too powerful."		"Of course. It has something to do with the fulcrum. Even Earth has a direction of rotation, right? What, it's not constant? Hmm... does that power actually exist? Then you shouldn't have anything to do with this person. This person has more than two channels. That unfit existence probably can rotate things in both directions. I have never heard of a case of someone having two channels and is able to use them both at once. This is too powerful."

	"Um... I don't have much time so I should get going. I have to get to Nagano by today... so thank you for all your help."		"Um... I don't have much time so I should get going. I have to get to Nagano by today... so thank you for all your help."

	"It's all right. You can come as much as you want if it's her introduction. Oh, and by the way... is Aozaki-kun doing well?"		"It's all right. You can come as much as you want if it's her introduction. Oh, and by the way... is Aozaki-kun doing well?"

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	"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."		"You brought an unusual letter of introduction."

	I'm at a laboratory at an university. An old man whose white lab coat suited him offers me a handshake with a reptile-like smile.		I'm at a laboratory at an university. An old man, whose white lab coat suited him, offers me a handshake with a reptile-like smile.

	"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such a thing?"		"Wow, supernatural powers? You're interested in such a thing?"
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	"Um, about the supernatural powers..."		"Um, about the supernatural powers..."

	"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I could help you. In this occupation, this is ~~the~~ ominous subject, so there's only ~~several~~ laboratories that study this subject in Japan. This thing is a blackbox, you know? So the real details ~~doesn~~'t get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have since you are born..."		"Oh yeah, supernatural powers... But there are many different kinds of powers. We don't measure them genuinely here, so I don't know if I could help you. In this occupation, this is an ominous subject, so there's only a few laboratories that study this subject in Japan. This thing is a blackbox, you know? So the real details don't get to me. Yeah, I heard it's getting practical, but I have to wonder. That thing is, you know, something you have to have since you are born..."

	"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."		"I really don't care about the classification. I think it's PK anyways. What I want to know is how people end up with these powers."
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	"... Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"		"... Um, so you're saying we're made to watch the safest programs?"

	"No no. That's for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be there, that's the most peaceful, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"		"No no. That's for the best. The common sense of the 20th century, the channel with the highest rating is channel 8. Since we can be there, that's the most peaceful channel, right? We live in that common sense and we are protected by that common sense... isn't it beautiful?"

	"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"		"You're saying other channels are not peaceful?"

	"I don't know. Let's say channel 3 is a channel that receives the words of plants instead of people. Let's say that on channel 4, the brain waves to make your body move actually moves something else. It's amazing to have these kinds of channels. There, the common sense airing on channel 8 doesn't exist. Since the most popular channel 8 shows the common sense needed to live in this current world, other channels do not show such a thing. At the very least, the morals in channel 8 is not shown."		"I don't know. Let's say channel 3 is a channel that receives the words of plants instead of people. Let's say that on channel 4, the brain waves to make your body move actually moves something else. It's amazing to have these kinds of channels. There, the common sense airing on channel 8 doesn't exist. Since the most popular channel shows the common sense needed to live in this current world, other channels do not show such a thing. At the very least, the morals in channel 8 are not shown."

	"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"		"So you mean not having channel 8 would make you mentally abnormal?"

	"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a hospital. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's people who have different channels then everyone else from the time they are born. But most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. It's channels so you can switch between them when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society ~~lives~~ by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."		"Yup. Say there's someone that only has channel 3. That person can talk to plants, but in turn, cannot talk to people. As a result, society treats that person as mentally disabled and locks them up in a hospital. That's what it means to have supernatural powers. It's people who have different channels then everyone else from the time they are born. But most people with supernatural powers have such channels as 4 and 8 at the same time and can switch between them. It's channels so you can switch between them when you want to, right? When you watch channel 4, you can't watch channel 8. When you watch channel 8, you can't watch channel 4. People with supernatural powers in society live by using both of them, the usual self and the abnormal self."

	"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because they don't have such a thing to begin with."		"I see. So that's why common sense is useless for the person who only has channel 4... because they don't have such a thing to begin with."

	"That's right. Society calls these people as maniacs or killers but we ~~call~~ them "unfit existence". There are many people unfit for society but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. ~~If, this~~ is a what if story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something happened to that person to destroy its body causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, that person is done for. Even though that person ~~knew~~ all the common sense, if they cannot be on the same channel as us, they cannot communicate with us... because they are on a different channel."		"That's right. Society calls these people maniacs or killers but we think of them as a "unfit existence". There are many people who are unfit for society, but these people are unfit right from their existence. They are people who shouldn't exist... no, they cannot exist. This is a "what-if" story, okay? If there was someone who had both channel 4 and 8 and something happened to that person to destroy its body causing that person to be permanently on channel 4, that person is done for. Even though that person had all the common sense, if they cannot be on the same channel as us, they cannot communicate with us... because they are on a different channel."

	"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"		"Is there a way to make the unfit into a fit existence?"