Stoneman
Stoneman was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description
A young girl becomes frustated with her rocks.
Dialogue
Eivor saw a girl trying and failing to stack rocks.
- Norse Child: Why won't you just stay still! Ugh! This one first... then this one... ugh! No! Stay still, stones! Or else the bad Pict-people will come for me...
Eivor approached the little girl.
- Norse Child: Can you tell the stones to stand still, please? I need to build a stone man so it will protect me from the Pict-people! I keep trying but... I just can't do it right.
Eivor knelt at the pile of stones helped her build a stoneman, using her past experience building cairns handed down by her mother and father. She stacked them carefully, drawing near to the desired height.
- Norse Child: Whoa! You're really good at this!
Eivor completed stacking the stones and validated the cairn's structural integrity before stepping back.
- Eivor: Think of this as a test, of mind and wit. Stack the cairn stones high and wide.
- Norse Child: But they keep falling...
- Eivor: You have to let the air and nature's beauty guide you. Shape, balance, expression are key.
- Norse Child: O, wow! Thank you for showing me how.
- Eivor: Steady your hands and your heart, tiny-giant. Goodbye.
Eivor took her leave of the little girl, who thought aloud.
- Norse Child: I'll be okay on my own, Mama and Papa. Don't worry about me, I'll have an army of stone men to protect me!
Eivor found a note in the house nearby.
- Instructions
How to make a Stoneman
Find stones, there are some by the river.
Stack stones to make Stoneman.
Stoneman will protect me. Protect us.
Outcome
Eivor taught the child the basics of cairns, like her mother had done for her.