Jon glances away and smiles just the tiniest bit. It's genuine, soft. His gaze searches for Martin in the crowd of people and spots a set of familiar auburn curls somewhere in the distance. "It has its perks now and again."
He clears his throat, expression returning to a mild frown and a light blush touching his cheeks. "It's certainly fascinating. We've discovered a relatively basic authentication method for whether or not the Statements are legitimate or whether they can be placed in the discredited file immediately. Real Statements can't be recorded on digital devices like a computer or phone. It just comes out covered with static. We record them on tape recorders, instead. Or, well... I record them, really."
Having thousands of years on Jon, Aziraphale may or may not be aware that audio recording of a written collection is an extremely odd practice for archiving. At least when it's not the voice of the original document writer.
"I don't allow review of the Statements I have from other LIERs unless they've explicitly provided me with permission, but if you have a research project specific to something that might be in the archives, the ones from the native public can be made available. I don't allow people to look simply out of idle curiosity. I can appreciate it, but these stories are grim tales detailing the terror and horror people have experienced related to supernatural occurrences.
"It would be a disservice to them to let just anyone have a look-in. As I'm sure you can appreciate, Mister...?"
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He clears his throat, expression returning to a mild frown and a light blush touching his cheeks. "It's certainly fascinating. We've discovered a relatively basic authentication method for whether or not the Statements are legitimate or whether they can be placed in the discredited file immediately. Real Statements can't be recorded on digital devices like a computer or phone. It just comes out covered with static. We record them on tape recorders, instead. Or, well... I record them, really."
Having thousands of years on Jon, Aziraphale may or may not be aware that audio recording of a written collection is an extremely odd practice for archiving. At least when it's not the voice of the original document writer.
"I don't allow review of the Statements I have from other LIERs unless they've explicitly provided me with permission, but if you have a research project specific to something that might be in the archives, the ones from the native public can be made available. I don't allow people to look simply out of idle curiosity. I can appreciate it, but these stories are grim tales detailing the terror and horror people have experienced related to supernatural occurrences.
"It would be a disservice to them to let just anyone have a look-in. As I'm sure you can appreciate, Mister...?"