<p>Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Hello, there.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> I was thinking that perhaps today I'd make good on the promise I made you.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So I've just been hanging around out here until you got home.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">You sound a little bit like you know where I've been all day.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> Would you mind explaining that to me?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">If it's possible.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Do you think you might have a little time to spare for me right now?</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Is it something to do with Suzumiya?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">It's something to do with Miss Suzumiya.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">It's pretty amazing that this taxi showed up just when you needed it.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Yeah, weird.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So, the other day you asked me to show you some proof that I'm an esper.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> You still wanna see it?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> The perfect opportunity I was talking about has popped up.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So I thought I'd have you join me.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Why do we need to go so far out of the town to do this?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">We're gonna have to drive a little ways if you wanna see my ability as an esper.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> It's timing really, certain place, the right conditions.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So now we're heading out towards just such a location that meets all the requirements in exactly the right ways.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Do you still think Haruhi's some kind of god or something?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Let me ask you this.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Do you know what the anthropic principle is?</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Nope. Never heard of it.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Ok, then. Here it goes.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Basically, this is the theory that the universe is a way it is right now simply because human-beings could observe it and determine that it was the way it is.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So, did you get it all that?</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">I didn't get any of it.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">How about "I observed therefore the universe is"?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Or something along those lines.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> In other words, on this particular world, there are sentient beings that are called humans.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Now then, by discovering the laws of physics and constants, human-beings can observe the fact that the universe actually exists at all.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> When that happens, the existence of the universe becomes apparent,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Therefore we can say if the human-beings who observed the universe hadn't actually evolved as far as it did.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> then there wouldn't be any observations,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> and the universe wouldn't have anyone to acknowledge its existence.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So it wouldn't really matter if the universe existed or not.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> The universe is because human-beings know it is.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Anyway, that's the reasoning from the human perspective</span>.<br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">You're kidding, right?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> I mean, with or without humans, the universe is still the universe.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Well, that's also correct.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Therefore, the anthropic principle isn't anything more than a speculative theory.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> However, this theory does bring up an interesting dilemma.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Why was the universe created in such a way that human-beings could survive in it?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> If it would only take a slight change in the gravitational constant or particle mass ratio, for the universe to not allow a planet like the earth to exist.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Ok, you sound like one of those pamphlets for some kooky religion into science and technology.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Actually, I don't really believe that humans were created by a god or some omnipotent being, although I've seen something like that doesn't make sense.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> I say that but I still have doubts.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">About what?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Sometimes, I get the feeling that we're just a bunch of clowns standing on our tiptoes at the edge of a great abyss.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> No, I'm just kidding.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Look, I don't understand the thing you just said.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">The reason I went into the whole anthropic principle thing was to draw comparison.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> I haven't even gone to Miss Suzumiya yet.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">That's another thing.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> Why are you and Nagato and Miss Asahina also obsessed with Haruhi?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Oh, I can't speak for the others but I think she's charming.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Anyway, let's get back to business.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> I was wondering if you remember the stuff I once explained to you about how the world may have in fact been created by Miss Suzumiya.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Although, it's annoying as hell, yeah, I do remember you saying that.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">She has the power to turn anything she wishes for into a reality.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Oh, come on, you can't seriously believe that's true</span>.<br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Miss Suzumiya was positive that aliens existed.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> And then she wished there were such a thing.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> So, that's why Yuki Nagato is here.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> She wanted to meet people from the future.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> She wished for that, too.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> And that's why Mikuru Asahina showed up here.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> And as for myself,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> She wished for espers to be reality and lo and behold here I'm at your service, sir.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Like I said, how do you know all this anyway?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Well, about three years ago...</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">I'm a little sick of hearing about three years ago crap.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Three years ago, without any warning I just knew I had these powers and also knew how I should use them.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> And I wasn't alone.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> There were other people who had the same experience as me at the same time.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> And get this.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> All of us knew that Haruhi Suzumiya was the reason for it.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> I can't explain why.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> It was just something that all of us knew.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">All right, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> But I really can't see Haruhi doing that kind of stuff.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">At first, we couldn't believe that ourselves either.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> No one could wrap the head around the possibility that thanks to one girl the whole universe change, maybe it was created.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> And on top of all of that, if it's like there's nothing here that's special enough to hold her interest, that's a scary thing about it.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Why scary?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">I told you if you had a power to create the universe at will,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> and you'd also have a power to destroy this world, then you could rebuild it whatever you wanted.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> If that really happened, it would mean the end of everything as we know it.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Although if it does happen, we'd have no way of knowing that even that happened.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Then again, maybe something like that has happened before.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> You never know.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Perhaps the universe has been destroyed and rebuilt lots of times already.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">Look.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> Why don't you just tell Haruhi what you really are?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> I'm sure if she finds out that espers are real, she'll be ecstatic.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> Then maybe she wouldn't think about changing the world.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Well, there's a problem with that.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> If Miss Suzumiya finds out about us as espers,and she starts thinking our powers like some common occurrence,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> The world will be in need of us espers.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Every law of physics will get twisted up like a god in ours.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> The entire universe will fall into chaos.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">If you guys exist because Haruhi wished it, why isn't she aware of it?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"> I mean don't you think that strange?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);"><font color="#000000">Koizumi:</font></span><br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Not really.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> There's a part of her that wishes aliens and espers and time-travelers to be real.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> She's also got a practical side that thinks those things are impossible.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> She's conflicted between the two.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Yes, she does and says things that are eccentric.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> But in reality, Miss Suzumiya is just an ordinary human</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> with a good sense of "what's real and what's not."</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> In junior high, her energy was like a sandstorm,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> but in a past few months, it started to calm down.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> I preferred if she stayed calm.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> But now we need to face the fact that she's creating a new tornado.</span><br /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">What do you mean?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,102,255);" /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Hate to say it.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> But it's your fault.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">But, what do I have to do with this?</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">What are you talking about?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> You are the one who gave her the idea to found a strange club.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Because of the conversation she had with you, Haruhi decided that she'd create a club filled with all sorts of weird people, didn't she?</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Therefore, you are responsible for this.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Because of that,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> A member from each of the three groups that were interested in what Haruhi Suzumiya's doing now conveniently gathered together in one place.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><br /> Kyon:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);">So I'm a scapegoat.</span><br /><br /> Koizumi:<br /> <span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Well,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" /><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);"> Actually, there's more to her than that.</span></p>
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