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The message on the chat screen read:
Natalie: 01000111 01101111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01101101 01101111 01110010 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00101100 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110110 01100101 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110000 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110111 01100101 01101100 01101100 00101110
Dave: Hello. I certainly am but what’s up with the random binary code first thing in the morning?
Natalie: 01001010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 00101100 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100101 01101100 01110011 01100101 00111111
Dave: Having me run a conversion program in the background to understand what you’re trying to tell me is not my idea of fun, you know?
Natalie: 01001001 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110000 01110101 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 00101110
Dave: You do, huh? Well, I’d rather be sleeping instead of working, thank you very much.
Natalie: 01010010 01100101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01110011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 00100000 01101111 01110010 00101110 00101110 00101110 00100000 01101000 01111001 01110000 01101110 01101111 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 00111111
Dave: Real sleep, of course. How many times have I told you I don’t want to be hypnotized?
Natalie: 01001110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100001 01110011 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110 01111001 00100000 01100001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100111 01100111 01100101 01100100 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100001 01110010 00101110
Dave: What? I never begged you for anything!
Natalie: 01001111 01100110 00100000 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100100 00101110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 00101110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 00100000 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00100000 01100110 01110010 01101111 01101101 00100000 01101100 01100101 01110100 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001001 00100000 01110111 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 01111001 00100000 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100100 00101110
Dave: Yeah right! Who do you think I am?
Natalie: 01001010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110 00101110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110101 01100010 01110100 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01100100 01110011 00111111 00100000 01001101 01111001 00100000 01110000 01101111 01110111 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111
Dave: Of course, I do. I’m a free man and there’s no way I would ever surrender my freedom to some stupid fantasies.
Natalie: 01000001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100110 01100001 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01101001 01100110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101101 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 00101110 00100000 01010111 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111
Dave: Yeah, prove it! What did you do to my sleepy little mind?
Natalie: 01001001 00100111 01101101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01110111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00101100 00100000 01110011 01101001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00101110
Dave blinked, a sheepish smile on his entranced lips.
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What’s that? You didn’t understand the story at all because you don’t know binary code? Okay then, read it again with the translation of each segment then.
The message on the chat screen read:
Natalie: 01000111 01101111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01101101 01101111 01110010 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00101100 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110110 01100101 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110000 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110111 01100101 01101100 01101100 00101110 – Hello, Dave. I hope you’re well.
Dave: Hello. I certainly am, but what’s up with the random binary code first thing in the morning?
Natalie: 01001010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 00101100 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100101 01101100 01110011 01100101 00111111 – Just having some fun, what else?
Dave: Having me run a conversion program in the background to understand what you’re trying to tell me is not my idea of fun, you know?
Natalie: 01001001 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110000 01110101 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 00101110 – I beg to differ. I love to put you to work.
Dave: You do, huh? Well, I’d rather be sleeping instead of working, thank you very much.
Natalie: “01010010 01100101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01110011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 00100000 01101111 01110010 00101110 00101110 00101110 00100000 01101000 01111001 01110000 01101110 01101111 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 00111111” – Real sleep or… hypnotic sleep?
Dave: Real sleep, of course. How many times have I told you I don’t want to be hypnotized?
Natalie: 01001110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100001 01110011 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110 01111001 00100000 01100001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100111 01100111 01100101 01100100 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100001 01110010 00101110 – Not as many as the times you begged me to rewrite your perceptions, my dear.
Dave: What? I never begged you for anything!
Natalie: 01001111 01100110 00100000 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100100 00101110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 00101110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 00100000 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00100000 01100110 01110010 01101111 01101101 00100000 01101100 01100101 01110100 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001001 00100000 01110111 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110011 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110000 01111001 00100000 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100100 00101110 – Of course, you did. You do it all the time. You can’t stop yourself from letting me do whatever I want with your sleepy little mind.
Dave: Yeah right! Who do you think I am?
Natalie: 01001010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110 00101110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110101 01100010 01110100 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01100100 01110011 00111111 00100000 01001101 01111001 00100000 01110000 01101111 01110111 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111 – Just a man. You doubt my words? My power over you?
Dave: Of course, I do. I’m a free man and there’s no way I would ever surrender my freedom to some stupid fantasies.
Natalie: 01000001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100110 01100001 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01101001 01100110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101101 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 00101110 00100000 01010111 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111 – All fantasies can become real if you believe in them long enough. Want me to prove it to you?
Dave: Yeah, prove it! What did you do to my sleepy little mind?
Natalie: 01001001 00100111 01101101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01110111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00101100 00100000 01110011 01101001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00101110 – I’m not really writing in binary, silly.
Dave blinked, a sheepish smile on his entranced lips.
