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I, uh... I suppose I could teach you some stuff. What specifically do you want to know?

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All of it.

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That may take a long time.

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You're an expert, aren't you? I want to be an expert too. And I know it's going to take a long time.

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I'm talking about several lifetimes of study if you're looking to learn everything I can teach you. It would be better if you had a specific goal to work towards, so you can learn what you need for that. For example, "classical" biology would teach you the workings of most things, but not special things like you and your siblings. Then again, I'm still working on that part, myself, so...
Anyway, the point is that if you want specific knowledge, I can tell you that more easily, but if you just want to go ham at it, I can let you into that section of my library and you can study as much as you want.

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Hmmm... I have a question. If you already spent all that time learning everything, why can't you teach it faster than you learned it yourself?

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*Smiles* I can. That goes to show how much information there is to learn. Think of all the different species there are, then remember that each of them has different biology than even themselves when you cross universes. And medicine means learning how every thing that can interact with each of those things does so. There's just a lot of stuff to try to learn if you want to know "all of it."

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What about just the things that work on almost everyone? Or the most useful things?

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Hmm. That really depends on what you're dealing with. Mammal, lizard, etcetera... There's rarely things that work on "almost everyone." And what's most useful depends on what you're dealing with. Sorry if this seems obtuse, but it's why having a specific goal in mind is easier than trying to learn "everything."

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If I want to be able to solve any mystery, I have to understand how everyone works on the inside. That's my goal.

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Hmm. Then the library would be the best idea. Ooooooor... I could get you a machine to do the work for you. You'll have to learn the basics, and how to use it, but it would save a lot of time.

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If you can teach a machine how to do these things then you can teach me.

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It's more an issue of memory and functionality. It's harder for you to take an accurate temperature, as a really basic example, than it is for a machine to. And trying to remember everything is going to potentially cause more mistakes than using a machine that remembers everything for you, is all. If you want to do everything by hand, I can get you started down that road, at least.

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I need to be able to do investigations with my own two hands. What if it breaks?

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What if your other tools break?

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That's what I'm saying! I have to rely on my skills.

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*Nods* That's right. But you still use tools, and you learn from using them. So I'd recommend learning quite a bit, but also taking the device to help when you don't know something.

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Can you pick out books for me to read? Also teach me enough to skip the parts that waste time?

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I can do that, yes.

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Do you have no normal metal?