The Query Window

Balthazar shifts form a few times. The visual in your head changes from a paperclip to some kind of oddly-colored simian, to a blue circle, before finally settling on a simple green dot that blinks as it speaks.

"When the user performs a query, the database will present the user with available information that it determines relevant to the query. This is why specific queries will be of high importance."

Balthazar hovers next to a set of placeholder paragraphs that appear on the screen.

"This is how I will display text from local records made by Superuser Samus Aran. These notes will be highly subjective and may contain incorrect information."

"This is how I will display text from public records kept on on the Galactic Net. These notes will be highly accurate, but may be subject to Federation censorship."

"And this is how I will display my personal comments on a subject. I would never lie to you, of course."

You let Balthazar finish before making another query.