human
Subaru:  “I’m saying there was a story behind the name your master gave you.” Putting his finger on Shaula’s nose, Subaru pushed her back as she tried to argue. And then Subaru walked over in front of the first monolith.
gpt
Subaru:  “The origin of the name Shaula… Is that another thing that only you know?”
human
Shaula:  “It’s not just me. But back where I’m from, there is a star called Shaula. It means needle, but it’s not just any needle. It’s a scorpion’s tail.” She insisted that her hairstyle was a scorpiontail. Whether that was a hint or just her natural airheadedness is up for debate, but either way, there were a couple of things to link Shaula, scorpion, and needle together.
gpt
Shaula:  “According to legend, the great hero Orion was getting full of himself, so the gods chose a scorpion to deal with him. Once it jabbed him, he died and transformed into stars in the sky. And for its achievement, the scorpion was also turned into a constellation. It’s said that even now, Orion is afraid of the scorpion and runs away from it in the night sky…”
human
Beatrice:  “When Subaru breaks it down so much, even a heroic tale ends up sounding disappointing.”
gpt
Subaru:  “Anyway, there’s this concept of constellations, images of people or animals or whatever traced by the stars. They’re also called asterisms. And so, if you look down at the monoliths from above…” That was why he had used Beatrice’s magic to lighten his body to reach that critical vantage point. The black points of the monoliths in a sea of white—ordinarily, the colors would have been flipped, but the black stars in the white world connected, forming an asterism that Subaru knew well.
human
Subaru:  There were seven other monoliths the same size as the original one, for a total of eight. The number and distribution of them matched the main stars of the constellation of Orion. And if that connected with the “touch upon his greatest splendor”…
gpt
Subaru:  “The first monolith is in the center. Basically around where Alnilam would be. So if we trace out the constellation from there, then…”
human
Beatrice:  “Then?”
gpt
Subaru:  “Grandest splendor is a bit of a trick question. The truth is stars have a different way of shining. Some are just constantly bright, but others flicker. Because of that, depending on how you look at it, there are two most splendorous stars in Orion…” When looking at it from above, there was Betelgeuse in the upper left, Orion’s right shoulder, and Rigel in the lower right, Orion’s left leg. Rigel was constant, but Betelgeuse had a variable light. Answering both wasn’t a clean solution to the problem, but—
human
Subaru:  “If it was me, I would choose Rigel.” Betelgeuse brought to mind unpleasant memories of someone with a similar-sounding name.
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru touched the monolith that represented Rigel. The next instant, the room was enveloped in a brilliant white light.