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Visitors stare agog as they see a group of fish swimming through the air, upon which you are mounted. These flying crafts with their micro-engines lack any load capacity, and just one person's weight would require dozens of craft to bear.
Someone once wanted to change them into spy drones, but it's frankly impossible to ignore a goldfish slowly waggling its tail through the air.
Not only were they surprised, but the guests gradually came to realize that the rumors regarding you were most likely true. One young scholar boldly inquired about the reasoning behind your research. Oh, what a fantastic question.

You: Because it's beautiful.
You: Because it's cool.

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Obviously, this was not the answer that they wanted to hear.
Opening the display cabinet, you find two televisions that can spit at each other. They can only manage to spit onto their screens, meaning the spit never goes into the other's face. This is among your proudest inventions, and it leaves visiting merchants with a look of utter disdain on their faces.

You: Just as I wish.
You: What a great invention, right?

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They'll be gone very soon, and will no longer bother your life. And you can finally, quietly open up another door so that the real visitors can come inside.
Only they can truly appreciate your work, offering heartfelt exclamations about these useless steel creations.

You: My dearest friends!
You: My coolest friends!

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Despite everyone telling them not to talk to this wacko, the kids can't help but swarm in to this amusement park no matter how many times they've visited before.
They say you're simply the coolest scientist in the whole world!