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[So Prussia has found out by today that he is kind of low on those things called 'friends' and he is still currently stuck with the inability to talk. He would really like to not have that problem anymore and from what the kedan have said, he's got one shot to do it.

If he can find sponsors of all things.]

Okay, so who else has heard from the damn kedan about fixing whatever the hell happened a few months ago? When people were turning into poltergeists all over town.

[Of course everyone remembers right.]

So tell me about yourselves! Everybody's got to have some similarities. I want to know how we're alike.

[Bother to explain why he wants to know? Explain what these two things have to do with each other? Of course not! Takes too many words. Although for good measure he does put the message up in English, somewhat old-fashioned French, and Russian, too, not just German.]

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[... yeah, no.]

So... you're saying you're a country. Landmass. Whatever.

If land is all you think it takes to make up a country, no wonder you can't understand what I'm saying. Not surprising. Most humans don't like things that don't fit into their little boxes.

You pilot a spaceship and I'm the weird one?

I captain a spaceship and anyway that's not the point.

[But give him a sec, let him try to scale back and be diplomatic about this.]

Sorry for the misunderstandings, I'm just trying to figure out how this whole thing works.

[Oh good, an apology. Prussia can accept that.]

That's pretty much how it works. I'm Prussia. Prussia is me. Who cares about trying to think about it so hard?

[Well, sensitivity training and all. He still thinks this guy's a little crazy, though.]

Fair enough. So, similarities and differences, right?

Yeah, differences. We don't seem to have too much in common besides having a brother. Or brothers. I've got too many to keep them all straight.

[Most of the older ones aren't around anymore anyway.]

You only need one of each, right?

The more the better. I don't want to do this shit again if it doesn't work. Too bad I can't clone myself!

There's nothing to say it won't work. The kedan seemed pretty sure of the specifics.

There's nothing to say a little extra insurance is a bad thing either, Space Captain. Being over prepared is always better than being under.

Point taken, Countryman.

[Well if they're going to throw random capitalized words at each other, why not.]

But your major defining characteristics can't be the fact that you have a brother.

[Cheeky brat.]

The fact I am amazing in every way is my most defining characteristic, but I don't hold it against anyone for not being the same.

[The ego is strong with this one.]

I like to read, hate being bored, will try anything new once, love beer and wurst and make the best damn Königsberger Klopse ever.

Really? Mine too.

[Ego all up in this thread. Jim's is the tiniest bit sarcastic, but at the end of the day he thinks more highly of himself than he probably should.]

Okay, books. Favourite one, go. Mine's The Three Musketeers.

[Being full of yourself is a common trait around here, then. And he actually likes The Three Musketeers, but he'll never admit it in a place where it could get back to France.]

Faust was much better. But I prefer histories. Why need fiction when you can read about all the wars and battles that have really happened!

Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of history, but it's different when you're reading about real people.

Why? You can't handle the past and seeing it for what it is? The fact it's real people is why I prefer it. You can't make some of the things up that people have done.

Don't put words in my mouth. Metaphorically speaking. I can handle it just fine. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood to read about all the awful shit people do to each other.

That's why humans forget history so easily. Never in the mood to deal with it unless it tells you what you want to hear.

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Where are you even getting that?

[Excuse you, no need to be speciesist. It's a good thing that text is good for not conveying irritation.]

Experience and observation! You live long enough around humans, you see how they handle these things.

Yeah, well, you haven't been around me. Lay off the stereotyping.

It's not a stereotype if it's true. That's like saying bears aren't covered in fur just because one likes to shave. There's always gonna be an exception somewhere.

Then why bother generalizing? Seems cynical.

Just calling it as I see it. But it's not like it's something you can help. If most humans don't live past seventy, who's around to remind you? Who's there to keep the facts straight? By the time three generations have passed who likes to talk about something they can't remember or relate to? History gets lost along the way.

Actually most humans in my time live to their 120s.

[Now he is definitely being a brat.]

Either way, we'll have to agree to disagree.

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