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[When the video feed begins, there is a redhead frowning at the screen.]

As far as planets go, this isn't the worst place I've been to. Though I suppose this hardly counts as a planet.

[The frown deepens, and it's obvious that he is struggling to wrap his head around the fact that he has found himself here on a turtle and it's difficult to grasp.]

However, there are some deep-seated issues in this city that should be addressed. How do you expect to have any sort of progress when this place is so divided? There is strength in unity, which all of you seem to fail to see. Instead of competing with one another for power, wealth, and resources, it would be much more logical for all of you to fall in line. Some who have power and autonomy do not always deserve it, and are too feeble-minded for it. Should they cast their support in favour of those who are fit to lead, there will no longer be chaos.

If you're honest with yourself, you can admit that it's what's best for any society.

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That's entirely dependent upon the inhabitants here. Though I'd rather not be here long enough to find out.

[Not that he has any viable plan for getting back to his ship and his very important duties.]

You strongly suggest a long-term restructure of the very way of life to those who reside here, be it temporarily or permanently...and yet you do not even plan to remain long enough in order to oversee any attempts at implementation.

For this reason alone, I predict you will have few allies in this endeavor.

What I plan to do is irrelevant. I didn't choose to come here, therefore I highly doubt that I have any say in how long I'm here. Should I stay here long, I would help.

Based on past experience, the probability that your duration of stay would last for any significant length of time is...more than likely.

[There were some people who came and went too soon to make a significant impact, yes, but most were able to leave some small legacy behind before they returned to their own world.]

[That's an interesting thought.]

How often do people come and go?

A precise time is difficult to calculate, given that there are too many variables and catalysts to accurately plug into any probably equation.

However, the range extends from just over a local month's time...to years.

That's disconcerting. [He has no idea how long he'll be here, and the unknown factor is what bothers him.]

How long have you been here?

Not including the time spent in the realm of Dreaming, during which time my systems were momentarily confused by the discrepancies in relative time and space...I have counted nine hundred and twenty five days since my initial arrival here.

Approximately two and a half years, and you've been unable to find a way to leave.

[It's disconcerting.]

What is this "dreaming" realm?

[As much as it caused her a small degree of pain to admit:] ...no.

[Granted, she was in no rush to return. Though she missed her friends and family dearly, there were important matters in Keelai that still required attention. She was a Green Lantern on her own mission. Hal Jordan would have been proud.]

It is an alternate dimension we are capable of traveling to under the proper circumstances. A realm which...does not strictly adhere to convention rules of the space-time continuum.

What makes it different, and how do you access it?

[He's not sure whether that would even be something that he could take advantage of or not, but it sounds interesting in the very least.]

There is a special gate. You must enter it through there.

Though I...have only done so once before, and do not recommend it.

[A realm did not always abide by the laws of reality was a bit much for her scientific mind. All her calculations had been thrown off.]

[If a droid is telling him not to go somewhere, he's a bit inclined to listen. In this case, at least, as he doesn't think Aya has much of a bias.]

I'll remember that. If it doesn't serve as a potential escape route, there's hardly any point in messing with it.

It does not. Of that, I am currently certain.

Every individual known to have traveled there has returned here, regardless of the length of duration spent, except for one isolated incident. And that incident involved the defeat of the greatest nemesis this world had known in quite some time.

To replicate those precise circumstances, given his defeat and destruction, would be...quite difficult.

I suppose so.

[He doesn't know much about it, but the impression he got from the kedan at the welcome centre was telling enough.]

There is no point in needless destruction, either.

[If it's necessary to access that dream space and still not return.] Is the person in question really gone for good, or is it a matter for them having not yet returned?

...unknown.

[If she were to be 100% honest.]

But many would choose to insist the former, given the severity of the battle in which we engaged.

I find it's better to assume that someone is dead unless you see the body.

Your words are...not illogical.

However, as a significant time has passed, and no evidence has yet to present itself to us, such a theory will continue to remain just that. A theory only.

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