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I was wondering...how many other people here can speak other languages?

[But then, she paused and there was a slight jostling of the camera as she shook her head. Sorting out her thoughts.]

No, not speak. That doesn't really help any, with everything always being translated for us. More like...read. I was wondering...what languages everyone here can read? Since written words have never been translated. Not since I've been here.

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[Huh. Consider her...actually pleasantly surprised.]

You might be the first.

I've talked to so many people here...people from either different worlds, or maybe even the same world, but just different points in time...and it seemed like too many who'd left their Earth for whatever reason did so because of War. Or had experienced a War in their home of some kind.

[If that seemed like an exaggeration, then it had to be taken into account the types of people Midii had always found herself drawn to. Warriors. Soldiers. Fighters. Survivors.]

It's a fact of life no matter where one is from, I suppose. There was a civil war when I was younger, but I don't remember much about it. It was on faraway planets, and since I was a child, it felt... distant.

[Oh. Well, so much for the thought of there having been no war at all. Still...]

Have you ever thought about going back? To see what it's like?

I actually ended up on the crew of a ship that was composed of some of the veterans of that war. They were on the losing side, if you will, but it was interesting to see things from their perspective. It made me feel quite sheltered.

You probably were.

[A pause, allowing that to sink in. It wasn't meant to be an insult, which she soon elaborated on by adding:]

That's a good thing. To be sheltered. As long as you're aware of it.

It means you get to avoid the worst of people.

Oh, I know I was, believe me. When you are young, even if you're as educated as I was, you can be naive about many things. Experience may only come with age and moving beyond your own personal bubble- even if it does mean getting to see the worst of others.

[She agreed with just about everything he said, except for one minor detail.]

Age doesn't always have anything to do with it.

I was eleven when I was brought here. I'd already seen more back home than a lot of adults here; I was even out on the battlefield...in the middle of an airstrike.

[Simon bit his lower lip, but nodded firmly.]

... I do forget that not everyone was as fortunate as I was. To not have been exposed to such things.

Good. That's...good.

The smartest people I've ever known here are the ones who are willing to admit what they don't know, or never experienced.

I figure there is nothing to gain by ignorance. Only when I went out into the universe did I realize how little I know, despite being incredibly intelligent.

You must have been able to learn a lot, though, getting to travel the stars.

I can only imagine how much information and knowledge would be out there.

Especially about people. I will not pretend like I am an expert, but... it was nice to find out some different perspectives on the world. To see things in a new light, as it were.

You could say the same thing about here, really.

It might not be traveling in space, but...there used to be all different lands we visited. And the ocean floor. And then there's the different people here. Most of them come from different worlds, and it shows. They react differently to different things. And they know things others might not.

I would like it if we could find a way to make that happen again. I've heard of people attempting to wake the turtle... part of me wants them to be successful.

Yeah. Me too.

[Part of her. The other was...hesitant. Not knowing how much of the person she had met so long ago in her dreams was the Great Turtle, and how much of it had been Malicant masquerading as him. She wanted to know, of course--she always wanted to know--but it was one of the few answers that frightened her a little.]

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