AUDIENCE 🚀 CHARLES

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[dropoffs]

Life-or-death situations are not uncommon, if you think about it.

[ They chuckle, but they don't seem to pry further. ]

[riverbeans]

True. Does that go for you as well?

[dropoffs]

Hm... I think myself no different than others. Somehow I'm still here.

[ Surviving! ]

[riverbeans]

Hehe, that's what it boils down to, huh? Regardless of anything else, we're still here.

[dropoffs]

That's right. [ This exchange has been fun for them, though the emotion is muted. ] Is there anything you would like to hear from me?

[riverbeans]

What's your home like? Aside from the stuff we talked about.

[dropoffs]

I would say it's normal, but that's difficult to gauge when everyone is from different galaxies and planets.

[ So they will parse through words and figure how to describe it. ]

The earliest memory I have is of a God-fearing land, but times have changed since then.... People stayed the same. Similar issues mirror the past. Avoidance, indulgence, miscommunication, power struggles--they manifest in tragic everyday events that I witnessed.

[riverbeans]

... How old are you? You're talking like you've lived for centuries.

[dropoffs]

... Good question. I don't keep count, but Human Resources might know. Time feels nebulous.

[riverbeans]

Okay, getting the distinct impression you aren't human here.

[dropoffs]

That would be a good guess.

[ A sense of a smile in the sensation soup. ]

I've lived life much like humans, if that means much.

[riverbeans]

To be honest, it's not like I know anything about how nonhumans live, so really, it's all the same to me.

[dropoffs]

I can say the same for myself. I've only known how I live until Nut & Bolt recruited me, then I learned about other lifestyles outside of my planet.

[ Perspective Enhanced. ]

[riverbeans]

It's definitely a lot to take in. I'm pretty well-traveled within Orsterra, but I don't know anything outside of it either.

[dropoffs]

Your callsign is very fitting.

[ Super funny. ]

Orsterra is a continent? That's still miles of travel. Sights to see.

[riverbeans]

Yeah, a continent. We don't get much travel to or from. [a shrug] But it's true that there's so much that I could spend my entire life experiencing all of Orsterra alone.

[dropoffs]

It sounds wondrous. I've only known the outside world from what I hear of visitors at the estate or from those who resided there, which may explain my dull description of my home.

[riverbeans]

The estate...? Like a noble residence, or?

[dropoffs]

[ The think about it, then nod. ]

It did once house prestigious families.

[riverbeans]

Only in the past?

[dropoffs]

Times change.

[ People evolve(?) ]