[ it means there are a couple of glowing pinecone-shaped things hanging from a number of the boughs the further they head in. they glimmer in mostly soft, dull blues, the edges flared out a bit more, but some are flecked with... pink, curling parts that drape down a little in varying spots. ]
Mmm. It is. Some would argue otherwise, that there's no point, why not be content with what you know. [ reaching up because tall and pulling down a branch lower for both of them to look! ]
But there's so much to learn. That anything can be stubborn enough to survive the cold like this - we'd be remiss to not witness it.
[ fascination is fascination. they tilt their head a little before releasing it carefully to just kind of bounce a bit from the spring of the branch. ]
Whoever told you that isn't wrong. There's much out here, in the wider universe, more than I ever thought would exist.
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Good to broaden your horizons, though. To see how other people live.
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Mmm. It is. Some would argue otherwise, that there's no point, why not be content with what you know. [ reaching up because tall and pulling down a branch lower for both of them to look! ]
But there's so much to learn. That anything can be stubborn enough to survive the cold like this - we'd be remiss to not witness it.
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When they sent us out there, it was to observe. It was boring. But it was interesting, too.
Someone once told me that anyone who goes to space goes for the same reason. To find something new. To see it for themselves.
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Whoever told you that isn't wrong. There's much out here, in the wider universe, more than I ever thought would exist.
What were you sent to observe...?
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... Did that go well, or...
[ :grimace: ]
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Were they... hostile? Or just not what you expected?
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