[She’s nodding as he touches on what he’s seen of things in his own home, because that sure as hell sounds real familiar to her too.]
Yeah, that sounds about right. People are always way too quick to jump to fear when it comes to the unfamiliar, especially when they’re convinced it’s something that puts them at a disadvantage.
[Something that is, in her opinion, really dumb. But human nature is human nature, and that seems to transcend worlds and universes the more she learns about places other than Terra. It’s part of why the idea of something completely new to build upon ended up appealing to her in the end. Maybe a better foundation could be laid.]
There was a lot of that suspicion back home on Terra too. Throw in that terminal sickness plaguing a lot of people capable of those sort of skills on top of it all…
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Yeah, that sounds about right. People are always way too quick to jump to fear when it comes to the unfamiliar, especially when they’re convinced it’s something that puts them at a disadvantage.
[Something that is, in her opinion, really dumb. But human nature is human nature, and that seems to transcend worlds and universes the more she learns about places other than Terra. It’s part of why the idea of something completely new to build upon ended up appealing to her in the end. Maybe a better foundation could be laid.]
There was a lot of that suspicion back home on Terra too. Throw in that terminal sickness plaguing a lot of people capable of those sort of skills on top of it all…
[And, well, it was a powder keg.]