First Rebirth- [Voice]
[The device clicks on, and all that's heard is a soft breath for a moment, before Yuca speaks quietly.]
...I didn't expect a future like this one.
[He died, didn't he? He remembered pulling the trigger- so the only logical conclusion was that this was the future, six hundred years from his last memory. Just to be on the safe side-]
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...I didn't expect a future like this one.
[He died, didn't he? He remembered pulling the trigger- so the only logical conclusion was that this was the future, six hundred years from his last memory. Just to be on the safe side-]
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The year was 1999 when I was brought here. But that was in my world, and it was probably a different year in yours when you were brought here.
I don't... I don't think Adstringendum has a year.
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Still, it's useful to know about when people arrive from. [His tone is upbeat, as if making up for the smile that his expression lacked.] Especially if dealing with technology and- science, that sort of thing.
Nobody's devised a method of keeping the time yet?
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It's funny.
Everyone here seems to have a general grasp on the concept of time. We know days, nights, seasons, and months. Even years.
But in terms of keeping track of time, I don't know if anyone's found a way to do it. I haven't been here for very long.
It's a strange sort of stasis.
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Do you know when it first started? When people first started being transported- when this... thing collapsed.
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No, I don't know. I have only been here for a few weeks.
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My name is Yuca. And yours?
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It's nice to meet you.
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You said you were from- 1999? What was your world like, then?
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I suppose that's one of the nice things about being here; you always have time for the things you didn't have time for back home...
What about your world? What year was it?
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[A distant look reaches his eyes, and he shrugs.]
We were... [It's as if he has to remember.] There was a war going on. I don't recall the year.
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Must have been hard for you.
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[It wasn't.
He notices her expression, and a hint of concern taints his voice.]
Are you alright?
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[She's not.
But she offers him a small half-smile anyway, even if it's directed offscreen.]
Where were you from?
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It was sort of middle-of-nowhere. Neutral territory. The largest town near us was Gargantua, if that's any help. I worked as a priest there, overlooking orphans of the war. And yourself?
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I'm sorry, none of that sounds familiar.
I lived in a big city, called New York. But it sounds like we aren't from the same world, so what it was called probably doesn't help you much, either.
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