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[mind_your_elder]

*The Nexus is, among other things, an architectural cornucopia, a polyglot of materials and styles. It encompasses the pieces of worlds that have bled over or fallen wholly from their original plane, as well as all that has been built by residents and travelers. Towering skyscrapers abut crumbling slums, which stand poised between treetop houses

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[victormakesart]

"Prosperity, but not necessarily easy living," said another bird-person. This one wasn't actually a bird-person, just a woman in a mask who was trying to hide her identity.

She shoved her hands into the pockets of her labcoat. "It's a societal fact that goes back to the time of the hunter-gatherers. If they stayed in near-famine, they wouldn't be able to support large numbers and we'd still be picking berries in a tribes of less than fifty. Similarly if we were just farming for sustenance, we'd be preindustrialized. Industrialization can only occur when the thinkers and changers of the world have enough. Prosperity fathers change, and I now live in a postindustrial nation. None of this would be possible in near-famine conditions."

[mind_your_elder]

Indeed. Would you tell me of your nation?

[victormakesart]

"It's changing technologically and scientifically everyday. Computers, cell phones, cures for many diseases, awesome art. We have cloned animals and pigs that can glow in the dark, though both are still in the realms of science labs."

[mind_your_elder]

I see. Do, please, continue.

[victormakesart]

"I don't know where to start. Anytime I talk about a society, there'll be generalizations since not everyone's at the same level. I'm very fortunate. I have to work hard, but I'm lucky. What do you want to know?"

[mind_your_elder]

I am curious about all things. What makes you fortunate?

[victormakesart]

"I'm middle class. Attending university. I have a place to sleep and things to eat. And, ah, a phone and a computer. A minifridge, too, when I'm at school. I also have a job, leisure time."

[mind_your_elder]

What is your profession?

[victormakesart]

Her actual job was artist and wish shop helper, but that wasn't the person she was pretending to be. "Hero. I also work at a comic place. I do some PR stuff for other heroes, too."

[mind_your_elder]

Oh? How does one work as a hero?

[victormakesart]

"Save folks. Fix things. Try not to be grumpy in public."

[mind_your_elder]

What prompted you to pursue such a career?

[victormakesart]

"I wanted to feel brave, and I wanted to make a difference."

[mind_your_elder]

Did you not feel brave, before choosing to 'help people and fix things'?

[victormakesart]

"I'm not a spectacularly brave person. Masks help with that." That part was definitely true!

[mind_your_elder]

Do they? How so?