[009] Lika's going to catch everybody up on 3000 years of history.

[yousoundblue]

[audio // EnglishUntil almost 500 years ago, there were no telepaths, at all. Then, during the War, the tunnel drive was invented. The exact events surrounding that are mostly legendary, since the research was conducted in secrecy and no good records survive. The only reliable data is the sensor log from a Martian naval picket that shows the

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[im_deadcol]

Uuuuuuh-huh.

[See, Wade has a different story.]

[yousoundblue]

Yes?

[im_deadcol]

I think you've got it a little backwards, there.

And by backwards, I mean completely wrong.

[yousoundblue]

Has no one told you about the "multiple worlds" issue yet?

[im_deadcol]

It may have been mentioned once or twice.

[yousoundblue]

Ah. So your objections are based in being rude rather than in actual ignorance.

[im_deadcol]

I'm just going by what I know? And even if there are other worlds? Telepaths aren't from space.

[yousoundblue]

Of course we're not from space, we're from Earth. ...Originally. As a species.

[Duh, Wade. This is basic.]

[im_deadcol]

[This is what he's getting at.]

Exactly.

Telepathy is a mutation.

[yousoundblue]

Of course it's a mutation. It was just activated by something in otherspace that the Eight were exposed to when they tunneled unshielded.

[im_deadcol]

...Nnnno, it's a genetic trait called the X-gene that allows people to naturally develop abnormal abilities, which can include telepathy? Or something to that effect. Don't quote me on that.

I mean, I only deal with this sort of thing for a living.

[yousoundblue]

I'll remind you of the exchange we had not 60 seconds ago with respect to "multiple worlds."

Maybe it's that way where you're from. It's not where I'm from.

[im_deadcol]

Okay, so, let me get this straight; what world are you from, again?

[yousoundblue]

Titan!

[im_deadcol]

See, I hail from a little planet called Earth? Soooo... the X-gene is how normal people tend to go about being abnormal where I'm from.

[yousoundblue]

Earth is in the same system as Titan.

Maybe "universes" would be a better word to use than "worlds?" You seem to be from a technological culture; maybe the terminology overlap is confusing you.

[You're not very bright, are you, Wade?]