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[dieinnafire]

Strange. Also unusual. Not harmful though, so far as I can see. But why pink? Couldn't it have been blue instead?

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[notamartian]

That's a unique effect! How did that happen?

[notamartian]

Of course not. This is my first time meeting one of your kind! And I don't get to say that very often.

[dieinnafire]

Ah. If you do not mind me asking then, what do you term yourself, if not Methuselah and not Terran?

[notamartian]

Good question, that! Another good question is where Methuselah come from, if not from earth.

[dieinnafire]

An answer for an answer?

[notamartian]

My answer won't mean anything to you, I'm afraid. Deep space and mysteries and time. But I'll know what you're talking about, is the difference!

[dieinnafire]

You have encountered many different types of beings in your travels? You seem...quite unsurprised that I am not Terran.

[notamartian]

Of course I'm not surprised! I've travelled quite a way, me. Seen lots of things. To meet someone who isn't human isn't new.

[dieinnafire]

A strange world you come from. Would you be willing to speak more of it with me?

[notamartian]

Not much to say, really. I haven't been back to my world in a very long time. Bit boring! You don't want to hear it.

[dieinnafire]

...Ah. My apologies. I seem to have crossed a line with my questions.

[notamartian]

Not at all! It just isn't something I talk about, is all. It probably wouldn't interest you anyway, so let's move on.

Would you be prepared to tell me about your homeworld anyway? Seems a bit cheeky since I've just refused to reciprocate, but... you know.

[wink]

[dieinnafire]

My home is Earth. We live divided, the Methuselah and Terran, though our Empress and the Duchess of Milan, of the Vatican, are working towards peaceful coexistence between the two.

[notamartian]

Excellent! Peace and co-operation. Fantastic. You'll get a lot further in a positive direction with peaceful co-existence than you ever will with war.

[dieinnafire]

Milady Empress believes that as well, hence the negotiations with the Terran.