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[lilyground]

[Lily has finally decided to sit down with a globe of Earth. She feels like a moron in conversation when she doesn't know where Europe is in relation to New York City.

Germany is kinda far away from America.]

Hey, Earth people? What countries have you been to? Yeah, and, uh... what's it like there?

[Just a little exercise to help her with

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[talkback_stein]

[He doesn't really like talking over the comms lately - a harsh cynical streak running through him lately. Well, in the past couple months, and no-one's really bothered to prove him otherwise.]

[...except for Lily, that is.]

Never been out of the 'States.

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[lilyground]

[Lily smiles. Chase is on the network! This is a huge plus.

States, states... Lily spins the globe. Oh, wait, that's America.]

The United States? What's it like? It's always so scary in movies, with guns and criminals and stuff.

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[talkback_stein]

[Lengthy pause.]

... Yeaaaaah, it's pretty much just like that, sometimes.

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[lilyground]

Only sometimes? Is it good at all? It's good in some of the movies.

[electronichound]

How many countries depends on how you define a country and what time period you're asking about. Where I'm from there are 189 countries and fifteen disputed areas. Antarctica is unclaimed.

[lilyground]

[Antarctica... there we go. Wow, that's big!]

I dunno what time period. [Lily spins the globe, looking for a copyright or something.] ... Umm... 2010? And I guess by country I mean, like... with government, and kinds of people? Things like that?

[electronichound]

What do you mean by government?

[lilyground]

[Batou, you are asking a 12-year-old girl how she defines government.]

I dunno, like police? And kings and queens and... [What's that one thing called...] ... and presidents? Different countries have different governments, yeah?

[shenghuanzhe]

Why you care about Earth?

[lilyground]

I talk to lots of people from Earth, and I wanna know what they're saying. [How does I words?] Like... like I was talking to Robin, and I didn't know where Europe was? It was awkward-ish.

[shenghuanzhe]

Learn if y'want. Earth's just one'a the shitty worlds lotsa folk come from. 'Snot really important.

[lilyground]

[Pause. Lily spins the globe, thinking.]

... Aren't all the worlds shitty, compared to here?

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[betterthanraph]

Portugal, Mongolia, Japan, Iceland, Costa Rica and the United States. [All the ones at great lengths, anyway.]

As for what they're like, uh...well, pretty different from each other.

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[lilyground]

[Okay. States, yes. Mongolia, yes. Japan, yes. Iceland, yes. Portgual, Costa Rica...]

Where's Portugal and Costa Rica?

[Oh, wait!]

Wait, I found Portugal...

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[betterthanraph]

Costa Rica is in Central America. Between Panama and Nicaragua, toward the bottom.

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[lilyground]

[Squint...]

Found it, yeah! What's it like there?

[lilyground]

[Yes, but Lily doesn't know that.]

People from Earth. It's another dimension that I'm from. Apparently.

[lilyground]

Yeah. There's a ton of dimensions that people on the board are from. Are you new?