[ He stares blankly and holds up a computer print out map of America with his city a labeled red dot. ] It's about as exciting as it looks on this piece of paper. Which is to say, not at all exciting.
Did America even exist when you were... um, doing your whole empire thing?
I've heard of the Americas, didn't know he was a country in the future, though. An' how is yer place not excitin'? It's a nice-sized land, there's plenty of room to change it.
[ Switching to voice is all well and good now that he doesn't have to play show and tell. ]
Oh yeah. And it... or, he? He got to be a nice sized land after he started out as a bunch of English colonies, fought for independence because of taxes, went and bought a ton of land from France, conquered and oppressed all the natives, and blazed the Oregon Trail and moved west.
And now we have worse taxes than we did under England. But that's another story and something I'd rather direct you to a Republican to talk about.
As for it not being exciting, I meant my corner. Other parts of the country are fine.
Heard about the natives. [grim smile] Terrible, but nothin' new. I've done my share of things. Though in his case he's probably doomed to it. Child of France an' England! God, men have dreamt worse.
[So much for a translation problem. Remembering her conversation with John, though, she's figuring out that you might be one of those 'countries' he was talking about.]
I am from a planet called Aiur. I cannot provide a map for you, but it was a world of vast jungles and many thriving provinces. Earth is unfamiliar to me, so I do not know the relevance of those that you pointed out.
That so? Ah, those I pointed out were my neighbors. Difficult to live with, but ya manage.
Jungles, huh. Is that what most of the world is covered in? My planet's mostly covered in water an' all, but the place I lived in is mostly dry an' ... well, it's a desert.
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Is That The Largest In The History Of Your World
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Thats Okay You Dont Have To
I Was Just Curious
Our Empire Took Up Multiple Planets
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Did America even exist when you were... um, doing your whole empire thing?
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I've heard of the Americas, didn't know he was a country in the future, though. An' how is yer place not excitin'? It's a nice-sized land, there's plenty of room to change it.
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Oh yeah. And it... or, he? He got to be a nice sized land after he started out as a bunch of English colonies, fought for independence because of taxes, went and bought a ton of land from France, conquered and oppressed all the natives, and blazed the Oregon Trail and moved west.
And now we have worse taxes than we did under England. But that's another story and something I'd rather direct you to a Republican to talk about.
As for it not being exciting, I meant my corner. Other parts of the country are fine.
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I am from a planet called Aiur. I cannot provide a map for you, but it was a world of vast jungles and many thriving provinces. Earth is unfamiliar to me, so I do not know the relevance of those that you pointed out.
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Jungles, huh. Is that what most of the world is covered in? My planet's mostly covered in water an' all, but the place I lived in is mostly dry an' ... well, it's a desert.
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It is. [A pause.] It was. I, too, lived in a desert before coming here, but it was another planet.
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D'you like it there? What's it like?
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