Aveta 101
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[...Okay, so today is very much one of those days. Or well, one of those days only a million times worse, because when sie looked out the window of the building sie was in, it was sunset. This not only mean sie had ruined hir sleep schedule (less important) but also that sie was probably missing some party at the local pub ( Read more... )
[...Okay, so today is very much one of those days. Or well, one of those days only a million times worse, because when sie looked out the window of the building sie was in, it was sunset. This not only mean sie had ruined hir sleep schedule (less important) but also that sie was probably missing some party at the local pub ( Read more... )
You would be... referring to the moon of Luceti then, by that?
[Who wouldn't recognize a moon... Wait.]
... Your planet lacks natural satellites then, I presume? Moons tend to be common, especially around inhabited planets, but I suppose it is not impossible for a planet to lack moons...
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[...Saying "World" that much is just blowing hir mind, seriously]
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Well, that is certainly a unique planet. There are many planets that have multiple moons; Jupiter, one of the planets in my own solar system, has more than sixty. To be fair, Jupiter is a gas giant... that would be evident.
... Or perhaps it is not evident to you. [There is some wonder in Robert's voice.] I am not sure where your time is in terms of astronomy, but... judging by this, it seems that it is quite different from mine in understanding. [And that is a humongous understatement.]
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The new buzz in that field as I know it is the idea that the World actually might go around the sun. I've actually heard a few people talk about a different theory of there being two suns, but... that's not really my area of expertise. I'm just a student, after all, and I'm majoring in studying cultures, not the sky.
[Somehow, babbling is relaxing.]
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... Your astronomy has just proposed a heliocentric model? [That is ludicrously backwards. Almost as far back as the one woman he spoke to with the brain parasite.] Terrans have had that knowledge for over eight hundred years.
... Well, that certainly puts your question in perspective. [In a very dramatic way. Robert shakes his head a little to himself.]
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[And now sie's feeling... a little. Inferior? Not quite the word, but vaguely intimidated]
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[Robert's not feeling superior though, if that helps hir any. More just... shocked. Because, really. Wow.
One can't help it if one's educational system is abysmal, but...]
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[This tone makes it clear that this is a completely - well not completely, that's not fair. The idea if shocking to Cam because they have only just barely started international relations on any global scale were sie's from]
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... When you say "tribe" and "clan" are you referring to different species of sapients? There are only a few major sapient species on my planet, the most notable being homo sapiens sapiens - i.e., humans.
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Yes, that is correct. So your planet has many species of sapients, then? That is most fascinating. As an astrobiologist, I enjoy hearing about worlds where sapients are abundant - particularly where they co-exist. [Robert hasn't realized that they don't quite co-exist where Cameron is from.]
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And you say you are a student? Most commendable. [Robert loves the idea of people learning.] Do you have any career paths in mind, what with the cultures you are learning about? [Though Robert never got too invested in the social sciences, he nonetheless recognizes them as valid intellectual pursuits.]
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Though, that might not pay very well, so my back up is just to see if I can't get a job in the relations part of the city government. After all, managing the affairs of all the tribes and clans represented there is becoming a big problem.
[...A little chuckle]
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Third year or not, I'm still just a student.
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Nonsense; there is nothing wrong with having such aspirations. After all, I had aspirations to be a scientist ever since I was but a very small child. It is the process by which you attain your aspirations that is the important part. And if you have a solid goal in mind, so much the better. You are even practical enough to realize the possible outcomes of your decision, and I daresay that is a sign of intellectualism to already be thinking of possible plans for the future. [Robert nods a little to himself. Even if this person's world was... well... backwards, that didn't prevent hir from being intelligent hirself ( ... )
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But now that there are the cities, more tribes and clans are interacting than ever, and with things like that new telegram, we've even starting to talk to people on other continents regularly. I believe learning about each other's cultures is important.
[This is all stuff which should be obvious. Cameron says it all by default to try to give the other a greater sense of understanding in what sie means. But then, with a start, sie realizes much the same thing.]
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