[after turning the burner off, Blue slowly follows her the short distance to sit down, and when she begins to speak, he seems to forget about eating at all. we, she says, and he wonders how many could that be. he'd pose the question, but she says Earth and his focus pivots immediately to that.
Earth is the old name - he and others of his universe know it now as Terra. the lost homeworld, the place everyone dreams of returning to despite not knowing the way. machines implanted that longing into everyone, human and Mu alike. even knowing the need was artificially placed in him can't stop Blue from feeling a pang of longing at the very notion of Earth - any Earth. it's one of the things he asks about the most of people here who hail from their own version.]
What is it like? [his interest is plain to see.] The Earth you know.
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Earth is the old name - he and others of his universe know it now as Terra. the lost homeworld, the place everyone dreams of returning to despite not knowing the way. machines implanted that longing into everyone, human and Mu alike. even knowing the need was artificially placed in him can't stop Blue from feeling a pang of longing at the very notion of Earth - any Earth. it's one of the things he asks about the most of people here who hail from their own version.]
What is it like? [his interest is plain to see.] The Earth you know.