[ Disoriented and, at least from all appearances, unequipped to deal with anything dangerous. ]
A space colony? [ That's pretty Sci-Fi in comparison to the kind of space travel people were doing in her time— space stations, of both the cognitive and real varieties, excluded. ] That's still a ton more experience than I have— I haven't set foot off of Earth. At least… until now, I guess?
In truth, that's still plenty common where -- or maybe when?
[That was something Athrun would have to ponder later. Could they be from parallel worlds, or were they from the same world but at different points in time?]
Um, anyway. What I meant to say is that it's common even when space colonies exist. People who travel between Earth and the colonies do so either for business or for tourism. Myself, I first came to Earth as a soldier.
As someone from the colonies, one thing I can tell you? Everything feels larger than life on Earth. Standing on the shore and gazing out at ocean as far as the eye can see really drives home just how huge our planet really is. And that's with the sea -- I can't imagine what it would feel like to be standing in the middle of the plains or the desert and do the same.
'When' doesn't sound too far-fetched. I guess for me, meeting you is like what it was for some of my friends to meet me? They were from my past, so maybe you're from my future?
[ Just like Duplicity, it seemed like this place would pluck people from different worlds, different times, and drop them all in the same place. She doesn't stop to think about how that's possible— because in her eyes, descending on a crystal elevator into the inner parts of a moon shouldn't be possible, and yet it's happening as they speak. ]
Space feels pretty empty in comparison, huh? [ She says it like she knows, firsthand— then quickly shakes her head. ] I mean, I imagine it does? It's not like I've ever been there, or anything. [ Ha… ha… ha. Moving on: ] It must have been kind of overwhelming, huh? I've been to a lot of beautiful places, but, the way you talk about it makes me feel like I've kinda taken it for-granted.
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A space colony? [ That's pretty Sci-Fi in comparison to the kind of space travel people were doing in her time— space stations, of both the cognitive and real varieties, excluded. ] That's still a ton more experience than I have— I haven't set foot off of Earth. At least… until now, I guess?
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[That was something Athrun would have to ponder later. Could they be from parallel worlds, or were they from the same world but at different points in time?]
Um, anyway. What I meant to say is that it's common even when space colonies exist. People who travel between Earth and the colonies do so either for business or for tourism. Myself, I first came to Earth as a soldier.
As someone from the colonies, one thing I can tell you? Everything feels larger than life on Earth. Standing on the shore and gazing out at ocean as far as the eye can see really drives home just how huge our planet really is. And that's with the sea -- I can't imagine what it would feel like to be standing in the middle of the plains or the desert and do the same.
[He offers a weak smile as he finishes talking.]
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[ Just like Duplicity, it seemed like this place would pluck people from different worlds, different times, and drop them all in the same place. She doesn't stop to think about how that's possible— because in her eyes, descending on a crystal elevator into the inner parts of a moon shouldn't be possible, and yet it's happening as they speak. ]
Space feels pretty empty in comparison, huh? [ She says it like she knows, firsthand— then quickly shakes her head. ] I mean, I imagine it does? It's not like I've ever been there, or anything. [ Ha… ha… ha. Moving on: ] It must have been kind of overwhelming, huh? I've been to a lot of beautiful places, but, the way you talk about it makes me feel like I've kinda taken it for-granted.