15 - Bright lights, fast cars, disease

[no_fastolfe]

Why is it always Earth?

Why is it always so crowded?

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Who knows this place? What is expected besides rampant capitalism and hordes of people-- this I have noticed already.

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[shortsightedlove]

It would seem the Admiral has some sort with obsession with the planet.

And with annoying us.

How are you?

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[no_fastolfe]

[She sighs and limply waves a hand.]

I am surviving. Though Earth is never a comfortable place. Capitalism is such an animalistic system.

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[shortsightedlove]

I'm much more bothered by the crowds. These fools keep stepping on my robes.

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[no_fastolfe]

And I-- it is too easy to get lost among them.

[Because she is a wee little lady.]

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[shortsightedlove]

Do you have someone with you? [Because small and lost in a crowd is not the best situation, he has experience with that.]

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[no_fastolfe]

Rhade will be joining me before I attempt any real travel. After our errands are done... I simply won't go out.

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[shortsightedlove]

[He nods.] Good. This doesn't seem like a particularly safe place.

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[no_fastolfe]

At least the... I think that these are gambling establishments? Are secured. But outside...

[A wasteland of bad traffic and anonymous people.]

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[shortsightedlove]

They have to be secured... [At least humans aren't stupid enough to leave their casinos unsecured.]

If anything forces you to leave, do try to stay with Rhade. Or find someone else who's trustworthy.

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[no_fastolfe]

I fully intend to. [And she's not ashamed to say so.]

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[shortsightedlove]

Good.

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[no_fastolfe]

And you-- have you plans in this city?

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[shortsightedlove]

I'm currently looking for Omega. After that, we might go eat something.

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[no_fastolfe]

All that one can do, I suppose.

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[shortsightedlove]

[He nods.] I'll doubt we'll do much outside.

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[no_fastolfe]

It is so arid here-- at least not so hot as it might be but so unpleasant.

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[shortsightedlove]

And I'm not very fond of the general atmosphere.

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[no_fastolfe]

More steeped in a capitalist culture of scarcity and desire than even Paris-- which was an appalling first exposure in itself.

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[shortsightedlove]

I found it a lot more tolerable. [He doesn't mind the capitalism as much. But Paris was pretty restaurants and nice shopping and comfortable hotel rooms. Vegas has started with a headache, atrocious clothing and people thinking his robes look funny.]

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[no_fastolfe]

I doubt that I will ever be comfortable on Earth. It is simply too far removed from what I know.

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[shortsightedlove]

Oh, in a few millennia perhaps. But of course, it's be preferable if that weren't necessary.