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From:

itsnotaonesie

[YEAH THAT'S FAIR]

It's not like you had any say in who your parents were. People don't make any sense.

From:

unphase

[THOUGHT SO]

No, they really don't. Can you believe that when I was growing up, I kept getting back-handed compliments about how good my phasing was, considering my "limitations."

From:

itsnotaonesie

Ugh now, that's just shitty. Why do people gotta be like that?

From:

unphase

It is shitty, but Bgztlian high society is obsessed with blood purity because they're afraid that if too many Bgztlians have children with non-Bgztlians and their kids have kids with other non-Bgztlians, an entire way of life will die out. Which is . . . it's possible? But most Bgztlians never leave Bgztl in the first place.

From:

itsnotaonesie

Personally, I think it's pretty awesome that people from different planets are able to reproduce with each other at all.

From:

unphase

Well, to be honest, a lot of people from worlds in the United Planets were descended from humans. It's just that their ancestors were abducted, experimented on to give them super-powers, then freed by a hero named Valor and taken to new worlds. So a Carggite with a Terran is no big deal.

From:

itsnotaonesie

So-- hold it. Were you all descended from humans? Like, if so, the Bgtzgerblers can just get up off their high horse.

...That's not even close to how that's pronounced, but my point still stands.

From:

unphase

No, no, not all of us. Bgztlians evolved separately. We didn't make contact with Earth until two hundred years ago. We knew it was there, but I guess we were afraid.

From:

itsnotaonesie

See now, that's trippy because you look so much like a human that it's like, indistinguishable. Anyway, what would you guys have been afraid of?

From:

unphase

From what I remember in history classes, we were afraid of exactly what I described before: losing our way of life. Bgztlian society is proud, both of our phasing and of our unique place in the galaxy. We did some exploring of other planets and there wasn't anybody else on our side of the dimension. That gave us kind of an over-inflated sense of importance.

From:

itsnotaonesie

There's gotta be a better way to keep them from "losing their way of life" than being completely prejudice. I guess deeply ingrained habits like that are hard to break?

From:

unphase

[she laughs a little]

It's funny. Bgztlians would never dream of siding with a pack of madmen like the White Triangle. But are their goals that much different?

From:

itsnotaonesie

Those were the crazy murder guys, right? I mean, I would hope that their goals aren't that similar.

From:

unphase

[a rueful laugh]

Those are the crazy murder guys. But the sentiment's the same. Keep the races separate.

From:

itsnotaonesie

These guys are just a lot more hardcore about it.

I'm sorry you had to deal with all that crap, Tinya. That's really awful.

From:

unphase

It's. Well, it is what it is. I left Bgztl when I was ten to follow mother on her diplomatic missions. So I've had some time to put it behind me.

From:

itsnotaonesie

Still sucks, but...fair enough, I guess.

From:

unphase

It's done. It's over. [she tries to sound certain and firm, but she's not sure how well she's doing] My friends in the Legion, my friends here? They don't care that I'm half Terran.

From:

itsnotaonesie

[He's not positive, but she does kinda sound like she's maybe not at 100%? Mental note: give Tinya hugs when I get back.]

Damn right.

...Darn right. Sorry, my... one roommate's a bad influence. But uh, I mean, yeah. We like you for you, and I think that's what matters, right? We definitely gotta hang out when I get back.

From:

unphase

[Tinya loves hugs, so this sounds like a winning plan.

and her voice sounds very enthusiastic] Yes! Absolutely! I'm still trying to figure out how to get my omnicom to interface with the phone, but if I can do that, we'll have all kinds of music and holos to choose from. Or we could finally go to the Speakeasy!

From:

itsnotaonesie

Y'know, I keep saying I'm gonna go to the Speakeasy, and then forgetting or getting distracted. We should hit it up.

From:

unphase

[her voice sounds very enthusiastic] Yes! Let's do that! It's not just drinks, it has a jukebox and okay, the jukebox has mostly classical music like the Beatles and the Beastie Boys, but aren't they from your era?

From:

itsnotaonesie

Oh God, no. They're way before my time.

I mean, at least it's stuff I've heard before, so I guess that's cool.

From:

unphase

[teasingly] Okaaaaay, then what is your time?

[still teasing] You guess, all right Mr. Damning With Faint Praise.

I wish I could figure out the thing with my omnicom! We could get my entire music and holo libraries and they are huge.