Wherever this is, the way we've been treated leads me to believe we're as alien to this place as it is to us.
[Kim's lips tug downward slightly. She did say she would be asking questions, and he agreed to answer, but even the name of Revachol in someone else's mouth made his stomach sink like a stone.
He doesn't feel connected to its voice anymore, but a figment of it whispers to him as the breeze causes the loose sleeves of his robe to flutter.
REMEMBER ME.]
It's the the former capital of my world. It sits on the coast of the largest ocean, so it's always been a hub for commerce. [Rote facts from school everyone in Elysium knows. Go deeper.] As such, people from all over the world have put roots down there. It's very multicultural, though it has all the problems that brings. [Said carefully, with the experience of someone who's endured those problems.]
Revachol has been... something of a mess for the past century. Political struggles put it in a bad way economically, and put us into a Zone of Control watched over by a global coalition. But it-- we are a resilient bunch. There's hopes that Revachol will be self-governed again. [A pause.]
It can be a terrible place. But I've seen it capable of more. And I believe in that.
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[Kim's lips tug downward slightly. She did say she would be asking questions, and he agreed to answer, but even the name of Revachol in someone else's mouth made his stomach sink like a stone.
He doesn't feel connected to its voice anymore, but a figment of it whispers to him as the breeze causes the loose sleeves of his robe to flutter.
REMEMBER ME.]
It's the the former capital of my world. It sits on the coast of the largest ocean, so it's always been a hub for commerce. [Rote facts from school everyone in Elysium knows. Go deeper.] As such, people from all over the world have put roots down there. It's very multicultural, though it has all the problems that brings. [Said carefully, with the experience of someone who's endured those problems.]
Revachol has been... something of a mess for the past century. Political struggles put it in a bad way economically, and put us into a Zone of Control watched over by a global coalition. But it-- we are a resilient bunch. There's hopes that Revachol will be self-governed again. [A pause.]
It can be a terrible place. But I've seen it capable of more. And I believe in that.
[But the dream--]
I... did believe in that.