[Miles certainly doesn't mind the silence. He was a man of few words himself after all. He walked alongside the young man through the winding alleyways of their new home.]
Those are very good questions. Some of them I would very much like to find the answers to myself. There must be a reason that we're here trying to assimilate. I wonder if it has something to do with this Storm?
You think the orbiters sent us here to do something specific?
[Riku hadn't actually considered that – he's a little curious about this world, but overall would much rather like to focus at the Storm and how to stop it.]
But yes, it is. Just thinking about the number of worlds that have been lost…
Possibly, I believe that everyone has a reason for doing something. Rescuing refugees and all of this effort keeping us alive must have some greater motivation to it all.
I don't think anyone is motivated by altruism alone.
[Miles didn't quite like focusing on what was lost. It was something he was decidedly not thinking about for the time being. Best to focus on the future and what can be done.]
I suppose the main thing is for us to get our bearings and then decide what the next move is. Perhaps gather as much information as we can in the meantime.
[There is a moment of quiet until Riku replies, a second of thought spent on running through whatever possibility he can imagine... It's definitely more productive than wasting his thoughts on things he can't recover right now. However he turns this in his head though, he doesn't like what he's coming up with, not at all.]
So, they are expecting something of us… or just trying to distract us.
[Which seems to be working, if the first look he got of the Network means anything.]
Sounds about right. There isn't much we can do until we know more.
[They don't have any way of finding out anything and it bothers Riku to no end. Whatever the Natha want them to do… the best they have is speculation.]
Well, I guess there'll be enough chance for that at least. From what I heard, we are allowed to work with and for the locals.
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milesedgelord) wrote2017-10-01 09:33 pm
Riku
Those are very good questions. Some of them I would very much like to find the answers to myself. There must be a reason that we're here trying to assimilate. I wonder if it has something to do with this Storm?
It is all rather disconcerting, isn't it?
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[Riku hadn't actually considered that – he's a little curious about this world, but overall would much rather like to focus at the Storm and how to stop it.]
But yes, it is. Just thinking about the number of worlds that have been lost…
[His hands clench at that.]
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I don't think anyone is motivated by altruism alone.
[Miles didn't quite like focusing on what was lost. It was something he was decidedly not thinking about for the time being. Best to focus on the future and what can be done.]
I suppose the main thing is for us to get our bearings and then decide what the next move is. Perhaps gather as much information as we can in the meantime.
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So, they are expecting something of us… or just trying to distract us.
[Which seems to be working, if the first look he got of the Network means anything.]
Sounds about right. There isn't much we can do until we know more.
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[He shook his head slightly as he spoke. He hated being in the sort of situation where he didn't quite know what was at stake.]
Precisely that. I would love to learn as much as I can about the culture of Olympia so that I may assimilate easier.
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[They don't have any way of finding out anything and it bothers Riku to no end. Whatever the Natha want them to do… the best they have is speculation.]
Well, I guess there'll be enough chance for that at least. From what I heard, we are allowed to work with and for the locals.