[ If he'd thought before those answers were fascinating, this all but doubles down on them being so. The universe was mostly a concept out of his reach before arriving, what with the astronomers he knew of having their own limits that could've been surpassed with some of the technology available here. But the stars - they've always been something he's appreciated and something steadying, so to hear of how they're forever changing just out of their sight? Adds a little extra appreciation of them.
Claude cracks a smile that's something closer to genuine at the mention of a delay. Yes, that much he understands - as does the restlessness displayed since it's so often the cause of being awake late at night, like right now. ]
I suppose you've already been to the academies studying the stars here? If not, you should go there immediately when they're open. As for this, [ with a tilt of the mirror in his hand, ] I'm actually not sure how much I can tell you about it, and not just because I'd like to be delightfully secretive to be difficult. This is really is just a mirror as it looks like, but the part where the stars come in here is something I didn't have until arriving. An ability of some kind, it almost seems.
[ Even as he shifts his gaze to the makeshift device in his hand, Claude tilts it obligingly to have the projection update to a different section of the night sky based on the movement. ]
I've always attributed it to something from the Singularity since it seems to be in charge of so much here, but honestly - who knows where it came from? It's fitting though since I spent a lot of time studying the stars when I was a child and they've never lost their magic for me. Most of the constellations at home come with stories attached to them that've been passed down through generations. My favorite one is The Archer, where it's said each night he fires an arrow across the horizon. Where it lands is somewhere yet to be discovered, but fortune waits for those who find it.
[ And with a grin Claude adds, ] I've not yet found a constellation which means the same here, but my guess is there's something like it if the similarities our worlds all share despite the differences are anything to go by.
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Claude cracks a smile that's something closer to genuine at the mention of a delay. Yes, that much he understands - as does the restlessness displayed since it's so often the cause of being awake late at night, like right now. ]
I suppose you've already been to the academies studying the stars here? If not, you should go there immediately when they're open. As for this, [ with a tilt of the mirror in his hand, ] I'm actually not sure how much I can tell you about it, and not just because I'd like to be delightfully secretive to be difficult. This is really is just a mirror as it looks like, but the part where the stars come in here is something I didn't have until arriving. An ability of some kind, it almost seems.
[ Even as he shifts his gaze to the makeshift device in his hand, Claude tilts it obligingly to have the projection update to a different section of the night sky based on the movement. ]
I've always attributed it to something from the Singularity since it seems to be in charge of so much here, but honestly - who knows where it came from? It's fitting though since I spent a lot of time studying the stars when I was a child and they've never lost their magic for me. Most of the constellations at home come with stories attached to them that've been passed down through generations. My favorite one is The Archer, where it's said each night he fires an arrow across the horizon. Where it lands is somewhere yet to be discovered, but fortune waits for those who find it.
[ And with a grin Claude adds, ] I've not yet found a constellation which means the same here, but my guess is there's something like it if the similarities our worlds all share despite the differences are anything to go by.