[ Is this what it was like for Jamie? To know that someone is so far in you're future they're saying things you can't comprehend? That life as you know it will be eradicated one day? For a moment, she has an overwhelming since of homesickness and for the first time it isn't for family, but for the planet itself. ]
It is beautiful still, for me. I've seen almost all of it, except the Poles, the Arctic. I can't imagine it any other way.
[ In the 20th century before she left, they'd just barely made it to the moon, and this is a little sobering to hear. It's so far in the future, she doesn't know how to wrap her mind around a depleted planet. ]
Many people here have experienced space travel, or it's normal for them, and here I am, still unsure if NASA ever made it past the moon before the end of the 20th century.
[ The foreign language River speaks reminds Claire of Yi Tien Cho. Honorable Wife, he called her, and attempted to teach her as much Mandarin as possible. ]
Did your find new planets? There must be more than just one that's habitable.
[ This isn't the conversation Claire expected to be having, but it's something she's genuinely come to enjoy about her forced time on Abraxas: she's learned more about things she'll never see in her lifetime, and for better or worse, she's come to appreciate the journey of meeting someone new. ]
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It is beautiful still, for me. I've seen almost all of it, except the Poles, the Arctic. I can't imagine it any other way.
[ In the 20th century before she left, they'd just barely made it to the moon, and this is a little sobering to hear. It's so far in the future, she doesn't know how to wrap her mind around a depleted planet. ]
Many people here have experienced space travel, or it's normal for them, and here I am, still unsure if NASA ever made it past the moon before the end of the 20th century.
[ The foreign language River speaks reminds Claire of Yi Tien Cho. Honorable Wife, he called her, and attempted to teach her as much Mandarin as possible. ]
Did your find new planets? There must be more than just one that's habitable.
[ This isn't the conversation Claire expected to be having, but it's something she's genuinely come to enjoy about her forced time on Abraxas: she's learned more about things she'll never see in her lifetime, and for better or worse, she's come to appreciate the journey of meeting someone new. ]