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[thoughts]

"teacher"

[ and just for fun, she sends the chinese characters too ]

老师

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[ Now this is unexpected. ]

That almost looks like Hingan! Actually, near identical.

[thoughts]

[ oh? that definitely piques her curiosity. ]

never heard of a hingan before. it's new chinese.

新中文

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New Chinese.

I can read that!

We really do share a language. This is amazing! I haven't seen this since leaving the far east.

[thoughts]

[ hopefully river's excitement is tangible through text because !! ]

a few people have recognized the dialect from a version of earth-that-was but the only two that could speak it were from different 'verses entirely

[ and now that she knows himeka can read it, river will probably start sending her messages that are intentionally written with chinese characters just for funsies science. ]

酷

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[ It's palpable! And, really? It's something Himeka never thought she would have in common with someone, so it's definitely a shared excitement. ]

Really? That's amazing. Even more people... Though what do you mean by "earth-that-was"?

[ She's heard of Earth from so many people. What was it like before? ]

どういう意味?

[thoughts]

she was and now she isn't. humankind took everything she had to give until she fell apart, so we had to leave her behind

[ she's made a lot of those earth people sad by telling them this story, RIP.

but hold up, there's something more important here! if only himeka could see river's !!! as she analyzes the characters she sent. ]

it's not a perfect match. 意味 is close to 意义 ( noun, "meaning/significance" ) but the others are different. can't say for sure, might be closer to ancient japan than china.

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Oh, I see. So you're looking for a new star?

[ It makes her think a bit of what the Loporrits were planning for her own world. ]

So you have multiple places that use a similar language too! Our worlds really do seem to have a lot in common. We have Hingashi and Doma.

[thoughts]

we found one. or five. the verse is a big place and if there's one thing humans do best, it's colonizing.

will you tell me more about your sphere? we can exchange notes on food and culture

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Five whole stars all to your selves? That's amazing! I haven't even seen that many.

[ She also wouldn't have thought such a thing were possible five years ago. How time changes! ]

Absolutely! There's still a lot to learn about it, to be honest. I feel like I've only just cracked the surface.

Etheirys has big beautiful oceans and seas, but most people live on the land. I'm from the Ruby Sea which is right between Othard and the archipelago of Hingashi. Othard is where Doma is and I think that may be closer to your New Chinese!

Oh, I should probably mention that it was once a slightly different world but was split into 14 shards when the universe was coming to an end. Some of them were rejoined with the Source, but not at all. That won't happen anymore, though!

We have one big moon that's a space ship run by Loporrits.