[Palamedes pauses, looking over from reading Book One, brow furrowed slightly; 21st century Earth is such an odd phrase to hear, even knowing what the First used to be. That's a lot of centuries and yet not any at all, when put next to the Empire's myriad.
It's odd; he'd been thinking of the First as this sprawling, successful, ancient culture that fell pre-Resurrection, but the idea that it wasn't is so...
Well, he's just giving Nico this weird look, so after a moment he says,] Sorry; I've only been the one time, and the calendar wasn't the same.
[And darkly, mostly to himself,] The cremation was, though.
[Anyway, ahem, the Archives! He looks back at his book, skimming a few paragraphs.]
They do move; that's not a joke. Once someone tried to tell me to trust my instincts, and the book I wanted would show up in the last place I expected it, which is bullshit if you've ever been to a library? Never Mind is a hack.
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It's odd; he'd been thinking of the First as this sprawling, successful, ancient culture that fell pre-Resurrection, but the idea that it wasn't is so...
Well, he's just giving Nico this weird look, so after a moment he says,] Sorry; I've only been the one time, and the calendar wasn't the same.
[And darkly, mostly to himself,] The cremation was, though.
[Anyway, ahem, the Archives! He looks back at his book, skimming a few paragraphs.]
They do move; that's not a joke. Once someone tried to tell me to trust my instincts, and the book I wanted would show up in the last place I expected it, which is bullshit if you've ever been to a library? Never Mind is a hack.