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[radars]

[ Locked to Edmund (NPC), also open to Raven ]

I find myself in need of a bit of walking-around money. May we talk about trades?

[ Locked to Erik, also open to Raven ]

You're not the Erik I know. I'm not the Charles you know. We can leave it at that.

[ Open ]

My name is Charles Xavier. I am one of the awakened, from the ship. As far as I know, we are all from different times, and perhaps from different universes as well, and none of us knows how we came to be asleep on an unfamiliar spacecraft.

Has anyone a theory to present?

And one more thing. This may seem like an odd question, but... is there a large population center, nearby? I don't mean under the dome.

[ ooc note: Charles is talking about Israel's mind, which feels to him like a large population center even though it isn't. ]

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[radars]

I was in the war.

Ah -- the -- World War II.

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[radars]

You don't have to take that tone with me.

[radars]

It's a gift.

I don't know any more than you do, but if you find anything out, do share it with the group.

[Locked]

[radars]

I'm not an expert.

I'm a geneticist. A former soldier.

[radars]

I mean...

[He struggles to put it into words.]

Something large. United. A... city, or a nation.

[eternaliyah]

[...well that's. Slightly perturbing. He wants to say 'there's nothing like that here,' but that's not quite true, is it?]

...what makes you think so?

[video]

[waspromisedcake]

No. But it could be field tests. There might be people watching us.

[equivalent_trade]

That's what I just said.

Aw, forget it.

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[lehnsherr]

What are you expecting here, Charles? We don't know each other.

[original_fine]

Oh. Oh. [That was, what? Over three hundred years ago for Jim. His surprise shows.] You've come a long way. Or I have.

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[knightoflight]

Those who begin wars, in my understanding, often don't know what they're truly unleashing.

And then others must struggle to try to break free from its grip.

[radars]

We both have, I believe.

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[radars]

I'm not expecting a thing.

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[radars]

True enough.

[video]

[radars]

I don't believe that.

No offense, at all, but it seems to be quite out of their way for a simple experiment. The best experiments distill their subjects down to a single particular variable.

[radars]

I don't know.

[A half-truth.]

[original_fine]

Most likely. As for a large population, I haven't seen anything to indicate one, aside from the dome.

[video]

[waspromisedcake]

I'm not offended. But where I was, they made things complex on purpose. If I'm wrong though, I want to know the truth.

[truth_is_cold]

The only other population I've seen is the surrounding settlements.

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[shifter]

Can we really leave it at that? I still don't understand how it's even possible. Everything about him is just... different. So, so different.

[radars]

I admit I didn't really expect an answer there.

[radars]

I didn't mean them, but thank you.

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[radars]

I don't know. I haven't the slightest idea. It's completely beyond my experience.

[video]

[radars]

As do I.

[ locked ]

I do hope you've forgiven me, for that first intrusion into your mind. I didn't know you could speak.

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[shifter]

Are you alright with not knowing? Is that what your message to him meant?