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＄03-00-13-02-6-1
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[charaSet A 1098254800 1 "Nemo Marine"]
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[charaSet B 1098253200 1 "U-Olga Marie"]
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[charaSet C 1098252900 1 Tepeu]
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？1：Not what I was expecting to find after making it out of that jungle.
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？2：That's a cornfield, all right. A really big one, too.
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？！
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＠Nemo Marine
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Wooow, those are huge! Each stalk must be at least two meters tall!
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＠Nemo Marine
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Are these edible, Tepeu!? You don't just use them for fuel, right?
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＠Tepeu
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Not at all. Sentle, or corn in your language, is the only food that we deinos eat simply because we love it.
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＠Tepeu
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Now, what's this about using it for fuel, Marine?[sr]What does Proper Human History use corn for?
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＠U-Olga Marie
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Oh, I know what you're talking about! Ethanol, right?[sr]A kind of biofuel made from organic materials!
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[charaFace B 20]
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＠U-Olga Marie
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I thought grains were a primary source of nutrient for primitive beings like you, no?
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＠U-Olga Marie
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Do you just use them for fuel instead of consuming them yourselves as a part of the natural cycle?
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＠Mash
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No, not exactly. We grow different crops for different purposes.
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＠Mash
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Some corn is selectively bred to maximize flavor and nutrients, while other corn is optimized for producing ethanol.
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＠Mash
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Some concerns have been raised about the gases produced by growing ethanol corn and their impact on climate change...
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＠Mash
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...but these kinds of crops are still a shining example of human ingenuity.
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＠U-Olga Marie
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Hm. So your civilization must destroy its environment to advance.
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[charaFace B 13]
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＠U-Olga Marie
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I understand that the evolution of a species often becomes sort of a race to see how far they can get before they devour their own planet...
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[charaFace B 14]
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＠U-Olga Marie
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...but the way things are going right now, you Earthlings don't have a chance! All the more reason you need a strong leader like me!
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＠Habetrot
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Hey. It's nice that the president's in a good mood and all, but, [%1], have you noticed...
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＠Habetrot
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We left the cave about six hours ago. The sun was just rising, right?
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＠Habetrot
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So don't you think it's weird that it doesn't seem any closer to setting yet?
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？1：Now that you mention it...
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？2：Hey, yeah. I think it's been early afternoon for half a day now.
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？！
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＠Mash
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I don't think we should expect there to be a night here.
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＠Mash
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Mictlān is entirely enclosed and folded in on itself, like a giant underground tube of sorts.
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＠Mash
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So the sun here will never sink below the horizon.
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＠Mash
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Erm, that's not to suggest the sun actually SINKS in our world, either... But, you know what I mean.
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＠U-Olga Marie
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Hmm...
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＠U-Olga Marie
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But the sun here has definitely been moving south. Well, I suppose farther away might be more accurate.
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＠U-Olga Marie
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At the rate it's going now, the sun should dim and give way to night in about five hours.
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＠U-Olga Marie
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Since this cavern obviously can't rotate, the sun must be the only celestial body moving down here.
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＠U-Olga Marie
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...I have no idea how it's being controlled, though. This is all way beyond human technology of the twenty-first century.
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[k]
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？1：More mysterious questions to ask Tepeu, I guess.
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？2：Let's see what Tepeu can tell us.
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？！
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＠Tepeu
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Oh. You rang?
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[k]
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＠Tepeu
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My apologies. I promised to serve as your guide, but I've so enjoyed talking with Marine that I've been completely neglecting my own duties.
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＠Tepeu
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Now, what would you like to know?
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＠Tepeu
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Would I be correct in assuming you have questions pertaining to Mictlān's structure, the workings of our sun...
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＠Tepeu
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...our ecosystem, life in the cities here, the Crypter...and the cornfields?
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＠Mash
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Y-yes, that's right. We'd really appreciate it if you could tell us about all of that.
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＠Mash
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What would you like to ask about first, Senpai?
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？1：Mictlān's structure.
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＠Tepeu
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Mictlān's structure, hm? Very good.
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＠Tepeu
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If you mean to reach the Storm Border, that is certainly the most important thing to know.
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＠Tepeu
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Although Mictlān is a flatland jungle, it is actually divided into nine separate strata.
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＠Tepeu
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We are currently in the first stratum. This is Tlālōcān. Its ceiling, which leads to the surface, forms a steep cliff face.
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＠Tepeu
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Next we have the second stratum, and first boundary of the underworld. That's Tlatlauhqui, the red level. It is an endless river that is home to a species of enormous iguanas.
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＠Tepeu
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The third stratum is home to the golden city of Chichén Itzá. It is a vast and open plain filled with fruit of all kinds.
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＠Tepeu
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The fourth stratum, and the second boundary of the underworld is Iztaccíhuatl, the white level. It is a bone-strewn graveyard consisting of a valley of blades and wind.
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＠Tepeu
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The fifth stratum[line 2]Tula, the lake of blood and birds[line 2]serves as the blood vessels of the land itself.
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＠Tepeu
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The sixth stratum, and the third boundary of the underworld, is Xoxoauhqui, the blue level. It is a land of galactic sand dunes and vacuum lightning gardens.
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＠Tepeu
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The seventh stratum is Singing Ilhuícatl, home to the Metztitlán observatory.
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＠Tepeu
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The eighth stratum, and the fourth boundary of the underworld is Yayauhqui, the black level. It consists of a subterranean mountain range upon which the sun never shines.
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＠Tepeu
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And finally, we have the ninth stratum. It is the foot of the great Ceiba tree: the dreaded land of Xibalba.
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＠Tepeu
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As you might expect, these strata are all linked. In theory, anyone could cross freely between them.
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＠Tepeu
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More practically, though, the underworld's various boundaries are quite dangerous. The dead walk that realm.
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＠Tepeu
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Even for us deinos, it's considered too dangerous to risk venturing beyond the seventh stratum.
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＠Tepeu
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For one thing, the eighth and ninth strata are both blanketed by a deadly fog.
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＠Tepeu
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This fog only recedes for five out of every three-hundred and sixty-five cycles, during the period when the sun shuts down to rest and replenish itself.
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＠Tepeu
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The act of traveling to the ninth stratum during this period is called an underworld pilgrimage, but no deinos has ever completed this successfully.
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＠Mash
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Underworld pilgrimage... Xibalba...
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＠Tepeu
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Of course, none of you have a reason to go to the ninth stratum, so this is all purely for reference.
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＠Tepeu
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I believe the Storm Border crashed near the edge of the third stratum, near the entrance to the fourth.
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＠Tepeu
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We should be able to reach it in four cycles, but first, we'll need to cross a major checkpoint.
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＠Tepeu
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That would be Tlatlauhqui, the red boundary of the underworld. It comprises the second stratum.
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＠Tepeu
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It has become a terribly dangerous place thanks to Tezcatlipoca, the god of war who accompanies the Crypter.
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[branch lblConf]
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？2：The cornfields.
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＠Tepeu
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Although we deinos need only water and sunlight to survive...
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＠Tepeu
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...life would hardly be worth living without some pleasures we can look forward to.
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＠Tepeu
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And so, the Malla created corn, the sun's greatest blessing. It has everything we could want in a food.
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＠Mash
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Corn was seen as special in the Americas in Proper Human History as well.
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＠Mash
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It was an essential source of nutrients there, especially in Central America.
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＠Mash
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In fact, it was so important to people's livelihoods that they often spoke of it as a gift from the gods, or sometimes, as if it were a god itself.
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＠Mash
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But I think we should probably ask about Mictlān's structure now, Senpai. That seems more relevant at the moment.
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？！
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＠Mash
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The god of war who accompanies the Crypter...[sr]So, that must be[line 2]
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？1：The Servant Daybit summoned.
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？！
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＠Mash
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So he's Tezcatlipoca...the Aztec god of war and sacrifice, and one of the strongest gods in Proper Human History's Aztec mythology.
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＠Tepeu
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Hmm, I see. So in Proper Human History, humankind is comprised of your species Homo sapiens.
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＠Tepeu
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Countless nations spread across seven continents, and despite your many differences, you have developed all manner of cultures over the course of your history.
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＠Tepeu
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I suppose if we deinos were to visit your world, we would be classified as reptiles.
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＠Tepeu
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Your biosphere is limited to your planet's surface, with no colonial expansions into outer space. The...ocean? What's an ocean? Please, elaborate.
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I see. So your continents are surrounded by large bodies of salt water and each has its own distinct ecosystem. I can only imagine how many different varieties of life must flourish in such an environment.
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＠Tepeu
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Aquatic deinos? No, very few kinds of deinos evolved to live in water.
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＠Tepeu
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Doing so enlarges our species' skeletal structure, which makes it more difficult to live on land.
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Democracy and communism, hmm. No, that's okay. I have a firm enough handle on your politics and social structures.
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＠Tepeu
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Given the traits I've observed in all of you, I would guess that your research on various matters has been like stacking pebbles, one atop the other.
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＠Tepeu
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Despite lacking the ability to fly, you continue to explore. This is not confined solely to your planet, but you also observe other celestial bodies as well.
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＠Tepeu
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DNA, cells, elements, atoms.
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＠Tepeu
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So, if you are to understand the vastness of the universe, you must first learn the laws which govern its smallest parts. How delightful.
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＠Tepeu
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I feel as though the corn kernels have fallen from my eyes.
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＠Tepeu
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It seems the humans of Proper Human History are like a cube that lands on a differently decorated side with every tumble it takes.
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？1：(He ended up peppering us with questions instead.)
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？2：(I still can't believe how quickly he's grasping all this!)
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？！
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＠Mash
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Are you taken aback, Senpai? I understand.
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＠Mash
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I felt the same way when I first met Tepeu back in that cave.
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＠Mash
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You start off telling him one thing, and he immediately hits on ten other things connected to it.
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＠Mash
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Even if they're concepts or laws he's never heard of.
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＠Mash
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“Genius” doesn't even begin to cover him. His brain seems to work on an entirely different level!
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？1：I have to agree.
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？2：(I wonder if all deinos are like this...)
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？！
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＠Nemo Marine
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I still don't know anything about deinos in general, but...are you all alone, Tepeu?
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＠Nemo Marine
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Were you living in that cave by yourself because you were just too smart?
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＠Tepeu
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Ah, you're talking about humans who were isolated because they didn't fit in with those around them. In your parlance, outcasts.
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＠Tepeu
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True. I moved to the wilderness of the first stratum because my way of thinking did not match other deinos'.
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＠Tepeu
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Most have no desire to learn, because they never had to rely on their intellect to compensate for a lack of physical prowess.
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＠Tepeu
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Homo sapiens are short-lived and easily harmed. To have any hope of surviving, you had to evolve in both body and mind.
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＠Tepeu
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But we deinos never faced any threats here in Mictlān, so the same wasn't true for us.
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＠Tepeu
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As a result, we never experienced the same need to evolve.
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？1：I see.
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？2：True, dinosaurs would be unstoppable if they were strong AND smart.
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？！
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＠Tepeu
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Hmm. That reminds me of one of your expressions:[sr]someone being a babe in the woods.
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＠Tepeu
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Your digestive systems are simply incredible. We deinos could only dream of consuming such a variety of foods.
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＠Tepeu
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I assume you think nothing of your ability to break down the toxins in plants and absorb only their nutrients...
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＠Tepeu
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...but from my perspective, such a capacity is truly revolutionary.
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＠Tepeu
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Imagine being able to consume so many different living things[line 2]so many kinds of plants, as food! I'm so jealous!
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＠Nemo Marine
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Y-you think so? Now that you mention it, I guess human food culture IS pretty unique!
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＠Nemo Marine
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I wish Baker was here for this!
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＠Nemo Marine
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Sometimes she sulks about being the weakest member of the Series, so this'd really make her day!
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＠Mash
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Tepeu? If you don't mind my asking, could you tell us more about deinos?
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＠Mash
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We've never talked with any besides you, so...[bgmStop BGM_EVENT_25 1.5]
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＠Tepeu
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Very well. I'll tell you what I can about our ecosystem and how we got where we are now.
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＠Tepeu
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We deinos are this Lostbelt's prime species, or its equivalent of humans in your world, if you like. We are the dominant species tasked with running this world.
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＠Tepeu
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A long, long time ago, well before Mictlān was created, our ancestors migrated here from the surface.
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＠Tepeu
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These ancestors were the creatures you know as “dinosaurs” in Proper Human History.
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＠Tepeu
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From what you've told me, Mash, I understand that there existed several types of dinosaurs.
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＠Tepeu
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There were long-necked marine plesiosaurs, birdlike flying pterosaurs, terrestrial theropods, and so on, yes?
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＠Tepeu
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Well, most deinos fall under the theropod category.
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＠Tepeu
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That said, our creation was also shaped in many ways by Malla...
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＠Tepeu
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...so we do have a few of the pterosaur and plesiosaur varieties of deinos as well.
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＠Tepeu
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Pterosaurs are especially rare, but they do still exist to this day. Remember what I said about outcasts earlier?
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＠Tepeu
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||
I, for instance, was ostracized from my herd because they took issue with my behavior.
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＠Tepeu
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However, pterosaurs and plesiosaurs are essentially outcasts from the day they are born.
|
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＠Tepeu
|
||
I remember you also said most dinosaurs were herbivores, and that carnivores were the minority...
|
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＠Tepeu
|
||
...but all deinos are herbivores. There are no carnivores.
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＠Tepeu
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We are unable to break down the toxins in meat, meaning that eating it leads to pain, diminished intelligence, and eventually, death.
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＠Tepeu
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||
That is what happened to the unintelligent deinos who attacked you earlier.
|
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＠Tepeu
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||
Either they gave up their intelligence when they were on the verge of death, or they turned feral after the ocelomeh poisoned them.
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＠Nemo Marine
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So that's what happened... Those deinos were really scary, but I feel kind of bad for them now...
|
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＠Nemo Marine
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I mean, dying painfully after being forced to eat meat they didn't want? They might as well be zombies...
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？1：Why would the ocelomeh do that to them?
|
||
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||
？！
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＠Tepeu
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||
It's to do with their new teachings. You might call it all faith, or perhaps religion.
|
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Now that I've met you, I understand the ocelomeh are homo sapiens[line 2]humans, just like you.
|
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＠Tepeu
|
||
They appeared here in Mictlān out of nowhere, and quickly moved to expand their territory.
|
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＠Tepeu
|
||
One of the central aspects of their faith is offering up hearts of the strong to their god.
|
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＠Tepeu
|
||
And since deinos are the strongest life-forms in Mictlān, they of course set their sights on us.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
They built a city in the fifth stratum. There, they tear the hearts from deinos.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Now that you've been kind enough to share your knowledge with me, I have a clearer understanding of the situation in Mictlān.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Two opposing factions are fighting a civil war here.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
One faction consists of deinos.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Our capital is Chichén Itzá, the golden city ruled by the King of Dinosaurs, and protected by the sun god Kukulcan.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
The other faction is the ocelomeh.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Their capital is México City, a city of death created by Tezcatlipoca, the new god of sacrifice...
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
...and by the Crypter from Proper Human History who brought him here.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
The Storm Border you seek crashed in the area between these two cities.
|
||
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||
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||
？1：So there's a god here in México City...
|
||
？2：Could that be where Daybit is...?
|
||
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||
？！
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＠Mash
|
||
Hold on. I understand that the Servant the Crypter, Daybit, summoned is a Divine Spirit from Proper Human History.
|
||
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＠Mash
|
||
But, you say there's also a god in the deinos' capital?
|
||
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＠Mash
|
||
And Kukulcan, at that?
|
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＠Nemo Marine
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||
What's so weird about that, Mash? Haven't there been gods in the other Lostbelts, too?
|
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＠Mash
|
||
Yes, but it's different here. Kukulcan is the Mayan god of wind and water from Proper Human History.
|
||
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||
＠Mash
|
||
But the deinos have no connection to Proper Human History mythology whatsoever.
|
||
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||
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＠Mash
|
||
So it doesn't make any sense for that god to be here in Mictlān.
|
||
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＠Mash
|
||
Oh, wait... Come to think of it, the name “Mictlān” itself comes from the underworld of Aztec mythology...
|
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＠Tepeu
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But, as I believe you have said before, the mythology of your world has nothing in common with our own in this world.
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＠Tepeu
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||
I understand your confusion, but the answer is quite simple.
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＠Tepeu
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||
The very concept of a sun god is also a recent development.
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＠Tepeu
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||
We were simply indifferent to such things until recently.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
In fact, until the Crypter's arrival, we rarely even conversed with words.
|
||
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||
＠Tepeu
|
||
So it was Proper Human History itself that passed on the concept of gods.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Prior to Daybit Sem Void's arrival, there were no gods of any kind in our world.
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||
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||
＠Tepeu
|
||
But once Tezcatlipoca, a god of Proper Human History, was summoned here, many things took on new meaning.
|
||
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＠Tepeu
|
||
Things that simply existed before, became special. Technically, I suppose it was an act of substitution, but no matter.
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＠Tepeu
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||
My point is, it was the first time anyone in our world had ever heard a story.
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