- 19:29
- fabulousFreebooter makes himself comfortable
- 19:30
- specificNihilism
- now then
- 19:30
- specificNihilism
- is there anything in particular you wished to ask?
- 19:30
- fabulousFreebooter
- oh, anything you could tell me would be of interest~***
- 19:30
- specificNihilism
- hm
- 19:30
- specificNihilism
- well
- 19:31
- specificNihilism
- from what spenih has picked up
- 19:31
- fabulousFreebooter
- though i have already gathered that humans are pale and ashen for each other by default~***
- 19:31
- specificNihilism
- yes
- 19:31
- specificNihilism
- or
- 19:31
- specificNihilism
- well
- 19:31
- specificNihilism
- some are
- 19:31
- specificNihilism
- some are less mild tempered than others
- 19:32
- fabulousFreebooter
- and it is the same with trolls~***
- 19:32
- fabulousFreebooter
- though in our case, it is usually "more violent"~***
- 19:32
- specificNihilism
- your species does seem to tend that way
- 19:32
- specificNihilism
- but
- 19:32
- specificNihilism
- humans do not donate genetic material the same way trolls do
- 19:33
- specificNihilism
- instead a male and female have sex
- 19:33
- specificNihilism
- and the female carries an unborn child for nine months
- 19:33
- specificNihilism
- and when the child is born
- 19:33
- specificNihilism
- the two parents raise it
- 19:33
- specificNihilism
- which seems to be significantly different from how trolls reproduce and raise their young
- 19:34
- fabulousFreebooter
- indeed it is~***
- 19:34
- fabulousFreebooter
- our grubs are hatched from eggs laid by the mother grub~***
- 19:35
- fabulousFreebooter
- who produces them from the slurry of genetic material provided by generations of trolls~***
- 19:35
- fabulousFreebooter
- and they are raised by lusus naturae~***
- 19:36
- specificNihilism
- freaks of nature?
- 19:36
- fabulousFreebooter
- hahaha, yes~***
- 19:36
- fabulousFreebooter
- they are beasts bred to protect and nurture trolls~***
- 19:36
- fabulousFreebooter
- mine was an aquatic serpent~***
- 19:36
- specificNihilism
- interesting
- 19:37
- specificNihilism
- though spenih can't imagine that they're as empathetic as human parents
- 19:37
- specificNihilism
- though
- 19:37
- specificNihilism
- you probably don't want guardians that coddle you
- 19:38
- fabulousFreebooter
- indeed not~***
- 19:38
- fabulousFreebooter
- not in our culture~***
- 19:39
- fabulousFreebooter
- it is a good way to get killed~***
- 19:40
- specificNihilism
- what a harsh world
- 19:40
- fabulousFreebooter
- would you prefer i said murdered?
- 19:40
- specificNihilism
- no
- 19:40
- specificNihilism
- spenih got that anyway
- 19:41
- fabulousFreebooter
- troll society is very dangerous and very violent, more even than some of the children know.
- 19:41
- fabulousFreebooter
- i was in the military for a short while, and that is directly the reason i stole a ship and became a pirate.
- 19:41
- specificNihilism
- ah
- 19:41
- specificNihilism
- that
- 19:42
- specificNihilism
- makes a great deal of sense
- 19:44
- fabulousFreebooter
- it is also why i recruited my crew young; i was the oldest, at 26 sweeps, when i began this life.
- 19:45
- fabulousFreebooter
- troll society rewards those who become jaded and paranoid, and whose greatest joy is in destruction.
- 19:46
- fabulousFreebooter
- but you've clearly met many trolls already; can you imagine all of them surviving a society like that?
- 19:46
- specificNihilism
- no
- 19:46
- specificNihilism
- she can't
- 19:46
- specificNihilism
- and the ones she has are surely not the softer or weaker ones
- 19:47
- fabulousFreebooter
- indeed not.
- 19:47
- specificNihilism
- so there must be even more that she hasn't met that were just as doomed
- 19:47
- specificNihilism
- :<
- 19:48
- fabulousFreebooter
- now, i can hardly claim that my crew was gentle, and we had quite a lot of joy destroying things... but we had joy in other places, too, and were all much happier for it.
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- spenih could tell
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- you loved each other
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- didn't you?
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- a little family
- 19:48
- fabulousFreebooter
- heeheehee~
- 19:48
- fabulousFreebooter
- not so little~***
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- well
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- alright
- 19:48
- specificNihilism
- probably not little
- 19:48
- fabulousFreebooter
- at our height, we had over a hundred crew members!
- 19:49
- specificNihilism
- oh wow
- 19:49
- fabulousFreebooter
- but it was delightful~***
- 19:49
- specificNihilism
- spenih can imagine
- 19:50
- specificNihilism
- it sounds nice
- 19:50
- specificNihilism
- well
- 19:50
- fabulousFreebooter
- and it was very much like my matesprit and i were lusii to our crew~***
- 19:50
- specificNihilism
- hee
- 19:50
- fabulousFreebooter
- which was quite a lot more enjoyable than i would have expected~***
- 19:50
- specificNihilism
- spenih can understand that
- 19:51
- specificNihilism
- sometimes
- 19:51
- specificNihilism
- it's nice to nurture
- 19:51
- specificNihilism
- rather than destroy
- 19:51
- fabulousFreebooter
- heeheehee~~~~~~
- 19:51
- fabulousFreebooter
- i believe the game agrees with you on that~***
- 19:52
- specificNihilism
- which is a scary thought indeed
- 19:53
- specificNihilism
- but after
- 19:53
- specificNihilism
- hm
- 19:53
- specificNihilism
- over ten sweeps in this game
- 19:54
- specificNihilism
- she probably has some understanding of what it does
- 19:54
- fabulousFreebooter
- oh my, so long~***
- 19:55
- specificNihilism
- yes
- 19:55
- specificNihilism
- it's been
- 19:55
- specificNihilism
- a long time
- 19:55
- fabulousFreebooter
- i believe i've only played for a sweep or so~***
- 19:55
- specificNihilism
- oh
- 19:55
- specificNihilism
- that's right
- 19:55
- specificNihilism
- trolls go through their [sessions] faster than humans do
- 19:56
- fabulousFreebooter
- oh, do we~***
- 19:56
- fabulousFreebooter
- interesting~***
- 19:56
- fabulousFreebooter
- i wasn't aware of that~***
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- in human time
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- most take about eight months
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- on average
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- where trolls get through in four or five?
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- something like that
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- at least
- 19:57
- specificNihilism
- that's what she heard from genart
- 19:58
- fabulousFreebooter
- a month is thirty days~***
- 19:58
- specificNihilism
- usually
- 19:59
- fabulousFreebooter
- yes, about four or five months, then~***
- 19:59
- fabulousFreebooter
- my first one only took three~***
- 19:59
- specificNihilism
- oh
- 19:59
- specificNihilism
- oh wow
- 19:59
- fabulousFreebooter
- but that was likely because we all knew each other~***
- 19:59
- specificNihilism
- possibly
- 20:00
- specificNihilism
- and if you were used to working together under stress
- 20:00
- specificNihilism
- that helps
- 20:00
- fabulousFreebooter
- and there was not as much squabbling as there might have been otherwise~***
- 20:00
- fabulousFreebooter
- yes~***
- 20:00
- specificNihilism
- anyways
- 20:01
- specificNihilism
- was there anything else you wanted to know about humans?
- 20:01
- fabulousFreebooter
- hmm~***
- 20:01
- fabulousFreebooter
- do you all have red blood~***
- 20:02
- specificNihilism
- yes
- 20:02
- specificNihilism
- we do
- 20:03
- fabulousFreebooter
- do any of you have psychic abilities~***
- 20:04
- specificNihilism
- not of which spenih is aware
- 20:05
- fabulousFreebooter
- i believe i only have one last question, then~~~~~*******
- 20:05
- specificNihilism
- yes?
- 20:05
- fabulousFreebooter
- do humans engage in romance on a recreational basis, or only for reproduction~***
- 20:06
- specificNihilism
- both
- 20:06
- specificNihilism
- and for emotional closeness
- 20:06
- specificNihilism
- it depends on the person
- 20:06
- fabulousFreebooter
- i see~~~~~~*
- 20:06
- fabulousFreebooter
- thank you, spenih, for being a marvelous teacher~~~~~**********
- 20:06
- specificNihilism
- you're welcome
- 20:07
- specificNihilism
- and thank you for humoring her curiosity
- 20:07
- fabulousFreebooter blows her another kiss
- 20:07
- fabulousFreebooter
- it was my pleasure, darling~~~~~~*********