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  2. [3/31/2016 4:15:47 PM] Tathaenhi: "Here's the thing - even the things you find most hideously ugly, within their own species they will find one another attractive, not ugly"
  3. [3/31/2016 4:16:00 PM] Tathaenhi: "Humanoids are the dominant species in this universe"
  4. [3/31/2016 4:16:06 PM] Tathaenhi: "They're like the 'white people' of this universe"
  5. [3/31/2016 4:16:21 PM] Tathaenhi: "Although generally among positives you don't see racism like you do on this planet"
  6. [3/31/2016 4:16:24 PM] Spi: Oh, you mean human ETs, right?
  7. [3/31/2016 4:16:28 PM] Tathaenhi: "Yes"
  8. [3/31/2016 4:16:36 PM] Spi: Kay. I see.
  9. [3/31/2016 4:17:12 PM] Tathaenhi: "approximately 60% of the population of this universe, by species, could pass for human with perhaps a little makeup and a shrink or growth spell"
  10. [3/31/2016 4:17:27 PM] Tathaenhi: "they come in all colours of the rainbow"
  11. [3/31/2016 4:17:34 PM] Tathaenhi: "The other 40% are the exotics"
  12. [3/31/2016 4:17:47 PM] Spi: Does being human make other aliens... automatically pay attention to you? Like become interested?
  13. [3/31/2016 4:17:49 PM] Tathaenhi: "Things like reptilians, dragons, phoenixes, etc"
  14. [3/31/2016 4:17:56 PM] Tathaenhi: "not necessarily, no"
  15. [3/31/2016 4:18:10 PM] Tathaenhi: "Being TERRAN will"
  16. [3/31/2016 4:18:15 PM] Tathaenhi: "Because you are a curiosity to many"
  17. [3/31/2016 4:18:32 PM] Tathaenhi: "and this planet is of critical importance right now"
  18. [3/31/2016 4:18:43 PM] Spi: Ah, so it's deeper than just being a particular race.
  19. [3/31/2016 4:18:47 PM] Spi: But also everything behind it.
  20. [3/31/2016 4:19:11 PM] Spi: When they see a terran, they automatically pay attention because they know that person is probably on an important mission or something.
  21. [3/31/2016 4:19:32 PM] Spi: I don't know, most terrans seem to be too asleep.
  22. [3/31/2016 4:19:58 PM] Spi: But... it's not entirely clear to me why they would direct their attention just to one person who is Terran.
  23. [3/31/2016 4:20:11 PM] Spi: Or a different alien race that has been on Earth.
  24. [3/31/2016 4:20:33 PM] Spi: But you just said that it's just because of Earth.
  25. [3/31/2016 4:21:14 PM] Spi: I'm imagining the importance behind everything they're looking at, the history, the culture, the development, the impact on the universe, and many other things.
  26. [3/31/2016 4:21:58 PM] Spi: So probably if one alien has a background of being a Terran, a lot of other beings would notice them if they knew.
  27. [3/31/2016 4:21:58 PM] Tathaenhi: "Well, it's also curiosity, and many other things... let me paint you a hypothetical situation"
  28. [3/31/2016 4:22:18 PM] Tathaenhi: "Say if I was to pick you up by ship and take you as you are now to one of the neutral diplomatic areas"
  29. [3/31/2016 4:22:55 PM] Tathaenhi: "Within that neutral diplomatic area, you would be safe. None would attack you or harm you physically, because such is strictly forbidden and enforced to the point of anyone starting it gets immediately vapourized"
  30. [3/31/2016 4:23:02 PM] Tathaenhi: "But everyone you meet would react to your presence"
  31. [3/31/2016 4:23:20 PM] Tathaenhi: "Some would pretend to ignore you. Some would like you. Some would hate you. Some would want to talk with you, others would want to avoid you."
  32. [3/31/2016 4:23:41 PM] Tathaenhi: "But every single one would be fully aware that you were there and very interested in you and what you do, how you react"
  33. [3/31/2016 4:24:09 PM] Tathaenhi: "some might approach and try to interact with you for various purposes - to try to get you to reveal what they can about yourself"
  34. [3/31/2016 4:24:18 PM] Tathaenhi: "Or to try to initiate friendship"
  35. [3/31/2016 4:24:33 PM] Tathaenhi: "Or to try to set a psionic or magical hook in you to use later"
  36. [3/31/2016 4:25:24 PM] Spi: Woah, that's interesting. Even if it was an asleep person that didn't do much on Earth?
  37. [3/31/2016 4:25:25 PM] Tathaenhi: "it would be very, very dangerous for you, though less so for you than for the average uninitiated, untrained terran. YOU are at least aware that there are multiple levels of interaction and that there are things that exist that your materialistic world doesn't acknowledge"
  38. [3/31/2016 4:25:32 PM] Tathaenhi: "Yes"
  39. [3/31/2016 4:25:46 PM] Tathaenhi: "as soon as they realized you were a physical, embodied Terran, they would react. To an individual"
  40. [3/31/2016 4:25:54 PM] Tathaenhi: "Many would be adept at hiding those reactions"
  41. [3/31/2016 4:26:21 PM] Tathaenhi: "A sleeping Terran would have no chance of making it away from such a trip without getting hundreds of hooks in them"
  42. [3/31/2016 4:26:34 PM] Tathaenhi: "You would still have to be very wary in any interactions - wary and guarded"
  43. [3/31/2016 4:26:43 PM] Tathaenhi: "on the alert for treachery"
  44. [3/31/2016 4:26:45 PM] Spi: Hooks, like a piece of their energy?
  45. [3/31/2016 4:26:53 PM] Tathaenhi: "even though outright attacks are not permitted, subtle ones are a grey area"
  46. [3/31/2016 4:27:03 PM] Tathaenhi: "Yes, like tags with which to find you or attempt to control you later"
  47. [3/31/2016 4:27:11 PM] Spi: Even if they were positive beings?
  48. [3/31/2016 4:27:13 PM] Tathaenhi: "Bits of programming, psionic baggage"
  49. [3/31/2016 4:27:30 PM] Tathaenhi: "Yes, because even positives might justify this as ultimately helping you, whether you might agree or not"
  50. [3/31/2016 4:27:39 PM] Spi: What the fuck, that's crazy.
  51. [3/31/2016 4:27:49 PM] Tathaenhi: "Remember, it's a spectrum"
  52. [3/31/2016 4:27:54 PM] Tathaenhi: "Not an on/off switch"
  53. [3/31/2016 4:28:03 PM] Tathaenhi: "different species and societies have different ethics"
  54. [3/31/2016 4:28:21 PM] Tathaenhi: "The ethic of the Silver Legion would strictly forbid any such kind of attachment without your express consent and knowledge"
  55. [3/31/2016 4:28:27 PM] Tathaenhi: "But not everyone shares that ethic"
  56. [3/31/2016 4:29:05 PM] Tathaenhi: "For instance, I like you enough to be inclined to protect you. But I will not put my mark on you without your knowledge or consent. That mark would activate in the presence of enemies and summon me to protect you."
  57. [3/31/2016 4:29:32 PM] Tathaenhi: "Tath and I share each other's marks, but this is done with consent and knowledge"
  58. [3/31/2016 4:29:58 PM] Tathaenhi: "I would, however, put my mark near your home, such that if something crosses it, I would be aware"
  59. [3/31/2016 4:30:11 PM] Spi: The thing is... usually from what I gather from my experiences, having a mark from other beings allows them to know what you're doing/up to/intentions/thinking.
  60. [3/31/2016 4:30:25 PM] Tathaenhi: "It depends on the person, it depends on the marker, it depends on the mark"
  61. [3/31/2016 4:30:40 PM] Tathaenhi: "Some marks permit more backflow of information than others"
  62. [3/31/2016 4:30:51 PM] Tathaenhi: "In the case of Tath and I, as we are partners, our marks allow a lot of information"
  63. [3/31/2016 4:31:27 PM] Spi: I once put a mark on Starfire and she told me she could get fired for it. I did it without her consent, so I had to recall it back.
  64. [3/31/2016 4:32:03 PM] Tathaenhi: "In the case of a person who I am very committed to protecting, that mark will relay a large degree of information. In the case of someone who is an acquaintance that I would like the opportunity to render aid to - such as yourself - it would merely tell me whether or not you are alive and a sort of general health or condition report"
  65. [3/31/2016 4:32:49 PM] Spi: Depending on the energy of the mark, like if it was common regular energy, it might be okay. But if it was something vital, or something really exquisite, it can get them in trouble.
  66. [3/31/2016 4:33:02 PM] Spi: From getting fired to arrested.
  67. [3/31/2016 4:33:34 PM] Spi: It'd probably be solved if they had an approved license for having someone else's lost energy or something.
  68. [3/31/2016 4:34:13 PM] Tathaenhi: "The thing about marks, is that other beings can see them in certain circumstances"
  69. [3/31/2016 4:34:25 PM] Tathaenhi: "So if your Starfire shows up with your mark, it will tell others that she is involved with you somehow"
  70. [3/31/2016 4:34:41 PM] Tathaenhi: "Since it was not an enemy mark but a friend mark, you become a target which can be used to harm her"
  71. [3/31/2016 4:35:06 PM] Tathaenhi: "I have a mark for enemies. It will block off certain skills and also warn anyone trying to remove it that the remover will face my wrath for doing so"
  72. [3/31/2016 4:35:25 PM] Spi: Yeah, that makes sense.
  73. [3/31/2016 4:36:39 PM] Tathaenhi: "We don't have a prohibition against getting marked in the Silver Legion, but as I said before, everyone has different ethics and different mores and different policies and procedures"
  74. [3/31/2016 4:36:56 PM] Tathaenhi: "If someone was to try to hurt a precious person of our personnel, we would react in force"
  75. [3/31/2016 4:37:04 PM] Tathaenhi: "Mess with one of us, you mess with the whole Legion"
  76. [3/31/2016 4:37:22 PM] Tathaenhi: "And there are beings in the Legion who are very powerful. We do have a number of gods among our ranks, and very high dimensional, very powerful people"
  77. [3/31/2016 4:37:39 PM] Tathaenhi: "All of whom will gleefully step in to teach the foolish a lesson in leaving our friends alone"
  78. [3/31/2016 4:39:24 PM] Tathaenhi: "You still have Abaddon's mark, by the way"
  79. [3/31/2016 4:39:49 PM] Tathaenhi: "It's a contingency mark. It will only activate in certain circumstances, which I can't tell by looking at it. But I can see it"
  80. [3/31/2016 4:39:53 PM] Tathaenhi: "Most would not be able to see this"
  81. [3/31/2016 4:45:04 PM] Spi: (Sorry, was on phone)
  82. [3/31/2016 4:45:27 PM] Spi: reading o:
  83. [3/31/2016 4:45:49 PM] Tathaenhi: no prob. I'm making anko
  84. [3/31/2016 4:47:10 PM] Tathaenhi: I fucking love red beans
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