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[divinebrush]

[Hello, citizens, you're now watching a recording of a curtain of silver hair and the sounds of someone poking and tapping at the communicator. There is an huff of breath, and then the camera is flipped over, revealing a woman with silver dog ears and red markings over her skin. She tilts her head curiously before smiling for the camera-- benevolently, radiantly, and somehow tinged with sadness. Then typing starts, slow and careful.]

HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IN THE GODS? WHAT SORT OF GOD DO YOU BELIEVE IN, IF YOU DO?

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[greyerrant]

I recognize only enemies of humanity, that would enslave them.

[divinebrush]

[She dips her head down in understanding.]

FAIR ENOUGH. I CANNOT ASK ANYONE TO BELIEVE, ONLY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND.

[greyerrant]

Humanity has grown beyond gods, and must put faith in the secular light of rationality. To turn our backs on thousands of years of learning is insanity, and a betrayal of our destiny.

[divinebrush]

WHAT IS THAT DESTINY?

[greyerrant]

To rule the stars in an enlightened galaxy. To bring truth even to the darkest reaches of old night.

[divinebrush]

RULING THE STARS? YOU ARE CAPABLE OF REACHING THEM?

[greyerrant]

Yes. We are capable of moving across the entire galaxy.

[divinebrush]

HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT?

[greyerrant]

Large ships, Navigators, geller fields and warp drives.

[divinebrush]

A SHIP! WAKA HAD A SHIP, BUT NOTHING CALLED A 'WARP DRIVE'. WHAT IS THAT?

[greyerrant]

A machine that takes you out of sidereal reality and pushes you through the Empyrean into the warp, and back out at your destination.

[divinebrush]

IT SOUNDS COMPLICATED. TRAVELING THE STARS WAS AS SIMPLE AS DRIFTING ALONG IN A BOAT ON A RIVER IN MY TIME.

[greyerrant]

That seems strange to me.