Mission 23

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[Cambot is hanging out on the media deck, wandering a wander and playing the Jeopardy theme while his person reads something. Apparently he's bored.

Xion looks up, sighing.]

Cambot, you've been playing that for--Oh, you're recording.

[Not looking too happy about the surprise, she holds up the book she was reading. It looks like a kid's book, with very large picture of a dinosaur on the cover.]

I thought it might be a good idea to find some information about dinosaurs since that's part of what we're dealing with here, but I can't find more than basic information. Does anybody else know much about them?

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He's just curious. It's what he does.

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[He shrugs.] They are interesting. But I don't know a lot.

In science class there's a theory called evolution. It's about every generation of species being a little different. The animals that survive are better-suited to live in their environment. Over time they become different species. The theory says some ape species slowly became more and more like humans.

I'm betting these guys evolved the same way.

He's a Riku, they always want to know about things.

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[Xion nods in understanding. If she tried to really know a lot about everything she found interesting, she'd get a headache.]

I see. So people think humans started out as monkeys that just changed a lot?

[Sounds kind of weird, but she's accepted stranger things. Though now she kind of wants to compare pictures so she can see how that might have happened.]

It's what Rikus do best.

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Yeah, over millions of years. Each generation was a little different, even if you couldn't tell from the parents.

[He'd be fine sitting down and explaining it if she ever does want to compare pictures.]

Yep. Also, yes, I think we're good to finish that Nami thread where it is.

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So little changes over a long period of time. I guess that makes sense.

[Xion may take him up on that, when they're in a place with better books.]

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Sort of like watching clouds on a quiet day. They change very slowly.

[Man, when will that ever be...?]

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[Oh, she knows that kind of thing.]

And sometimes you don't even notice until they already look different?

[When, indeed. Even after they get off the Satellite, it'll be a while before their points in time converge.]

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Exactly. And you can rarely guess how they're going to change, either.

[And then they have to remember...]

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Got it, thanks. I'd look for more information here, but you know how the books are.

[Yes, those tricky memories.]

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About as reliable as using a keyblade as a fly swatter? [Though that didn't stop Sora from doing that...]

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[Xion hasn't heard that story yet, though she'd get a good laugh out of it.]

I guess so, but what made you think of that?

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Sora had this habit of accepting bee extermination duty in Twilight Town and only using his Keyblade.

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[Normally, Xion doesn't like to laugh at her Original. Normally, though, she hasn't just been told he used his Keyblade for bee extermination. Therefore, she laughs.]

Really? But wouldn't hitting them just make them mad?

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Yeah, but Twilight Town bees seem pretty slow to figure that out. Lucky for Sora.

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Very lucky.

[Still chuckling a little, here.]