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 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.]

[halfdarkened]

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.]

[halfdarkened]

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.]

[halfdarkened]

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?

[halfdarkened]

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.]