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[stonefaith]

Does anyone here happen to know anything about the sea? I was born far inland. Oceans are unfamiliar to me.

[ OOC: this is bariyan's incredibly subtle attempt to lure in people who can help him out on making this United Earth trip happen! and anyone else who wants to come along B) ]

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[stonefaith]

[ No, Bariyan listens attentively, though he hadn't been expecting so much at once. He was grateful for it though. Information was always welcome.

Huh. The world did not sound any more pleasant a place back then than it was today. ]

Is your Soviet Union now the same thing as the United Earth? And these weapons. Is it possible that they still exist?

[oxfordian]

I do not believe they are the same, no. It is interesting, I cannot quite place who the United Earth once was. It is as though it were an... amalgam of many governments I once knew.

( A bit of a pause. God, does he hope they don't. )

I wish that I could say they do not. However, I imagine that the destruction of -- of whole continents here in this world that were once in mine can... only be attributed to such scientific technology. My best guess would be that they do still exist, in some form.

[stonefaith]

And likely a more advanced one than what you know, I assume. That is highly unfortunate.

If possible, I'd like to meet with you some time in the future to speak further about the state of this world. It seems you may be a little more well-informed than most of us.

[oxfordian]

I would most certainly be willing. I am in my office most often, as it were. In the Hold. I'm not sure if I can guarantee its use, but I do know a great deal more than I think I realise.