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[oldsoldiersneverdie]

On Earth - my Earth, anyway, though I'm sure it's true on other ones too - today is celebrated as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in much of Europe and North America. It marks the day World War One ended, and in remembrance of those who've served in the armed forces, particularly those who died on the battlefield in sacrifice of a cause.

I've been a soldier most of my life - at times an unconventional one, but it doesn't make the battles any less real. I've seen a lot of people die fighting.

And here we are, today, conscripts in the middle of another war. So take a moment and remember those you may have lost at home - people close to you, or people you never knew who were fighting for you all the same. And think about why you fight here. Or why you don't fight, if that's the case. Both are choices not to be made lightly.

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[governorkang]

My kind have a similar holiday.

[permavoice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

It's good to have a day like this, I think - a day to remember. Some politicians try to make it propaganda, but the sacrifices of those before us are really an argument in favor of piece, and a reminder of the cost of it.

[governorkang]

The military will always be a part of who we are, even in times of peace. For us, it's only partly about a war, the one that is the entire reason we exist. It's also about the sacrifices many of us made in order to have a life of our own, not controlled by the ones who created us.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

In my time, there was a caste system - based on whether you had powers, and how strong they made you. Part of what we fought against was that system - the idea that only the strong were worthy.

[governorkang]

[He winces slightly, remembering the hatcheries and his time in the Dragonarmies.]

That idea isn't unfamiliar to me.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

It's been present at times in Earth's past, too.

[governorkang]

It's a multiversal constant.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Like death and taxes.