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[almaredemptoris]

To Whom It May Concern,

Based on the current cycle of the moon, Easter ought to fall on the 7th Sunday from today, which would make tomorrow Ash Wednesday. I do not expect that a great many here share in these traditions, being that we are refugees of countless lands. I wish only to ask if any have attempted to establish the faiths of our home lands here in this new one, if there exist places of worship outside of the temples of Olympia and Wyver.

With sincerest thanks,

U.F.

Comments

[braidedwonder]

Fair enough. I didn't either.

But you could at least try.

[almaredemptoris]

Has this Sister Helen come to this city as well?

[braidedwonder]

Not that I know of. But she wouldn't be the first dead person to show up on planet, either.

[almaredemptoris]

[Allow him a moment of shock before he replies.] My condolences, stranger. Do you mean to say that even those who have already passed on may be given a new beginning here?

[braidedwonder]

Thanks.

Yes. I know a few people who died in their world that are alive and breathing here. Two, to be exact. Doesn't seem like it has any bad effects on them, either. At least not that I've seen.

[almaredemptoris]

How can this be so? The body is meant to be mortal.

[braidedwonder]

Not sure, but you're also in a place where they brought you from another dimension to save your life so..

Should probably start with how they managed that, first.

[almaredemptoris]

It is true, there are mysteries beyond what man can comprehend. So too are there things that men ought to leave be.

[braidedwonder]

You're in the future now, bud, by the sounds of it - There's nothing that people leave alone out here now. Not even space.

[almaredemptoris]

[It is not the first time it has been suggested that he must hail from a bygone era, but it is no less unsettling.] It hardly seems possible that man can travel the stars, yet I must concede what I myself have witnessed.

[braidedwonder]

I've been out among them, and it's so much better from space than Earth. Everything is brighter

[almaredemptoris]

Have you experience traveling the stars then?

[braidedwonder]

Yeah. I was actually born on a space colony, so you could even say I was conceived amongst them. In a tube, but hey, not everyone can enjoy the natural life.

I've flown lots of things through space. It's really beautiful but just as dangerous and that's... probably why I love it so much.

[almaredemptoris]

[Well, one's conception seems a terribly personal matter to discuss, so...] It seems quite an exciting life. I think I prefer to keep my feet firmly planted on the earth, however.

[braidedwonder]

Aw, come on!

If you keep thinking that way you'll only see dim stars and no nebulas, and what fun is that?