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[companioning]

[The feed flickers a few times as Inara pokes at her phone a few times. Finally it steadies and Inara shakes her head.]

Bàoqiàn. I'm sorry, I'm still attempting to get use to these communication devices.

[She settles back and offers a charming smile before briefly dipping her head.]

Nín hǎo? For those of you I've failed to meet, I'm Inara Serra and still relatively new here. [She draws in a deep breath before continuing on.] Now I know that there are a great deal of you came from Earth, and while I find that truly fascinating and would love to hear some of your stories concerning it, I'm interested in knowing just where everyone else comes from.

I ask because though my ancestors come from Earth, though, no one has lived on Earth for centuries. I was born and raised on a planet called Sihnon. I trained there as well but before coming here, I'd spent a good year traveling between the different planets and various moons of our system.

[She takes a small sip of her tea before giving a brief nod of her head. She might have borrowed a teapot and some cups.]

I can't offer much, but I've only just made a fresh pot of tea and I'd be willing to share it with anyone who wouldn't mind telling me about where they come from.


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[rosebyanyother]

[There's a little click of his tongue and a brief nod to concede her point.]

Well, yes, that's also entirely possible. We were quite a few centuries out from the first colonization of other planets but you may be further than we are. [He continues to look contemplative.] I suppose if you're not particularly familiar with Earth's solar system, then you might not have heard of - or been taught - of the war between the solar planets and those on the outer rim of the galaxy?

[It's a recent past, for Peter's world.]

[companioning]

[Inara's eyebrows draw together and she shakes her head.]

No, I can't say that I am. The only war that I know that happened outside of Earth was the Unification War but that was rather recent. What exactly happened in the war you speak of?

[rosebyanyother]

Oh, mostly foolishness.

[Which is a very glib answer for such a long, ruinous conflict. Peter's voice regains some gravity as he goes on.]

A skirmish that began on one planet that dragged the entire galaxy into chaos for two centuries. A nasty thing that only ended in the last decade.

[companioning]

[Inara's eyebrows lift as he talks.]

Wow. Thankfully it was put behind you all... Or was it something that still darkened people's thoughts?

[rosebyanyother]

I daresay it still loomed large in many minds. Ten years isn't much when it comes to rebuilding. Though the solar planets at least had an easier time of it.

[So, maybe a little bit like the Alliance planets...

He remembers not to sound too bitter about that ease. He's supposedly from one of those solar planets.]

[companioning]

[She does pick up a little of the bitterness, but it's understandable considering.]

I can understand that. There are a great many people who are still bitter over the Reunification War where I come from.