( audio | un: skywalker )

[apoptotic]

I don't suppose there's a workshop on the grounds. For those who need them, I can do basic mechanical repairs. [ and more than basic but those tend to require specialized tools that he's kind of lacking at the moment. ] Contact me privately, and we'll work out a deal.

For those who don't, I've learned that not many here were accustomed to interstellar travel prior to our recruitment. [ anakin lingers idly on the word “recruitment.” someone’s a tad furious. but he carries on in the same even tone of voice. ] I’m curious as to your worlds. Where you’re from, how far you’ve managed to explore.

[ general you there. he doesn't care to know about anyone's trip to the grand canyon.

someone please tell him, in detail, about the grand canyon. ]

And Finn? Check in. [ he did promise ok. this is him coming through. ]

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No.

[ so verbose, much words. ]

[headlining]

[wow, anakin, wow]

Of course you haven't. [A sigh.] Anyways, it's quite a large place. We've got landmasses all over, complete with several large oceans and seas that separate said landmasses. In terms of climate, you've got a wide range, depending on how close you are to the equator - that's the imaginary line dividing the planet in half, you see. The closer you get, the hotter it tends to be, and the opposite holds true, too.

...Honestly, I don't know if I'm boring you, this is all a-grade factual stuff they teach us as kids, I don't know how much of it would be interesting to a space traveler.

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[ so this earth isn't a single massive biome?

yeah, nice try. ]

I don't know of any pilot that doesn't know of an equator. Poles, too, for that matter.

[ assuming earth has those. keats didn't bring them up, so we can't be sure. ]

[headlining]

[anakin, don't you dare give him the "that sounds fake, but okay" argument!!]

Okay, just making sure. Maybe you're from one of those planets that, I don't know, is doughnut-shaped. As in, a toroidal planet. [man, is science weird] They've proven that something like that can exist out in the great big vastness of space, you know. And yes, we have poles.

A pilot? Ah, so you're not just a passenger on interstellar travel, you're the one taking people places. I don't suppose you've invented hyperdrives in your universe, yet, have you?

[apoptotic]

A long time ago. It'd be impossible to reach most systems without it.

[headlining]

And how many systems have you visited? How many planets are inhabited in the universe? Hundreds? Thousands?

[apoptotic]

There are hundreds of thousands of known inhabitable planets and moons. I've been to a good deal of them.

You'll be able to find records on the subject somewhere if you're interested.

[headlining]

[There's a long pause on his end. And then, Keats speaks up with an interested tone to his voice:]

Which one's your favorite? Out of all the ones you've visited?

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[ the one that is his favorite is also the one he cannot speak of. his wife's home, a small peaceful planet, far from the traffic of the inner rim, a blue-and-green jewel of soft hills and silvered water and warm sunshine.

so he straight up lies. ]

I don't have one.