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[lilacwood]

(A slender, white figure is sitting on the shore of a peaceful river. She is dripping wet, her knees drawn up to her chest. Warily, she glances at her communicator, pushing back her thick mane of white hair absently.)

You mustn't move too much or too fast in this heat. When you feel overwhelmed, find the shade of a tree or cool water.

(Amalthea closes her eyes and stretches out in the grass, resting on her side.)

This forest is like mine. I could rest...

(If her skin wasn't so sensitive to sunlight...bugs... How do humans stand it?)

Does anyone remember me?

Comments

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[cadbane]

On what planet?

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[lilacwood]

That is a strange question.

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[cadbane]

Is it? I know of hundreds of planets.

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[lilacwood]

I know of...one.

And this one. (So two. Strange. It feels like she has known that fact, but recalling it is a sluggish chore.) Earth.

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[cadbane]

There's a lot of humans from there.

Obviously, I'm not.

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[lilacwood]

No. You have the look of...

I do not know. What is the name of your species?

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[cadbane]

I'm a Duros.

[Not that he expects her to have heard of them.]

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[lilacwood]

Are you unyielding, harsh, hard or rough? (She knows her Latin.)

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[cadbane]

[He doesn't get the reference.]

Sometimes you have to be.

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[lilacwood]

Do not let it be your defining characteristic.