Luceti Appointments

[i_speak_softly]

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[daisy023]

Human essence...

[Could it be that option? After all... It was the dominant shape. Daisy-023 would never expect a xenotype to ever speak well of the human race. Up until Luceti, she never had.

Again, up until Luceti.]

I remember String Theory back at school. [The one for the protectors of Earth, so to speak.] It said every possibility existed. But this place, and humanity...

[Is that why the Covenant is hunting us?]

[i_speak_softly]

But if every possible world exists, you wouldn't see an equal distribution of outcomes, right? It would be weighted by probability. Maybe something about humans just makes them more likely.

[daisy023]

[Daisy looks at Donatello, blue eyes big with curiosity, then continues.]

Possibly. But could there be another factor? [Her mind is burning with theories at this point.] Even the Third Party and the Malnosso have the forms of humans.

According to Catherine, we can't leave the barrier, because this world may be unstable for us. Life forms depending on the environment. One alien species from my world breathes methane. For all we know, there could be species that simply don't live according to our laws of reality.

[Not that she trusts him. But the possibility is too great in eyes to dismiss it at the moment.]

[i_speak_softly]

[He nods slowly.] It could also be that Luceti just isn't a representative sampling of all the multiverses. Everyone's noticed that there are certain biases in what kind of people end up here.

[daisy023]

Most here are human-shaped, and powerful. I don't think it may be a sampling but...

[A thought dawns into her. She remembers the Commandant's accidental word to describe Luceti.]

...Maybe there are more humans, baseline ones, in the other "regions".

[i_speak_softly]

[Don gives this due consideration: the idea of multiple enclosures, each biased towards different kinds of people. Sample populations...]

Daisy, I think we're starting to give the Malnosso too much credit.

[daisy023]

[Her head tilts upwards.]

It's usually dangerous to underestimate an enemy. What do you mean, sir?

[i_speak_softly]

[He sighs, giving up the train of thought.]

Look, it doesn't really matter. There's nothing we can do to or about the Malnosso, so our estimate of them is irrelevant.

[daisy023]

...Understood.

[Unfortunately, he is right. She sits.]

There's just so much I'd like to know... I hate being kept in the dark.

[Daisy-023 turns to him, with a look of curiosity. She had never imagined she'd have a talk like this with a xenotype. Guess this place opened minds, after all...]

Thank you for your ideas, sir... Sorry I went on with my paranoia.

[i_speak_softly]

It's all right. [He smiles a little.] After being here so long, sometimes I need to be reminded to keep fighting back.