"A lot of it got lost as time went on. The desert preserved it, but with nobody knowing how to work it.. people did the best they could as the knowledge died generation after generation. Even basic education was a struggle for a lot of locations for a while." He was there, he remembered, and caught it from nearly a half dozen different perspectives. He still didn't know how he felt about it, not really. "But with the advent of the Federation, now there's people to teach it .. and you know how fast kids pick up new things. Another couple generations and even this world can be paradise." Could be, wasn't necessarily going to happen.
Still, there were things that could be done in the meantime, like trying to figure out what's happening to July. "I heard New Miami is working on getting old timey airships going, if you get yours flying head that way and you might be able to find some more. I'll grab what looks like it might be good for sensors and drag it over, you might have to teach me what it does though!" He can admit, his life has NOT been focused on figuring out how to make a seismometer or something.
There is a moment of unfeigned delight when the reference is caught - of course she'd know, it was more or less contemporary to her, but to most people, it's a complete mystery! "Oh, I'm sure it'll be fine, especially if I bring some nice rings. A whole set, one for everybody!" He might, now, just to keep it going. "..Huh. And if you removed the K and pronounced it just a bit different, they could have grown up knights." Who saayyyy.. "Kni is awfully close to Knives, so I guess there's some similarities after all. Boy that wound up prophetic, I've heard some stories."
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Still, there were things that could be done in the meantime, like trying to figure out what's happening to July. "I heard New Miami is working on getting old timey airships going, if you get yours flying head that way and you might be able to find some more. I'll grab what looks like it might be good for sensors and drag it over, you might have to teach me what it does though!" He can admit, his life has NOT been focused on figuring out how to make a seismometer or something.
There is a moment of unfeigned delight when the reference is caught - of course she'd know, it was more or less contemporary to her, but to most people, it's a complete mystery! "Oh, I'm sure it'll be fine, especially if I bring some nice rings. A whole set, one for everybody!" He might, now, just to keep it going. "..Huh. And if you removed the K and pronounced it just a bit different, they could have grown up knights." Who saayyyy.. "Kni is awfully close to Knives, so I guess there's some similarities after all. Boy that wound up prophetic, I've heard some stories."