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# Tycho Brahe#Artemis --- 2346 # Tycho Brahe#Artemis --- 2346
> *Convergence T-2 days, 23 hours, 6 minutes* > *Convergence T-2 days, 17 hours, 6 minutes*
"We would like to ask you about the history of your species." "We would like to ask you about the history of your species."
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After a few seconds, the Artemisians slid back out of fast time, and Turun Ka spoke once more. "To your second request, yes, this fits the pattern as established after the first convergence. When we approached a star for a gravity assist, we confirmed radio transmissions following a familiar pattern and halted our planned maneuver to orbit the second planet from the star. There, we found a planet-bound civilization of approximately two billion biological individuals. We analyzed the language well enough to learn it within a day common time, and were able to initiate contact. I will allow representative Iska to describe from here." After a few seconds, the Artemisians slid back out of fast time, and Turun Ka spoke once more. "To your second request, yes, this fits the pattern as established after the first convergence. When we approached a star for a gravity assist, we confirmed radio transmissions following a familiar pattern and halted our planned maneuver to orbit the second planet from the star. There, we found a planet-bound civilization of approximately two billion biological individuals. We analyzed the language well enough to learn it within a day common time, and were able to initiate contact. I will allow representative Iska to describe from here."
The secondracer sat up straight. "We approached the communication with caution until we were able to ascertain that the object appeared to be a solid cylinder with few moving parts. After establishing a line of communication, we were able to understand that they were like those that we had called embedded. After approximately..." They trailed off, blurred into fast-time, then returned. "Approximately fifteen months, we were able to structure both of our systems to accept uploads from the other. Our talks were not as structured as this convergence, and we became secondrace without much discussion. Eight billion of our estimated forty billion embedded individuals joined this ship and--" The secondracer sat up straight. "We approached the communication with caution until we were able to ascertain that the object appeared to be a solid cylinder with few moving parts. After establishing a line of communication, we were able to understand that they were like those that we had called embedded. After approximately..." They trailed off, blurred into fast-time, then returned. "Approximately fifteen months, we were able to modify both of our systems to accept uploads from the other. Our talks were not as structured as this convergence, and we became secondrace without much discussion. Eight billion of our estimated forty billion embedded individuals joined this ship and--"
Turun Ka and Iska blurred into fast time. Codrin added another tick mark. Turun Ka and Iska blurred into fast time. Codrin added another tick mark.
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"Why does everyone seem stressed?" he said, once they'd made a lap around the plaza. "We have as much time as we want up here, basically. Shouldn't we just go slower and accept that it might take a while." "Why does everyone seem stressed?" he said, once they'd made a lap around the plaza. "We have as much time as we want up here, basically. Shouldn't we just go slower and accept that it might take a while."
The writer yawned, rubbing a hand over eir face. "I don't know if it's a time thing. I think True Name is stressed because we haven't figured out how to have conversations correctly. It's a sort of mutual misunderstanding. We don't know why they won't answer *x* while they have no clue why we'd even ask it in the first place, and then the script gets flipped for the next question." Codrin yawned, rubbing a hand over eir face. "I don't know if it's a time thing. I think True Name is stressed because we haven't figured out how to have conversations correctly. It's a sort of mutual misunderstanding. We don't know why they won't answer *x* while they have no clue why we'd even ask it in the first place, and then the script gets flipped for the next question."
"Didn't we know that going in, though?" "Didn't we know that going in, though?"