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The firstracer lifted its chin in assent and those around the table stood, exchanging bows before making their way each to their own rest area.
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Once they'd made it around the corner into the common area, the skunk grinned toothily at Tycho. "Good catch, Dr. Brahe."
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Once they'd made it around the corner into the common area, the skunk grinned at Tycho. "Good catch, Dr. Brahe."
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"I was a little surprised, myself. That gives us a good idea of their speed and perhaps their traj--"
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"We have decided that there are not any that are seen as distasteful," Turun Ka said after another conferral with its delegates. "But there are many that are seen as frivolous. Some view contemplative or spiritual life as frivolous, particularly among secondrace, which is very old."
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Codrin frowned, making a note to ask about that later. They had the concept of spirituality, and even the concept of a life lived in in contemplation. It raised several other questions besides, such as why it was that the second oldest race bore the brunt of that assumption, and why it had been implied that firstrace was immune. Were religions shared between the races? Were religions time-bound? In eir hundred and twenty-eight years of life, time had run out on countless end-of-the-world predictions.
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Codrin frowned, making a note to ask about that later. They had the concept of spirituality, and even the concept of a life lived in in contemplation. It raised several other questions besides, such as why it was that the second oldest race bore the brunt of that assumption, and why it had been implied that firstrace was immune. Were religions shared between the races? Were religions time-bound? In eir 128 years of life, time had run out on countless end-of-the-world predictions.
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Ey shook the rumination from eir eyes in time to hear True Name asking, "What is the population's the view of the Council of Eight?"
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Turun Ka rocked its head from side to side. Amusement, Codrin#Castor had written. "We are seen as almost vestigial except during convergences. What guidance we provide we do so through through advisory not--"
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It was interrupted by a bang as Answers Will Not Help, who had been nearly in a stupor up until this point, slammed her fists down on the table. "I must keep no veil between me and my words. I must set no stones between me and my actions."
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It was interrupted by a bang as Answers Will Not Help, who had been nearly in a stupor up until this point, slammed her fists down on the table. "I must keep no veil between me and my words. I must set no stones between me and my actions!"
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There was a tense moment of silence.
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