Sorry to miss last nights post. Sadly I had a massive headache. Please enjoy the return.
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I sat down in the seat that didn’t have anything in front of it. The old man sat down behind some circle held aloft by a massive pole thing. He turned a knob and pushed a button that had weird symbol over it. A loud noise came from in front of me and behind me. I don’t know what it was but the old man was calm. I imitated his behaviors as i didn’t want to stand out. The old man pulled the lever and the whole compartment lunged forward. “Is this like a battle cruise but for land?” I asked. I felt so naïve and ignorant but I felt the need to make conversation.
“Pretty much,” he said reassuringly. “There are many differences. For instance, this vehicle doesn’t have weapons. It’s an old technology that was for the purpose of moving people from location to location. People on earth use to travel just for the sake of traveling. This planet has no purpose for that as we can only live in this ring spanning two hundred miles across and 297 thousand miles around. Plus people use to converse face to face for all things. Instead of just doing most things within pocket cities like we do now and video conferences.”
“That sounds awful.” I said.
“Think so?” The old man asked as I began to nod. “That’s too bad. That’s how the Mercurians communicate.” I started to panic. Face to face communication? What is the purpose of such an awful thing? “Well, why don’t you get some rest. The journey will take about 45 digits. I’ll wake you when we get to the border.” He said.
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