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Dearest sisters, | Dearest sisters, | ||
It's taken me two years — a quarter of our lives — but I've found the proof. We aren't native to the [[Fundament]]. Our ancient ancestors came here to hide. | |||
The plate of stone we live on, our [[Osmium Court]], is one fragment of a rocky planet that crashed into the Fundament and broke apart. All the other nearby continents — the [[Helium Drinkers]], the Bone Plaza, the Starcutters — came from the same world. | The plate of stone we live on, our [[Osmium Court]], is one fragment of a rocky planet that crashed into the Fundament and broke apart. All the other nearby continents — the [[Helium Drinkers]], the Bone Plaza, the Starcutters — came from the same world. | ||
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We live on the shrapnel of our homeworld, floating on an ocean deep inside a gas giant. | We live on the shrapnel of our homeworld, floating on an ocean deep inside a gas giant. | ||
That's what Fundament must be. A titanic gas planet. The endless storm above us must be one layer of the atmosphere. And the sea we float on... there's more down beneath it. So much more! | |||
You understand what this means, [[Sathona]]. The Timid Truth is a lie. We | You understand what this means, [[Sathona]]. The Timid Truth is a lie. We aren't meant to be the world's prey. We weren't born to live and die in the dark. | ||
We have a better destiny. | We have a better destiny. | ||
Tell our father, sister Sathona. This is the proof of his | Tell our father, sister Sathona. This is the proof of his life's work. | ||
With love, for your second birthday,<br> | With love, for your second birthday,<br> | ||
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They will become me and I will become them, each of us defeating the other, correcting the other, alloying ourselves into one omnipotent philosophy. Thus I will live forever. | They will become me and I will become them, each of us defeating the other, correcting the other, alloying ourselves into one omnipotent philosophy. Thus I will live forever. | ||
I'll make sure. | |||
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