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[At least Keith knows how to keep a feed steady on his face. He's had a lot of practice at this. His voice is somewhat hushed, and he is in a darkened room, glancing back over his shoulder before he finally clears his throat and starts to speak.]

It was Lance's birthday on Sunday. And I totally forgot, and I think it might have hurt his feelings. So. [He takes a deep breath, glancing back behind his shoulder again.] I guess I'm going to throw him a late birthday party, so he stops sulking. Please, everyone, I could use some backup here. If you could just show up at the house this afternoon for a few minutes or something, that would be great. You don't have to know us. He'll just be happy to have people paying attention to him.

[There's some noise behind him, and he looks back again before standing up hurriedly and speaking in a hushed voice.] Okay, Keith out.

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[Keith is pretty sure that Lance is aware that something is up, because he's been running around like a madman setting things up for what he hopes to be at least a decent little gathering. With luck, people have heard the message and will show, and that should help Lance feel a little better. Not that Keith cares, of course. He just wants his roommate to stop making snide comments.

By mid-afternoon, he's managed to set up a table with some food -- of questionable quality, but still edible -- and found a bot to play some music quietly. It's not like any sort of music he's ever heard, honestly, but it'll do the trick for now, hopefully.

Now to wait and pray that someone actually shows. Even better if they bring something with them.]

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Not a bad theory.

[He was willing to play with many ideas.]

That sounds similar to some theories about the creation of the universe. It's possible that it would not have to happen all at once, either. There could be triggers that cause a dimension to split off into two parts.

I have played with the idea of dimensional travel, and as I have spoken to more people here I have met a few who have already experienced it before. I'll admit, I had always viewed Niflheim as the leader in technology, but I find myself envious of people who could so readily travel worlds and dimensions.

It's pretty cool to go through planet to planet, not gonna lie. I wish for me it was more exploration and less...well, fighting a massive war, though. Maybe one day I'll be able to go back and do it again without worrying about getting blown to smithereens.

[Not bad. While he seemed like a mostly typical boy, he appreciated exploration, had curiosity about their situation and was able to put forth a theory of his own.]

War can do that. I can only imagine how advanced we would be if war hadn't destroyed much of civilization. Much of what I've worked with could be considered 'debris', remnants of what once was from millennia ago.

But, speaking of your theory, I have been searching for potential connections between our different worlds. One can never know what information will turn out to be relevant, but seeing that the calendar system is comparable, I do wonder what year it was where you were from.

Yeah. War...definitely does that. There's ten thousand year old tech way beyond what my home planet could ever hope to achieve anytime soon that would have been lost if it weren't for two survivors of the race. Nuff said.

[He lets him know, then, when he's from. ~~It's like 2xxx AD.~~]

That is a similarity between our two worlds, then, though the dates are quite different.

What was your Earth like? It would appear they had space travel at the very least, so it would likely be an advanced world.

Oh, well... I mean, it's definitely advanced enough to have space travel. Technology's pretty rockin', but when I got to space, I felt like we were like, primitive beings compared to a lot of the rest of the universe. We didn't even know for sure there was sentient life outside our planet! Sorta. I mean. The government probably had an idea, and the Garrison definitely did at some point, since those bastards tried covering things up when Shiro escaped back to Earth but that's a whoooooooole other story...

[Lance does his best, then, to explain the state of things on Earth, comparing it to some other places he's been, and to here.]

Though there were theories, I had thought little of life on other planets and focused on more critical research that was at hand.

[In some ways they were alike. Discovering this city had brought to light many things he had only been able to ponder about before. He listened quietly, engaged and giving Lance his full attention as he explained, taking down notes in his mind.]

I can appreciate your enthusiasm to learn about new worlds. I wish more were so eager.

I know I'm not the only one. Everyone who went to the school I was in had that same hunger to go to the stars. And now that humans know that there's more life out there, I think it's going to really kickstart more people into wanting to learn more.

That's good. [He smiled, genuine in his assertion.] It must have been quite something, discovering something as important as life on other planets during your lifetime.

Oh, definitely! It was amazing. [Nodnod.] I just wish it were under more peaceful circumstances.

I would love to hear all about it someday. About the technology, the requirements for traveling through space, life on other planets, space illnesses...

[It was actually something beyond what he'd experienced, so he wanted to hear pretty much everything about it. Even if Lance wasn't a scientist, his own personal experience could shed a lot of light on the subject.]

I can give you the deets sometime, then. I mean, I'm not exactly the techy person of the team, far from it, but I can give you some general info if that's good enough?

[Shame Pidge and Hunk aren't here.

...god, he misses them already.]

Even a description provided by a layperson can be of help. Some information is better than none.

[No reason to discourage Lance from sharing.]

You know someone who would be more familiar with the mechanics, though?

The only other person from my world here is Keith, and he's more about stabbity funtimes than tech. The people who'd actually be able to give you detailed stuff aren't here, unfortunately.

[He shakes his head.]

A Belated Birthday - video and action options

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OH NO DON'T ASK THE DREADED YEAR QUESTION, we're never told LOL

I'm sorry he asks for all the details authors randomly refuse to give

how dare!

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