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So uh... Hey everyone. Again.

[He could probably get a better opening line, but whatever. Moving on.]

I know like, a bunch of people just arrived so... Welcome, I guess. We're still working on the newbie's guide to waking up in a cave-city run by gods, but until then like, if you have any questions I can try and help? Also uh, it's probably safe at this point and we're just being paranoid, but you may want to avoid eating any meat products you find here. For reasons.

[MOVING ON.]

Also uh, sort of related, but I was thinking that maybe before next month we should really... Plan some way to help out? I mean, people just sort of show up and half the time there's monsters too, and... Maybe some sort of organized thing for helping the new people not get like, eaten or whatever would be a good idea.

[This is not exactly his area of expertise, so if other people want to take charge on this he's more than happy to let them, but otherwise he'll try and figure something out. It really seems like something important to get established.]

In uh, a rare moment of good news though, the whole coffee thing worked out. So if you want coffee there's some at Delight's bar now, though you'll have to like... Be kind of patient with me and the others being possibly terrible baristas. Still kind of getting the hang of the whole thing.

[But surely coffee itself is well worth any less-than-practiced customer service; they're at least pretty good at making coffee, including somewhat elaborate drinks, and as far as Chris is aware they're all trying. That's what counts, right?

Right?]

I think that's about it, except for that like... If anyone's curious, the handheld games from the arena this month are just normal games. I thought maybe they'd be some sort of weird alien-versions of them, but I guess not; I took one apart and it was all the expected stuff inside it.

That said I'm totally betting I can beat anyone's high scores.

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Well, the city's like... Surrounded by these really complicated caves full of monsters, and people have tried exploring them but uh... No luck.

[Chris hasn't been to them himself, for a whole bunch of reasons; some of the reasons are really good, like being injured, and others--like that the whole thing sounds terrifying--are not as good.]

We're all usually pretty distracted by whatever's going on because of the gods, though.

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[He nods also in response.]

I've seen Delight in person, and talked to Hope and Fear; Rage has been on the network but I've never talked to her.

[Yeah he's seen that look on a few people's faces here, but he won't mention it. He'll just hope Shadow thinks it over carefully before messing with any of the gods.]

Yeah, they're all from Hope. I pretty sure he made the phones at least; I think he does all of it but maybe one of the others is helping him now.

Practicality, mostly? Also we're not like, generally too worried about powering up Hope or Delight compared to Rage or Fear, if it even works that way. I know it takes power from Hope to like, make the electricity work--before the generator, anyway--so it might take power for the phones, too.

[He actually hasn't thought too much about the impact of using the phones, really.]

We've been using them the whole time, so they're kind of the least of our worries here.

[He frowns a little at the last comment.]

There's like, a big difference between trust and just... Using what we've got.

Yeah, but I mean... It's good to be suspicious. And like, we've kind of just gotten used to a lot by now, so... There's probably stuff we just overlook at this point.

[So even though he's not a big fan of accusing any of them blindly trusting the gods, some suspicion from people that aren't totally jaded about this place yet is definitely a good thing.]

Yeah, so I've heard.

[He never thought he'd be exemplifying it so much, though.]

So um... Stop me if I'm being like, rude, but you're uh... Obviously not human, yourself?

[And he's really curious about that.]

[He offers a small, self-deprecating grin; okay, he totally deserved that.]

Yeah, I try.

[But okay, he doesn't seem offended, so. He still won't ask 'What are you' because there's no way that isn't rude, so instead...]

So are there like, lots of different uh... Beings, where you're from? Back home it's basically just humans, unless you count like, dolphins or whatever; they're super smart but they can't talk to us, so we're not totally sure how smart.

[And he's rambling. But basically Shadow seems to know what humans are, so are there multiple types of intelligent beings where he's from?]

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[Chris usually tries to err on the side of not upsetting people in general, the only real exception being teasing his friends, though he doesn't like genuinely hurting their feelings then either. He's only even more cautious about it here, and after what happened at home, for several reasons.

He really does appreciate Shadow figuring out what he's trying to say and just going with it, also. Even if he... Doesn't totally understand the answer, just because that's... Huh.]

Oh.

[Not sure what to say to that, because he alternatively has so many questions and doesn't think he should ask them. But he's too curious not to at least comment.]

We uh... Creating life that isn't like, born or whatever is um... Still pretty beyond us, in my world. I mean, it's sort of possible, but not like... Not really.

[He's not well-versed in what advances there have been in biology and the subject, but he knows just creating a fully intelligent person is not a thing in his own world. Yet, anyway.]

Um, that's... A good question.

[It's kind of hard to think of how to describe his world, since the only word that comes to mind is 'normal' and he knows that's completely useless considering everyone's worlds are normal to them.]

Well, it's uh... There's tons and tons of different species on Earth, but humans are the only ones with like, cities and civilization and whatever. I live in a county called the United States, but there's like, tons of countries with their own governments and they're all different. There's some really scary animals but monsters aren't supposed to be a thing, but um... We found out wendigos exist the night before I got here.

[He's been asked about the wendigos enough times now--especially with the event that happened here--to be able to explain decently well, finally.]

They're um... They're these spirits, that possess people that engage in cannibalism. The spirit takes over the person and turns them into this monster that like, looks like a person but is all stretched out and grey and has huge teeth. They only see movement, but they're like, super hard to kill.

[And he should add--]

The uh, spirits are here. In Hadriel. They showed up a few months ago, and I dunno if they can possess anyone that isn't human, but um... You should know they're there, just in case.

[So don't eat any other hedgehogs, just as a rule.]

Fire, mostly.

[Which is not hugely convenient.]

Their skin is really hard and so like, stabbing them and whatever doesn't do anything if you don't burn through the armour first.

[Well that's confident, and Chris would argue but he doesn't think there's much point to it right now so he just lets it go. Hopefully the wendigos won't ever be an issue again anyway, though he knows that's really wishful thinking.]

No problem, I'm just uh... Glad I can help with something.

[Since most of his skills aren't that useful here, but at least he can answer questions.]

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