"The lands of Maroc are archipelagos, as well," he said, "but it's hot there. In a way, it's mostly beaches." Swamps, more like, but he wouldn't tell her that. He had yet to find a people who held swamps in high regard, and that included his own. "There areā¦ not many Siladen, comparatively speaking. Not much land."
There was no reason to feel self-conscious about it. But he did, just the same. He tended not to talk about his homeworld, about his people; preferred to let people imagine that his were much the same as theirs, in all the ways that mattered. That they were what one might expect them to be, extrapolating from himself. It wasn't as if a person couldn't look up all the information they could ever want. Still, it was a source of anxiety for him, one hard-earned.
"Your excitement is terrifying," he said dryly. "I don't think there's anything in this universe that could live up to excitement like that." They turned a corner, and he gestured with his two right hands. "But: here. The beach."
There was actually a view of it from his living room window, but most people assumed that was a viewscreen. Tons upon tons of filtered and temperature-controlled freshwater, a delicately balanced eco-system more akin to an oversized fishtank than an actual sea. White sand, tiny marbles of washed and polished glass, formed idyllic dunes with shells placed by an algorithm; there was the occasional pier, but no one ever really bothered to pay for a boating license, and so they were mostly used by youths to jump off of when school was on vacation. Stone paths rendered the beach somewhat walkable, and a decorative lighthouse sat at the top of a carefully designed cliff. That was not intended to be used for jumping, but everyone did it anyway, and closer to the water the artificial cliffs were riddled with caves intended to entertain children in want of adventure.
In his opinion, it all would have seen a great deal more use in the Eastern Quadrant. Western had a significant lack of appreciation for public works, when they could pay for private holo-rooms and droids to entertain themselves. Not that he had much room to talk, when he wasn't exactly enjoying it on a regular basis. It was early enough in the day that they had it almost to themselves, only a few other couples in the water or sprawled out in the sand.
There was a good view of the outer walls of the colony from here, though the day lighting made it difficult to see outside it. Still, squinting made it easier to see the tell-tale striping of Osiris, the occasional ship flying outside. "As good as tacos?"
There was no reason to feel self-conscious about it. But he did, just the same. He tended not to talk about his homeworld, about his people; preferred to let people imagine that his were much the same as theirs, in all the ways that mattered. That they were what one might expect them to be, extrapolating from himself. It wasn't as if a person couldn't look up all the information they could ever want. Still, it was a source of anxiety for him, one hard-earned.
"Your excitement is terrifying," he said dryly. "I don't think there's anything in this universe that could live up to excitement like that." They turned a corner, and he gestured with his two right hands. "But: here. The beach."
There was actually a view of it from his living room window, but most people assumed that was a viewscreen. Tons upon tons of filtered and temperature-controlled freshwater, a delicately balanced eco-system more akin to an oversized fishtank than an actual sea. White sand, tiny marbles of washed and polished glass, formed idyllic dunes with shells placed by an algorithm; there was the occasional pier, but no one ever really bothered to pay for a boating license, and so they were mostly used by youths to jump off of when school was on vacation. Stone paths rendered the beach somewhat walkable, and a decorative lighthouse sat at the top of a carefully designed cliff. That was not intended to be used for jumping, but everyone did it anyway, and closer to the water the artificial cliffs were riddled with caves intended to entertain children in want of adventure.
In his opinion, it all would have seen a great deal more use in the Eastern Quadrant. Western had a significant lack of appreciation for public works, when they could pay for private holo-rooms and droids to entertain themselves. Not that he had much room to talk, when he wasn't exactly enjoying it on a regular basis. It was early enough in the day that they had it almost to themselves, only a few other couples in the water or sprawled out in the sand.
There was a good view of the outer walls of the colony from here, though the day lighting made it difficult to see outside it. Still, squinting made it easier to see the tell-tale striping of Osiris, the occasional ship flying outside. "As good as tacos?"
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