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Walther Cantu's avatar

Damn, Hrakknites... Hrakknians...the people of Hrakkn don't mess around.

I think the Admiral could identify with "The Blunder Boys" TM.

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Scoot's avatar

The "desperate foe" he is talking about is me losing at chess to my dad, 100%.

I gotta figure out the demonyms for Hrakkn 😂

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Walther Cantu's avatar

#ScootLore

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

I get what the Admiral is saying; myself, I don't think I have the fortitude to grin if I'm set on fire. But that's just me. This was an awesome story! Well done, past you!

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Scoot's avatar

Presumably a moment later he was sucked, screaming, into the vacuum of space but that's less dignified. Thank you very much!

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

This is true. If I had to choose between the two, I suppose I'd go with instant vaporization (assuming it was instant) over getting sucked into the endless void of space. Tough choices, though.

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Sara Dietz's avatar

Ok this was unexpected?? Classic philosophical Scoot tho.

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Scoot's avatar

Unpacked my books recently and this old thing was in there and i shouldda been workin but instead did this 😂 Scoot was a ponderer even back then!

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Sara Dietz's avatar

You were always gonna swim the tiber sooner later lol 😂

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Dan Ackerfeld's avatar

Love that you shared this! The idea of a planet "sitting submissively" is an interesting one...

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

I KNEW I RECOGNIZED THAT NAME.

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Scoot's avatar

The lore has changed since this was written but the…idea? Underlying these folks have not!

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