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fightingevilbymoonknight) wrote2022-08-12 11:24 pm
fightingevilbymoonknight) wrote2022-08-12 11:24 pm
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"It's not that surprising," Layla says. The little cat clings to his finger for a moment longer, then releases him, managing to look predator-smug despite being palm-sized and made of stone, and with no real consciousness of its own.
"A world that can sustain human life is probably going to bear enough of a resemblance to Earth that the animals are going to develop along similar lines. And they had interstellar traffic before the Sylphid arrived - I'd be willing to bet a lot of the smaller animals that resemble Earth wildlife actually got their start there."
"A world that can sustain human life is probably going to bear enough of a resemblance to Earth that the animals are going to develop along similar lines. And they had interstellar traffic before the Sylphid arrived - I'd be willing to bet a lot of the smaller animals that resemble Earth wildlife actually got their start there."
"That's what I thought!" Steven exclaims with a bright smile for the theory. "Not the bit about human life, I actually think that's really weird that another world somewhere else in the universe evolved the exact same life form, but that some of it must have come from Earth originally. Or some alternate Earth, since ours doesn't have space travel yet. Maybe the humans did, too, sometime in the really distant past."
Layla can't help but smile in return, though she shakes her head slightly. "This world definitely wasn't the origin for humans in this universe - it was originally just used as a spaceport, and developed a stable population over a few generations. It took a bit of digging, but I managed to turn that up while I was looking into the history here. I meant more - the kind of environment we can live in is actually pretty narrow, if you're looking at the possible range of planets, yeah? Temperature bands, atmosphere, that kind of thing. So that limits the kind of life that would thrive on a planet we'd find habitable."
"Okay, when we're done here, I'm going to the library to find those books, I want to know about this place's history, too," Steven decides, and puts the little statue down at last. "We're signing the lease, yeah? I mean this place is perfect."
"I've still got a couple back at the apartment," Layla admits, though it's less 'still' and more 'checked them out again to cross-reference a few things'.
The little statue resumes its previous posture, animation seeping out of it as Layla withdraws her focus once more.
"Don't you want to see the rest of the apartment before you make up your mind?"
The little statue resumes its previous posture, animation seeping out of it as Layla withdraws her focus once more.
"Don't you want to see the rest of the apartment before you make up your mind?"
"I should say yes," Steven says, coming over to stand beside her. "So come on, why don't you show me the rest so we can sign already?"
"Smart man," she says, linking her arm with his once more. "The place really is gorgeous."
The rest of the tour is lacking in animated knick-knacks, but the space is - if cluttered - pleasant, and the lease goes off without a hitch.
Quite lucky, that.
The rest of the tour is lacking in animated knick-knacks, but the space is - if cluttered - pleasant, and the lease goes off without a hitch.
Quite lucky, that.
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