At the End of All Things Elves in Revelation
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"Yeah, like that."

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"I feel like somebody would've said if Elvis was like that. Or maybe they thought he was just being a bit of a dick about saying 'no'."

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"He was in character! I feel like if I had to spend a trivial-to-me amount of time in character as an Elf with nothing I cared about more than doing the bit on the line I could pull it off."

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"Fair enough. But if they know how to do it then you'd think - with the fate of the world on the line -"

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"I think they're - by nature more worried about being sloppy than about being too late -"

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"Also they may have a dim view of how good humans are at solving problems cleanly such that pretending to think like a human to accomplish something important would be like pretending to think like a dog to do something important? I don't think being molasseslike is the whole story behind the negligible crime rate but it can't hurt."

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"I guess it makes sense for aliens to be alien and we're just thrown off by the fact they look human at all."

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"Yeah. They're not nearly as psychologically alien as they could be, honestly."

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"Dwarves either?"

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"Haven't met any. They're maybe a little weirder but in a very charming way."

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"Could they turn into daeva too, do we know -"

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"I am assuming not because the ones on their planet are already all technically dead."

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"- they might not be able to summon at all, then."

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"Doesn't follow; Elves can summon even if they have previously died."

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"But they're not presently dead, I feel like that's different."

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"True. Might have to send some people to summon for them. The Elves want to go anyway and live forever by default, but sending humans wouldn't be crazy."

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"I bet you could find people who want to go live on an alien planet no problem, yeah."

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"Long trip, but yeah. I was thinking of going to do supplies en-route if acceleration doesn't allow a 'floor' enough for summoning."

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"Assuming there's some kind of plan for if the Dwarves are less friendly than expected I'd totally go."

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"Plan like what?"

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"I mean, would this be noticed before they shot at the ship, do we then turn around and go home or go elsewhere or what..."

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"They have radio, so we can say hi from out of shooting range. The only place they've identified as interesting is Valinor but with a demon along we can make our own planet if they don't want us on theirs."

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"Sounds good."

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