At the End of All Things Elves in Revelation
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Mostly no; this bunch is all in India and this bunch is all in Iran with a few expats.

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He relays this information but he doesn't really expect anything to come of it at this point.

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He gets a few more inquiries.

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He handles them similarly to the first. Randos all?

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Looks like it.

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Sigh.

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He interviews people who might care to go settle Proxima Centauri B.

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Many people might care to do this! Some of them are science PhDs with potentially functional uteri, some of them are unremarkable people who vaguely think space is neat and they'd never have to deal with their mother in law again!

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The actual trait they're screening for is mostly 'if Earth gets holed or gets into a horrible war with an evil god while they're on the way there, will they panic or keep going'. But science PhDs are a plus.

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Yup, there are some people with that trait too.

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A ship's worth, soon enough.

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Awesome. There are fun logistics tasks to do to get the ship ready to go.

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It transpires that Cam's roommates are really diligent at logistics tasks. They sing while they work.

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But do they whistle.

(Do Cam's girlfriends want to help with logistics tasks?)

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With a colony ship to Proxima Centauri??? Yes they super want to help with that.

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Awesome! He wants the ship to have regular daeva on call who are willing to work for predictably available payments, in particularly ideally there will always be at least one fairy aboard who can shove them if something happens to their trajectory and they can't summon a new one, and they need a floor plan and a legal system sufficient for in-flight and a prototype constitution for once they get there that the citizens can tweak from the template as needed and lots of stuff.

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"Why'd you suddenly decide to go for this right now?" Claire asks him while they're working on that.

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"In case something awful happens to the moon. It'll still be great if nothing does, mind."

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"Yikes. Mars wouldn't do?"

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"It might not."

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"Are you staying?"

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"I'm not going on this ship. I can travel faster than light if it comes up and want to be around should anything befall the moon."

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Nod. "Everyone will have summoned before they leave, right?"

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"That is the plan."

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A legal system! A constitution! Safety rules for summonees present at all times! Training in handling emergency situations!

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