Not really. [He shrugs small, considering the question.] They just seemed...normal. Like a staple of the world, I guess? Not that that isn't important but it's mostly, um. A negligible factor.
[That seems like a rude thing to say, doesn't it? Reducing something that might be really really important to some people to a footnote. It probably was important to someone somewhere. Just not to Nirad. Maybe not to the Nest either.]
Lirinity used to be a lot more popular than it is now. Like it used to be a big cultural staple on Opia and now it's not such a big deal. Lots of politicians and stuff don't subscribe to it anymore, so I didn't really consider it important to include in the debrief or anything.
[He lifts his hand, thumbnail playing absently across an old scar bisecting his lower lip. He picks at it: a compulsive habit.]
I don't know if there's anyone like that. There might be though.
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[That seems like a rude thing to say, doesn't it? Reducing something that might be really really important to some people to a footnote. It probably was important to someone somewhere. Just not to Nirad. Maybe not to the Nest either.]
Lirinity used to be a lot more popular than it is now. Like it used to be a big cultural staple on Opia and now it's not such a big deal. Lots of politicians and stuff don't subscribe to it anymore, so I didn't really consider it important to include in the debrief or anything.
[He lifts his hand, thumbnail playing absently across an old scar bisecting his lower lip. He picks at it: a compulsive habit.]
I don't know if there's anyone like that. There might be though.