[Not that being thrown in prison to rot and getting the shit kicked out of her wasn't bad, that's certainly bad, but telling someone their family is dead when they are very much not dead is a pretty gross violation of, uh, basic human empathy? Something like that.]
I'm sorry that happened to you, for what it's worth. And— you're right, it's not going to matter to a lot of people here that you were in prison. Jury's out on whether that's a good or bad thing, across the board— our broad desire to call this place a fresh start no matter what, that is. There ought to be a test for that one, too.
[Then maybe fewer people would have lined up to kiss the Emperor's feet for like 6 months, but what does Palamedes know!! Whatever!!]
I'm not saying I disdain empathy for our fellow Sleepers, conceptually. But I don't know. We all have to pick a side eventually.
[Anyway.]
Our Houses were numbered in order; the Fifth was founded before the Sixth. That's it. Not entirely or culturally, of course, but purely in terms of the numbering: it's just numbers. The Sixth is actually 'first' if you line up all of our planets in order, starting at the sun.
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[Not that being thrown in prison to rot and getting the shit kicked out of her wasn't bad, that's certainly bad, but telling someone their family is dead when they are very much not dead is a pretty gross violation of, uh, basic human empathy? Something like that.]
I'm sorry that happened to you, for what it's worth. And— you're right, it's not going to matter to a lot of people here that you were in prison. Jury's out on whether that's a good or bad thing, across the board— our broad desire to call this place a fresh start no matter what, that is. There ought to be a test for that one, too.
[Then maybe fewer people would have lined up to kiss the Emperor's feet for like 6 months, but what does Palamedes know!! Whatever!!]
I'm not saying I disdain empathy for our fellow Sleepers, conceptually. But I don't know. We all have to pick a side eventually.
[Anyway.]
Our Houses were numbered in order; the Fifth was founded before the Sixth. That's it. Not entirely or culturally, of course, but purely in terms of the numbering: it's just numbers. The Sixth is actually 'first' if you line up all of our planets in order, starting at the sun.