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What do you define as 'human' then? Because I would define you as just like me.

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What do you define as 'human' then? Because I would define you as just like me.

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Traditionally? As homo sapiens, in most places I've seen.
*Holds a up a second finger*
Which loosely leads into point two. I'm not just "not human", I'm from another dimension. You guys conceptualized multiverse theory here yet?

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*Cocks my head in confusion*

What do you think the Gateway does?

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I wasn't sure. You weren't exactly fully transparent with it. Is it a dimensional gateway? Likely. Wouldn't be the first I've seen.

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Well, it's supposed to lead to Alpha Centauri, but my IDIOT COLLEAGUE-

*Points to a spot of freshly-dug earth*

*Sighs and calms down*

-Went and broke it. And then shut it off, thinking he could usurp my spot after I was trapped. My faithful wife here-

*Points to Katerina*

-Took care of him and stole the code to reactivate it. Still, it was two years away from my family, my work, and my home.

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*As it stabs me, I release my hand from the dome, and the storm drifts slowly to ground level*

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Well, it's supposed to lead to Alpha Centauri, but my IDIOT COLLEAGUE-

*Points to a spot of freshly-dug earth*

*Sighs and calms down*

-Went and broke it. And then shut it off, thinking he could usurp my spot after I was trapped. My faithful wife here-

*Points to Katerina*

-Took care of him and stole the code to reactivate it. Still, it was two years away from my family, my work, and my home.

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But before I can get any further into that, I will need your name. Be truthful, else I will get my darling Alexandria to... compel you.

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I'm sorry to hear that, truly. But I suspect that your attachment to it means you've found something grand on the other side, in some form or fashion?
*Crosses my arms*
But of course, proper introductions. Call me Leon.

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*Bows*

Alexei.

Yes, I have found things beyond this. A world, not like Earth. There are humans there, at least they look human, but they live in caves and roast aliens on spits. Their world is very bountiful, unlike this hellscape, but I will need to grow in manpower before I can set up any meaningful operation.

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*Taps my chin*
What promise have you seen in this seemingly primitive world?

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*A barrage of needles flies through you, impaling you in random directions*

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It's untouched by any sophisticated life. All the natural resources Earth now hungers and starves for, they're there. If I can get this and bring it back, I can dangle so much in front of the rest of the world, and they will pay me any price I wish.

*Chuckles darkly*

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Hmmm... That's an ambitious goal. I don't take it any of you developed the ability to travel dimensions freely, by chance? Or do you require the gate for travel.

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Not quite, but I don't doubt that with enough training, Alexandria could learn, and with enough research, we could shrink the Gateways to fit in the palm of a hand.

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*Descends slowly into the storm, ignoring the needles*
Good luck.
*Disappears from view*

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Such is the way of technological advancement.
*Taps a wristband that I'm wearing with a grin*
It's best when it's wearable, I'd say.

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*Goes completely still*

*Raises one hand in a 'shh' motion*

*The rest of the group goes silent as well*

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Just...
*Looks at the small handful of battlechips in my palm*
Forget it.
*Flings them to the side as a barrier of fire materializes around me*

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...
*Looks around*
What? Don't act surprised. After what I've shared, you should expect it.