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Okay, well, did it play out like this before? They don't have their magic water anymore to live forever, so now they have to completely redo their way of life. That could change everything.
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The lack of the Life Element isn’t enough to change their ways.
*Pulls out an electronic device and tabs through it for a moment*
Let’s see… 337 years ago. That marks the date these people completed a classist genocide by excluding folks from using their elixir until they all aged and turned to dust. Only the wealthy, intelligent, or physically attractive were permitted to live and persist into the utopia they envisioned.
*Looks up at you while sliding the device back into my pocket*
The same people, and the same leadership that made that decision still live on this world now. The same populace that happily obliged. That sound like a society worth making an impression on other civilizations?