If they're anything like those stunts at the stadium, then yeah, no shit. But we're not without our glitz.
[Just maybe not with card games, which aren't everything in Rey's world. Maybe they'd be better off if it was, though. It beats the fuckton of death and destruction.
[For a moment Rey balks at Atem and she's not sure why. She probably shouldn't expect people to just... know these things, but it's gotten easier to bring up than it used to.]
Well, "war" might be a generous way of putting it. More like they were pitting humans at war with each other for a nearly couple centuries now.
[Want to know why she hates chess so much, Atem? It's because bitch AIs like IV has always manipulated whole countries like pieces for far too long.]
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[Just maybe not with card games, which aren't everything in Rey's world. Maybe they'd be better off if it was, though. It beats the fuckton of death and destruction.
[For a moment Rey balks at Atem and she's not sure why. She probably shouldn't expect people to just... know these things, but it's gotten easier to bring up than it used to.]
Well, "war" might be a generous way of putting it. More like they were pitting humans at war with each other for a nearly couple centuries now.
[Want to know why she hates chess so much, Atem? It's because bitch AIs like IV has always manipulated whole countries like pieces for far too long.]