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Who: Anders, a kitten and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Planetside. Probably among the trees.
When: A couple days after this post. That's right, this means war.

[Anders has something very important to say. Terribly important.]

It's been brought to my attention that the fleet has been suffering under a loss of fuzzy animals, although that's quickly being fixed with all these fuzzy slugs. But more importantly, there's one fuzzy animal that deserves appreciation, something my dear friend, Lady Cousland reminded me of.

[The camera tilts down to show a small tabby-orange kitten playing in the grass and leaves on the forest floor, stalking some bug or another, but never drifting too far from Anders' side.]

This is Ser-Pounce-A-Lot, the cutest kitten in the world. Aren't you the cutest kitten in the world? No mean dog is better than you, isn't that right, Ser Pounce?

[Completely unashamed of the baby-talk he just dissolved into, Anders puts his hand out for Pounce to jump onto his arm and up to his shoulder, purring and rubbing his head against Anders' chin.]

He's also incredibly intelligent and he knows it.

[He holds up a hand up to the camera.]

Please, hold your applause, I know this sad fleet has been kitten-starved. You're welcome.

[Is he serious?

You bet your ass he is. Right down to the baby-talking a kitten. Shame? He doesn't know the meaning of the word.]

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You knew him? [GRIN.] In Exsilium, you say? Where is that?

[It certainly doesn't ring a bell for her.]

That is... alarming. Maker's breath, is there anything Atroma isn't capable of?

It is the world I was in before I cam here. The world that pulled me from Thedas. Hawke...the woman, she was there, too.

I highly doubt it. I believe they are possibly United Earth, a force we were brought into Exsilium in order to try and defeat. They have this level of power and the audacity to make it a game.

Another entity that can bring people from their worlds. One of my shipmates spoke of a place called Paradisa. Some castle where strange things happened.

[She's beginning to wonder how many such entities like Atroma or this United Earth are out there.]

Would they bother to hide behind a different moniker?

Hm, I have been told that I was also in Paradisa. I do not remember it, however.

[What else is new.]

United Earth were defeated, they did not have the same power as the Imitative at the end. They would not be so foolish as to go under their own name any more.

But you remember your time battling United Earth? How odd.

[At least he remembers something??? From somewhere else??? Positivism, Fenris!]

Ahhh, I see. Have you asked any of the locals in the places we've visited if they've heard of this United Earth?

Yes. It is...very strange.

[He'll take it where he can get it. He shakes his head.]

No. I have asked everywhere I went, and they seem unfamiliar with the term.

Damn. I suppose it was too much to hope.

Hm. Bear in mind, no one seems familiar with Drift Fleet nor Atroma, either.

I know. But I hoped perhaps that, given that this United Earth had been fought against in the past, that perhaps at least someone out there would know something.

I would have hoped that. They were quite a reviled group, but they were not without allies- forced though some of them may have been.

But if they were defeated, then their allies would have no reason to cover for them, no?

Not unless they found some way to gain power again. Time travel is...complex. I would not consider it outside the realms of possibility that they found some way to get on top again.

[Oh dear Maker she is not getting into time travel talk. Nope nope nope. That just leads to headaches.]

A worrisome thought. At the very least, it's another possible avenue to explore. I'll be sure to ask about them as well next time we make landfall.

[It's the WORST. ]

Thank you, I appreciate that. I doubt we will ever truly get answers, but we will definitely not get them if we don't try.