PC: Nero

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They don't have cinemas or films where you're from?

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We don't have that kinda stuff in East country.

... West might have it, but they're more tech inclined.

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Hm. You don't share technology between countries?

[Do you guys even Capitalism?]

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The... [Oh huh, these words are being pulled out before he wants them to be.] The technology we have runs on mana stones.

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Some kind of magic?

[Kim's played Not-D&D, he knows some words.]

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Dead wizards and witches.

[Turns out being honest sucks.]

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... Oh.

[Damn.]

That doesn't sound very sustainable. Or... ethical.

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[A slight shrug of his shoulders?]

Progress doesn't care much about the ethics of things, far as I've seen.

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... I suppose that's true anywhere.

[Tech made of dead people is pretty on-the-nose, but who can honestly say their society isn't built on a mountain of corpses?]

... These are a sort of entertainment, by the way. [He gestures back at the posters.] Visual storytelling.

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[Sometimes you don't have electricity, but mana stones are basically the replacement.

He considers the posters, and then he looks at Kim.]

Do you have a favorite type?

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Science fiction, maybe...?

[Truth week means you get a straightforward answer.]

Those stories are usually better as books, though. The visual effects tend not to do much justice to the concepts and environments.

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Imagination can do a lot for words in books.

[He looks over a "Venom" movie poster.]

Wanna watch one with me?

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Sure, I could spare a couple hours.

Any of these posters speaking to you right now?

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This one?

[Venom is a good movie with a man eating a live lobster in the middle of a restaurant.]

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[He considers it.]

Why not.

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[Then it's time for them to watch Venom (2018) and have an Experience.

Is it a good experience?]

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[It's... okay, maybe. At least they don't have many better movies to compare it to.

Anyway, it's after the movie and they're back outside the theatre.]

Well... the special effects were good. Never seen any like that before.

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[Venom is a masterpiece.

Though Nero has nothing to compare it against.]

I dunno anythin' about aliens, but... glad they're gettin' along at the end?

[Was this really about their relationship all along? They're stuck with each other forever.]

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There was a lot of... biting people's heads off.

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Is it... worse or better than tryin' to make people into jerky...

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[He closes his eyes.]

I'm just going to be glad that I don't have to pick between those.

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[You know what?

Kim is the most valid person Nero knows.

Nero nods.]