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[getfeldsparred]

“Sort’ve.” They lean against the back of the couch. “My home planet’s got rivers and streams and massive geysers, but no ocean. There’s another planet in the Outer Wilds that’s one big ocean though.”

[agardener]

Sym straightens. "Oh? Which one is that? Have you been?"

[getfeldsparred]

They nod. “Yeah. It’s called Giant’s Deep. There are these massive cyclones that form over the water. They’re so intense they sometimes lift the small islands out of the water and throw them up into the air.”

[agardener]

Sym is enthralled. "They lift the islands themselves? So they aren't anchored to the crust?"

[getfeldsparred]

Feldspar shakes their head. “No, they’re free-floating. I couldn’t tell you how they formed, probably has something to do with one of the other planets in our star system.”

[agardener]

"Probably," he nods, thinking it over. Perhaps scraps from another planet, pulled by its gravity. "It must be massive, to have enough gravity to hold onto that liquid."

[getfeldsparred]

“There’s a reason we called it ‘giant’,” they nod. “There was a fifth planet in our star system that exploded from the inside out hundreds of thousands years ago. There’s a running theory that explosion formed a lot of the landmarks and craters in nearby planets.”

[agardener]

"From the inside out?"

He doesn't know that planets could even be capable of such a thing and he thinks of Vertumna, of her core, and what might happen if she did explode. What she would then transform into.

"How do you know?"

[getfeldsparred]

“From the celestial body that took its place. You can see where it worked its way out from the inner core. The planet was ice-covered, and we found the shards all over.”

[agardener]

"Fascinating," he says with a small nod, trying to take it all in.

"Well. I wonder what caused such a thing."

[getfeldsparred]

“That’s just the bramble. It’s hard to explain - like a mass of parasitic, thorny vines with these seeds that tend to warp time and space. A seed found its way into the core of the planet and grew and grew.”

[agardener]

"Your system evolved in such an odd way. It's captivating."

He frowns. "I don't know much about the other planets in our system."

[getfeldsparred]

“So I’ve learned. I guess the physics work differently where I’m from, who knows?”

He glances towards Sym. “You were concentrating on your own planet. Hard to look outwards if you have to keep constantly maintaining where you are.”

[agardener]

"Our directive was for Vertumna," he agrees. "But I'm not certain that is the entire reason."

[getfeldsparred]

Huh. Feldspar cocks their head. “Whaddya mean?”

[agardener]

He smiles, waving it off. "I just wonder if we did get entirely too focused on our own planet. And, if it was different, would we have noticed the Earthlings' arrival."

[getfeldsparred]

“Managing a planet’s a pretty big responsibility,” Feldspar smiles. “But you’ve lost me. Eartlings? Humans, you mean?

[agardener]

"Yes," he nods. "But I do like to specify since there are some who look human and might call themselves human but who are not from Earth. They are from other planets. Apparently humans are quite prolific."

[getfeldsparred]

“Oh. Yeah, I guess that makes sense too. I’ve met some people who’ve traveled through space, so it wouldn’t be so far fetched to think humans have wound up on other planets.”

Feldspar frowns. “So Earthlings came to your planet?”

[agardener]

"Yes," he nods, looking past Feldspar. "They appeared in the sky one day, out of the wormhole. Landed on our planet. Well - crashed, really."

[getfeldsparred]

“Woah ho. Aliens crash-landed on your planet. That’s pretty wild.”

Sounds like something they would do.

[agardener]

"They were meant to land on it nicely, but - well, it was all doomed from the start," he laughs.

[getfeldsparred]

“What do you mean, doomed from the start?”

[agardener]

He shifts a little. "Ah. They crash landed and then - well, we began extermination procedures."

[getfeldsparred]

Feldspar frowns.

“To wipe them out? The earthlings? Why…?”