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[rootandbranch]

I think it must be magic. If Qri is the one holding it all together, she's wasting a lot of power...

[...Geir trails to a stop again as they pass another rock outcropping and get an even better view of the asteroid belt. it has strange rainbow reflections, seen from this angle. he can't even think of any other words to comment on it, and just takes a moment to stare.]

[rebells]

[Oh, wow. Jay stops for a moment to look at it, too.]

. . . she is. It would have been easier to keep us in Aimintas.

[But he's still looking at the asteroid belt.]

[rootandbranch]

[breathlessly, losing track of the kvetching about Qri entirely:]

Maybe we can just dig a cave down here for people to sit in and look at it.

[rebells]

[still with wonder in his voice:]

. . . I think you'd have to take charge of that particular project.

[rootandbranch]

I'll think about it...

[there's something of longing in Geir's.]

[rebells]

. . . I've never seen anything quite like this. Presumably the Legacy has the ability to travel through space, but . . .

[He shrugs.]

We like it where it is, for the moment.

[rootandbranch]

Maybe you could take it out visiting sometime.

[he keeps his voice soft, only half joking.]

...I guess you could see this from any world, if you got away from the air.

[rebells]

Maybe. Dirk seems to be under the impression there are multiple universes, each presumably with their own collection of worlds and . . . celestial markers.

[rootandbranch]

[Geir tears his eyes away from the stars long enough to glance back over his shoulder at Jay and nod, attentive.]

I know some of the gods live in the stars, at home. I'm meant to someday. But I think that's closer to the Tree, not like this.