[homophonic] catchall for mizuki

[dendroculi]

MIZUKI

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[adorabrawler]

They must've been in for one heck of a rude awakening when it went down.

[dendroculi]

It's been a bit of an adjustment, but... people seem to be handling it pretty well.

[adorabrawler]

Well, they gotta... What do you do after that, anyway?

[dendroculi]

They learn new things the same way anyone else would in the other nations... through books, or classes, or even hands-on experience.

And now people don't say "I'm a potter, so I don't need information about fishing"... I think it's better this way.

[adorabrawler]

... Well, I don't normally need to know about fishing, either...

[dendroculi]

Right, maybe not. But if you ever needed to, you'd go looking for that information, wouldn't you?

The way it was before, people in Sumeru wouldn't... they'd just conclude it wasn't information they needed to know, even if a situation where it would be helpful came up, and would shy away from learning new things.

[adorabrawler]

That's so weird. I thought people were just naturally curious beings.

[dendroculi]

They are. The Akasha could have been used to nurture their curiosity, but instead it stifled it... so, I made the decision to deactivate it.

[adorabrawler]

Good idea... So what do you do these days since you're not a supercomputer anymore?

[dendroculi]

Umm... I've been doing a lot of paperwork, actually. And meeting with sages at the Akademiya...

[adorabrawler]

So you really are like five-hundred years old...

[ that sure sounds like old people stuff ]

[dendroculi]

Hehe, yes. I guess it's easy to forget sometimes because of how I look...

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, I thought you were closer to my age at first.

[dendroculi]

...I hope it wasn't too disappointing to find out I was older.

[adorabrawler]

[ a little bit. ]

No, it's okay. It was a little strange to find out, but... We have all types here, I've found.

[dendroculi]

We do. I was surprised to see so many people my age or older... most people I meet are a lot younger than me.

[adorabrawler]

Probably because most people don't make it past a hundred.

... Most.

[dendroculi]

[she nods, thinking about it]

That sounds about like a normal human lifespan...

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, any more than that aaand... you're probably not human?

[dendroculi]

...hehe. Most likely not.

[adorabrawler]

... Is it... too weird if I ask what that makes you?

[dendroculi]

It's not weird.

Umm... in my world I'm called an archon. But they also call me the God of Wisdom.

[adorabrawler]

—You're a god?

[dendroculi]

Hehe, is that surprising?

[adorabrawler]

Y— yeah? That's one of the more surprising things I've heard around here...