If Aionios is trapped in an eternal present, then it follows that not only is there a future to reach towards, but a past that they come from. Nia herself had talked about the world before - or at least her side of it - with no small amount of nostalgia.
The Queens might be unaging and unchanging from the perspective of people for whom 'life' is only ten years, but they must have been young once.]
No, I don't believe I am. Nia, correct?
[Some of the awkwardness of the immediate moment has faded, but only because Taion has gone into Thinking Mode.]
My name is Taion. I... From your perspective, I suppose it will be a very long time until we meet.
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If Aionios is trapped in an eternal present, then it follows that not only is there a future to reach towards, but a past that they come from. Nia herself had talked about the world before - or at least her side of it - with no small amount of nostalgia.
The Queens might be unaging and unchanging from the perspective of people for whom 'life' is only ten years, but they must have been young once.]
No, I don't believe I am. Nia, correct?
[Some of the awkwardness of the immediate moment has faded, but only because Taion has gone into Thinking Mode.]
My name is Taion. I... From your perspective, I suppose it will be a very long time until we meet.