[Voice]

[herobydefault]

A question. [Cloud says it like it's punctuated with "for you strange people."]


If you don't have a Lifestream keeping your Planet alive, what's holding it together?

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[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

["Lifestream"? There's only one thing keeping planets alive, as far as Lambda knows.]

... Arles.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

What's that?

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

... The source of all life. Arles is what allows humans, animals and plants to exist.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Okay then.]

I mean more like...where does it come from?

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

[That cute childish voice takes on a slightly darker tone, here.]

Lastaria.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

What's that?

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

The planet's core.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[This is kind of like pulling teeth.]

Uh. Okay, I guess that about covers what I wanted to know. Thanks, kid.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

[Oh Cloud, did you honestly expect a young boy to know the details? Granted, Lambda does know them, but your average young boy wouldn't.]

... What is Lifestream?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Pretty much the same thing as your arles.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

You said it's holding your planet together. [That doesn't sound entirely like arles, unless it's metaphorical.]

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

In that if it gets used up then the planet falls apart.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

What uses it up?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

There used to be a company that would draw it up out of the ground and process it to make power. They've been shut down, though.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

A "company"? [He tilts his head curiously. He has no clue what that means.]

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You don't know what a company is?

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.] Is it like a laboratory?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[UGH BUZZWORD]

Sometimes. Companies are usually a lot bigger, and do a lot of different things and have a lot of people in them.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

[Bigger than a big laboratory? Lambda doesn't like the sound of that.]

But the company was shut down? By who?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Some really awesome people.]

People who were sick of being taken advantage of.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

... Your people stood up for themselves and their world.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I guess that's a good way to put it. [A romantic way to put it. Makes it sound a lot less selfish than it really was.]

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

[If Lambda knew the full story, he probably wouldn't have put it that way either. He likes Cloud's version of the story, though. It makes him... Happy. That's why he'll try to smile. It's going to come out looking very awkward on him, but it's a smile nonetheless.]

I see.