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[bypartisan]

[Is it possibly for a mental voice to sound giddy? Because there's a distinct giddy tinge to By's thoughts, for all that his words come out with his normal, lazy, lightly Russian-accented drawl.]

Byerly Vorrutyer here. We're on Earth, pre-spaceflight, although someone who isn't me will need to get a better read on the actual date and location. Linguistically, it's a hodgepodge. I can hear archaic Russian, a whole host of Asiatic and Romance languages, and something else I can't quite place.

If you can "hear" this, check in. We need to know who we've got to work with.

Comments

[bypartisan]

No, no, I'm very interested in your antique lingo.

[permastubble]

It’s not lingo. We’re both police detectives and we work together. That’s a pretty universal meaning for partner, isn’t it?

[bypartisan]

No, no, I understand that. Municipal guards do the same thing on my planet. It was the other meaning of 'partner' I was surprised by.

[permastubble]

I think that might be an American thing or something. We don’t use it that way in Japan, at least where I’m from.

[bypartisan]

Mm. I don't think Americans made up much of the original settler group for mine. The English language group seems to be mostly British in descent from what I can tell.

[permastubble]

I’m not sure I could tell the difference? English just sounds like English to me. I know they are different, but my English is pretty poor at best.

[bypartisan]

There's a bit of difference in word choice and pronunciation. My own English is fluent, but then it is one of the four official language of the Empire.

[permastubble]

I’m going to go ahead and guess most of the people here are probably English and not Americans, right?

[bypartisan]

Where we've found ourselves? Likely. When it comes to Travelers, however, I think the opposite is more true.

[permastubble]

Huh. I wonder why? [A pause.] I guess it doesn't really matter much in the long run.