[Oh gosh, if only. University VLEs nowadays leave very little to hide behind. You're expected to show students the entire semester plan at the outset. And of course there's no set text to work from. And my partner just told me in no uncertain terms that I have to stop for the night because I sound like I'm going crazy. If I can just get the first 6 weeks done properly, I can justify the rest being kind of skeletal for now...ahem ANYWAY.]
Leaving aside the toast with a crooked smile that confirmed yes, it had been Charles indeed, Aurus turned his attention to his coffee for the moment. Coffee, it seemed, had great translation power across worlds.
"What would they seek to do to you? Is it likely to come to war--or has it already?" Foolish though that would be, he wouldn't put it past any group of humans that was stubborn and unyielding enough, and that had the means to wage the battles.
"It seems to me that living peacefully and living side by side are two significantly different matters. People's general inclination to mix them up no more alters that fact than it produces the results they dream of." Of course he had no first had experience of the specific situation in this world, but this struck him true as a general rule and he was willing to venture that it was at least likely here too. "Regardless, if war comes to you then you've no choice but to fight."
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Leaving aside the toast with a crooked smile that confirmed yes, it had been Charles indeed, Aurus turned his attention to his coffee for the moment. Coffee, it seemed, had great translation power across worlds.
"What would they seek to do to you? Is it likely to come to war--or has it already?" Foolish though that would be, he wouldn't put it past any group of humans that was stubborn and unyielding enough, and that had the means to wage the battles.
"It seems to me that living peacefully and living side by side are two significantly different matters. People's general inclination to mix them up no more alters that fact than it produces the results they dream of." Of course he had no first had experience of the specific situation in this world, but this struck him true as a general rule and he was willing to venture that it was at least likely here too. "Regardless, if war comes to you then you've no choice but to fight."