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This is Cairngorm.

I've noticed that books have writing in them again, which means the library should be back to it's original form. It'll be more useful to everyone if it's organized and has librarians in charge of maintaining it. I'm used to doing work like that, so I don't mind organizing it, but it might be more time efficient to ask if there are others with the skills to help.

Firstly, we should familiarize ourselves with the restored materials. I've only been able to find useless books about talking animals so far, but one of you must have found something other than that by now. It would take years for me to read everything by myself, so if you could summarize any books you've found and return them to the library, you would save us all some time.

Secondly, has anyone considered keeping record of what's happening here? We should start creating archives for future reference now that we're able to. That's assuming we'll be stuck here for however much longer. There are other things like records of the plants and animals we come across that the library would benefit from as well, if you have any. We should be keeping all information like this in one place.

If you have other things in mind the library should have, or are familiar with any of the texts you find, let me know. I'd like to start working on this as soon as possible.

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Why not just write that then
It's a waste of paper to teach that in such a roundabout way
Not to mention that hard work doesn't always mean you'll be able to achieve something

It's mostly a lesson for children. Sometimes, children need examples to learn lessons, and they will sometimes be more inclined to remember things if told as a story.

Children...
Those are young humans?
Are they harder to teach than adult ones or something

Well... no. Adults don't want to learn things, usually.

[ He's laughing at himself, actually. But that might be hard for Cairngorm to understand, so he quickly corrected himself. ]

That is to say, the stubborn ones are. Anyway, they're not hard to teach, they just learn a little differently because they don't know much about the world and need to learn through experiences, usually. Which is why we tell stories like that.

Huh.
Gems are only kind of like that when we are born
The only stories we learn from after birth are the history of our planet and stories about gems who lived in the past

Either way you seem to know a lot about these children
Is there a reason for that

Ah. That sounds cool, though a bit boring if you tried that on our little ones. Did you not do anything fun or entertaining?

I'm around kids quite a lot. I named most of the ones that were born in my territory back home, actually. And... admittedly, I've always wanted a kid myself. I'm just not in a position to have one.

We play cards or other games sometimes when we are not working
Some gems make clothes or furniture for fun
It depends on the gem and what they find entertaining

So...your kind reproduces generation to generation
Like slugs [ sorry caramia that's all they can liken it to... ]
Don't you need to have offspring to keep your species alive?

Oh, well, that's good! Kyrie actually brought a deck of cards with him, if you ever feel like playing something with him.

Er. Yes, like slugs, sure. And most other living things. But, yes, we do, but I, myself, can't really afford to have a child. I don't have the time to raise one properly, and the environment it'd grow up in would be an admittedly dangerous one... On top of all that, I don't age like other humans do. I'm functionally immortal, and the thought of raising a child and watching them grow up just to watch them die sounds... heart-breaking. I don't think I could handle it.

Your offspring wouldn't also be immortal?
That's too bad
Are there others in your kind that can reproduce instead?
All of us gems live forever so I guess I can't understand the feeling of watching someone else grow up and die while I live
If we're stuck here for long enough I'll probably get it when I start outliving the human inhabitants

Ah, so you don't know what it's like to lose someone important, then? I'm a little relieved, in that case. I hope it's something you won't experience- it's not a very pleasant thing.

That said, I'm sure we'll find a way to get us home, so that won't be a problem.

Well
Gems get abducted from time to time so I've witnessed that
But it's not like the gems I've seen get taken away were my children or had a definite lifespan or something
So it's a different kind of loss

Either way I think we'll leave eventually I just don't know how long it's going to take

...Abducted??? By who?

We call them Lunarians
They're a species that lives on our moon

[ Ah, yes of course. The moon people that kidnap the sentient gem people. Why didn't he think of that? ~~Literally what the fuck...~~ ]

I'm so sorry. That must be terrible.

[ They're not the type to wallow or look for pity, so they'll just...move on. The less they think about the other gems and Lunarians while they're here, the better. ]

You said its pretty dangerous where you live too
So we all have things we are facing
It's just the way things are

Well, sure, but the dangers there are things that we are able to predict and the things that happen have names attached to them.

Here is nothing like that. Everything is unknown and we are given scraps as a means of answers.

I guess that's true
But we can't expect to know everything after just over a month of time
It hasn't been nearly long enough to know if there's a pattern to
Whatever it is that's happening
At the rate things are going I won't be surprised if it takes a year to know anything substantial

While I am curious about this place, I'm more interested in a way home than finding out more about it. I don't want to be stuck here a whole year...

Is there anything likeable about this place?
Of course finding a way back is preferable
Realistically I don't see it happening soon is all
I don't think it will take centuries but definitely some stretch of time

Nothing worth noting, though it could also be much worse, I suppose.

And certainly it will, but one should hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

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