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[agleam]

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[agleam]

Why's that? Just because more can go wrong, or...?

[bxkautx]

With a car it's pretty much just wheels and steering and how fast you're going, right? And then some other features like lights to indicate to other drivers when you're turning or slowing down.

But a rocketship has to be a lot more precise about every single thing it's doing. And it's not just rolling along a road, it's gotta break through the atmosphere and fight gravity the whole way. Plus once you're in space there's nowhere to like... refuel. If anything goes wrong you have way less help, resources, and ways to fix it.

[agleam]

Oh... That makes sense. You're right, it really is intense.

[bxkautx]

Not that a lot of people don't die in car accidents, though.

[ can you lighten up a little ]

[agleam]

Wait, really?

[but cars sounded so cool...]

[bxkautx]

Yeah, it's pretty common.

[agleam]

Like one in a hundred or more rare?

[bxkautx]

I don't really have statistics on it. And that's not how the statistic would work. It would be more about like... a certain number of deaths per year, probably, because people drive around every day.

[agleam]

Makes sense, I guess.

[though it'd be nice to think the future meant things didn't go wrong as much.]

[bxkautx]

[ just responds to thoughts like a rudeass. ]

The future is both good and bad.

[agleam]

Yeah? What do you like most about it?

[bxkautx]

Uhh. Not dying of the common cold I guess.

[agleam]

[nope nope nope nope nope nope]

Ha. Fair enough.

[bxkautx]

And I do like roadtrips in the car.

[agleam]

Did you travel a lot, before - everything?

[bxkautx]

No, not really. A little, I guess, but not that much. I wanted to get out of my hometown for a while, but kind of... changed my mind?

[agleam]

Do you remember why you changed your mind?

[bxkautx]

I just stopped hating being home so much.

[agleam]

... Sorry you hated it at all. That sounds rough.

[bxkautx]

... It's fine. It was just like—when something bad happens but nothing changes and no one handles it right, so you just want to leave.

[agleam]

It's okay if you don't want to answer, but... What was the bad thing?

[bxkautx]

My brother died.

[agleam]

[a beat of surprise, then - how terrible. i can't even imagine.]

Oh - I'm so sorry. Truly.

[bxkautx]

It was a long time ago.

[agleam]

Yeah.

[but sometimes things linger.]