Canon is "The Giver" and mun is terrified to try this...

[therecouldbelove]

I don't think I understand what you mean about meeting new people. Do you mean the newchildren? I know all about them from Father and I don't understand why you wish for me to meet with them.

Not newchildren?

Oh.

I apologize for my rudeness.

...

But then...what do you mean?

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[turtlewalks]

It's likely that they mean that there are people here from different places.

[therecouldbelove]

[Jonas isn't used to seeing people he doesn't know. He stares for a little while, then blinks and snaps out of it.]

I apologize for my staring!

What do you mean, "different places?" Other Communities? Elsewhere?

[turtlewalks]

[She looks unnerved by the attention, but shrugs it off.]

All sorts of places. Different states, different countries... My mun even said different worlds.

[therecouldbelove]

What's a country?

[turtlewalks]

You don't know what a country is?

[therecouldbelove]

No.

Was that a rude question?

[turtlewalks]

No. It's just...everybody knows what a country is! Where are you from?

[therecouldbelove]

The Community.

[turtlewalks]

Does it have some kind of name?

[therecouldbelove]

The Community.

[turtlewalks]

That's really what it's called?

[therecouldbelove]

What else would it be called?

[turtlewalks]

[She shrugs.]

I don't know, but most places have names. You know...proper nouns. Orlando, Albany, Paris.

[therecouldbelove]

What are those?

[turtlewalks]

They're cities. In Florida, New York, and France.

You've really never heard of them?

[therecouldbelove]

No.

Are they in Elsewhere?

[turtlewalks]

Where's that?

[therecouldbelove]

Outside of the Community.

[turtlewalks]

You know, it's starting to sound like you come from one of those weird cults that I've seen on the TV.

[therecouldbelove]

What's a TV?

[turtlewalks]

[She gapes at him.]

You don't know what TV is? Television? How do you watch the news?

Well, I suppose you could always read that. But documentaries and game shows! You don't know what those are?

[therecouldbelove]

We get all the news from the Speaker. I'm afraid I don't know what a documentary or a game show is.

I apologize for my lack of understanding.

[turtlewalks]

You don't have to apologize. That's just...

[She holds her hand to her head for a minute.]

Wow. That's just hard to believe.

[therecouldbelove]

Don't have to apologize?

[He looks startled by this.]

[turtlewalks]

Sure. It's not like it's your fault or anything.