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Muse is from Space Cases because I am ridiculous, thinking of sending him to exsilium

I, uh... I think there must be some kind of misunderstanding here. You have lots of other people hanging around back here you could go for, and it's not like I'm the most interesting one you could have picked. Anyway, they need me, back on The Christa! At least... I'm pretty certain they need me.

And of all the places, you want me to be fighting some war for someone I don't even know? Thanks but no thanks. I wasn't even hatched yet during the first Andromedan war, and I already never hear the end of it.

If there's one thing I've learned it's never let anyone else rope you into their problems.

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Oh, not the Martians. I mean, the people that adopted me. Different kinds of humans're always getting enslaved and oppressed.

Oh, my... friend, Harlan. He told me about that once. 400 years ago Earthers used to enslave each other.

Sounds kind of crazy, a whole species turning against itself.

Yeah, but it happens. You're lucky if the species you come from don't do that, man. People're messed up.

Loyalty is an Andromedan's greatest asset.

At least until the Spung showed up.

What're the Spung? That sounds ominous.

Ominous is being generous. They're reptilian, bipedal. Like to take over any planets they can get their claws into.

Then maybe it's better you're lost in space rather than deal with that.

We haven't exactly been able to avoid them entirely.

What, are they following you, or something?

I hope not! They're just... pervasive?

Maybe you can get rid of them. Not that I advocate, y'know, slaughtering entire species.

The UPP have been trying to decades. My people tried the whole time we were enslaved. I don't think I have much of a chance.

Then you should just stay lost in space. Someday I hope to get lost in space, too.

Feel like trading places?

Sure, if there were any way to do that. You'd have to take my job, though.

Can't be that hard. What do you do?

I work in advertising. I'm a copywriter.

Oh, so you... write things? Or, copy things?

I write ads, you know? For stuff I'm trying to convince people they really need to buy.

That doesn't sound so hard.

It's not. People like to pretend it is, but it's easy. You just have to tell people what they want to hear.

Oh. That's, uh, not exactly a strong suit of mine. Maybe I'd get better if I practiced, though.

Don't worry. You'd be fine. It's mostly all bullshit, anyway.

So, like... lying?

Basically. Lying to make people think they want to buy things, when really they should be thinking about more important things.

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