[ He bristles slightly at that, though it's probably hard to see from where he's seated on the ground. ]
...I never really told you about the Score, did I? I think I only ever mentioned it offhandedly, because I never cared that much about it when all I was concerned with was following Jade.
[ And because he hadn't known how Hikage would have felt about it, and he didn't want to say anything that would make him decide against coming back to his world with him, but that... probably doesn't matter now. ]
My planet's entire future was written down two thousand years ago, and the future of every individual person is already recorded at the time of their birth. Every year on your birthday, a Scorer gives you a summary of every major event that's going to happen to you in the coming year. The religion and political systems and everything are all built around it, and some rely on its guidance for even the most minute decisions in their lives.
[ His voice is still somewhat weak and nasal, but at least he can manage to sound a little more collected when he's jut reciting facts about his own world. ]
While it isn't absolute after all, it still requires a drastic change that would directly affect the Planet Score to actually push its predictions off course, because it's able to self correct for minor aberrations.
So it's not-- it's not as simple as just writing it off as a potential future that can easily be changed.
[ He sighs, shaking his head. ]
Anyway, I don't want to go to anyone else's world. I'm tired of being a third wheel, and I'd run into the same issues I have here, but with the added negative of having to rebuild everything I already have.
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...I never really told you about the Score, did I? I think I only ever mentioned it offhandedly, because I never cared that much about it when all I was concerned with was following Jade.
[ And because he hadn't known how Hikage would have felt about it, and he didn't want to say anything that would make him decide against coming back to his world with him, but that... probably doesn't matter now. ]
My planet's entire future was written down two thousand years ago, and the future of every individual person is already recorded at the time of their birth. Every year on your birthday, a Scorer gives you a summary of every major event that's going to happen to you in the coming year. The religion and political systems and everything are all built around it, and some rely on its guidance for even the most minute decisions in their lives.
[ His voice is still somewhat weak and nasal, but at least he can manage to sound a little more collected when he's jut reciting facts about his own world. ]
While it isn't absolute after all, it still requires a drastic change that would directly affect the Planet Score to actually push its predictions off course, because it's able to self correct for minor aberrations.
So it's not-- it's not as simple as just writing it off as a potential future that can easily be changed.
[ He sighs, shaking his head. ]
Anyway, I don't want to go to anyone else's world. I'm tired of being a third wheel, and I'd run into the same issues I have here, but with the added negative of having to rebuild everything I already have.