[ He would assume that, having used Earth as a landmark, Dys would be capable of discussing Earth in the broadest of terms for comparison. "What year is it?" is hardly an in-depth question.
"8" is a useless answer, as there has to be a pre-arrival time for them to have restarted at 8. ]
It's 3001, and I don't know of any planet with a calendar year that is still in the single digits. Most of the UP has adopted the Earth calendar for intergalactic trading purposes: it's simpler to have a standardized time and year. I haven't heard the Flood in some time.
[ The last sentence takes a hard shift from blase and explanatory to concerned. ]
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"8" is a useless answer, as there has to be a pre-arrival time for them to have restarted at 8. ]
It's 3001, and I don't know of any planet with a calendar year that is still in the single digits. Most of the UP has adopted the Earth calendar for intergalactic trading purposes: it's simpler to have a standardized time and year. I haven't heard the Flood in some time.
[ The last sentence takes a hard shift from blase and explanatory to concerned. ]