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"In one lifetime, Pham Nuwen had accomplished virtually everything that was possible for a being in the Slowness. All her life Ravna had pitied the civilizations trapped down there. They could never know the glory; they might never know the truth. Yet by luck and skill and sheer strength of will, this fellow had leaped barrier after barrier."
— Jan 25, 2025 02:33AM
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"You could study your whole life and not know. How long must a fish study to understand human motivation? We are like dumb animals to the Powers of the Transcend. Think of all different things people do to animals - ingenious, sadistic, charitable, genocidal - each has a million elaborations in the Transcend. The Zones are a natural protection; without them, human-equivalent intelligence would probably not exist."
— Jan 25, 2025 06:23AM
