{SE} In remembrance

A panther in the night, a fire burning bright. "A billion? That's too many people." Ray said, shaking her head with wide eyes. She startled when Neos all but slammed his face into the table. "Are you ok?!" She exclaimed, hovering worriedly. Ray then caught his words about a ranting habit. She burst out into laughter, clutching her stomach lightly. Finally getting a handle on her laughter, she wiped her eyes.  "It's not the worst habit to have. And it's interesting to hear about other worlds." Ray tried to reassure him. She truly did enjoy hearing about his home world and how vastly different it was from Caido. Ray listened intently as Neos finally got to his point. "That really is unique. I wonder if in the future Caido will have similarly split traditions. And it does seem like the 'veil' as you call it thins. People always try to find explanations for what they don't understand.  We're lucky that Ludo is as blatant as they are. Otherwise we'd probably be coming up with all manner of theories too." Ray then paused with a chuckle. "I think we both went on tangents actually. Weren't we supposed to be discussing lantern designs?" r a y The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. —Albert Camus