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[There's not much to hear in the background when Edwon starts recording. It's quiet, deliberately so, making him easy to hear. And when he speaks, it's with an imperial British accent.]

I've recently arrived, and I have a couple of questions. First: Are there really no stars?

Normally I'd be able to sense them - I'm Miraluka, so I don't have eyes - but here there's nothing. And I can feel the heat from a local sun, but as far as I can tell, it's not actually in the sky.

[He sounds really confused, though he's been doing enough digging to both know that the sun is in its rightful place, and to have some idea as to why he can't sense it. He just wants to know how people react to this.]

And so far I've only run into Humans. Are there really no other species here?

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Then I'm curious what explaining it right would be.

[It led to frustration on the other person's part, and no understanding at all on his part.]

Proximity and size of the sun. It pulls and draws all your senses towards it, a constant reminder of the powerful forces existing in the sky above us.

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Whatever helps you understand better.

[It can be said simply, but it's so much more complicated.]

You know, that is how someone could describe 'bright'. When something is visually bright, it overwhelms your senses, draws your attention to it. But what you experience is probably deeper, because we can eventually get used to and thus ignore something bright. Or block it.

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Can you block a light if you're staring directly at it? Staring directly at a sun would be harmful, wouldn't it?

[But this really is difficult to explain. Seeing the world the way he does is so inherent to him.]

There are people with my ability who also have eyesight. Unfortunately, I've never had the chance to ask them about the differences.

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Yes, but you would still be able to feel its heat. It might not be as intense, but you wouldn't be able to fully pretend it's not there either. But you're right: eyes can only handle so much light before there would be adverse effects.

[She lets out a disappointed sound.]

I'm sorry about that, you probably would have been able to communicate with them a lot better.