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originally posted in:The New Dojo
1/20/2018 7:34:32 PM
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"Huh..." Malcolm looked off, seemingly lost in thought.
"So how do you see me? Now? In this large, open space?"
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<Well, really it’s less like seeing and more like feeling... I have no form of ocular input whatsoever, so when others describe something I imagine feeling it. I can use sound to not just tell shape, but texture and density as well. It’s as if I am reaching out and touching my surroundings. I can ‘see’ everything around myself within thirty yards, but it gradually becomes less clear. On the other hand, I can sacrifice my area of perception for more clarity from a distance, like a telescope. At short distances I have an advantage over others, but at long distances I am disadvantaged.>
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"Huh..." Malcolm chuckled lightly, clearly fascinated by the technology it took to make Alice.
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<What is it?> *She tilted her head curiously.*
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"You are incredible, might I say. A prime example of the capabilities of humanity."
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<Thank you, but my father is far from human, actually. He is Sphirin.>
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"Mister Sketch." Malcolm concluded, smiling slightly as he looked at Alice. "Him, I'm assuming. He's the only one I know of."
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<Yes, indeed. If it weren’t for my head and fur colors, I would appear completely Sphirin.>
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"Why does you colour make any difference to whether or not you are?"
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*She pulled back the sleeve of her trench coat to show the orangey-yellow fur on her hand and the dark blue fur on her forearm, separated by a dark red stripe.* <My fur is very unnaturally colored, like my father’s. He wanted us to seem more related than only having fur and tails, so we have the same patterns. They are differently colored though. Of course, I’ve only taken his word for it.>
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"I still don't understand what difference that makes. Wouldn't all fur be considered the same? Considering? '
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<People who are mammals on Sphirin are colored much like their counterparts here. As far as I know, there are no mammals here with fur that is blue, red grey and yellow. His fur is unnaturally colored as well, and got a lot of attention on his home planet.>
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"So even in foreign, other worlds. Things like racism will persist... How interesting. '
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<It is not that they are racist... It’s just that he is not an accurate representative of the Sphirin race. Sapphire, his cousin is the closest. Her only abnormality is her height.>
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"An accurate representation... Shameful. The fact that they see him in such a way. '
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<Are you referring to the rest of his race?>
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"Of course. They view you and him as less than perfect. That's shameful."
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Edited by Skatch142: 1/20/2018 11:48:32 PM<No, no. You are greatly mistaken. That is a fact. He was not alienated by others. That would be extremely unlikely in a race that consists of hundreds of species. Sketch only differs in a way that others do not.>
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"You're right. I don't understand... I mean, how could I?"
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<Are you implying that your intelligence is below average? You shouldn’t treat yourself like that, it’s not healthy.>
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"I am not implying anything of the sort. I just mean to say that I cannot rightfully understand a species I know nothing about."
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<But this is quite simple.>
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"You say that he is viewed differently because of his fur. Yet there are hundreds of different fur colours. That I understand."
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<Differently by himself and I. His fur is not naturally colored for someone of his species. He was studied due to this fact, but was not alienated by his race. It is a fact that he does not correctly represent his race visually. His brother does not correctly represent his race in the fact that his soul is [i]glitched[/i] as one might say. His cousin appears to be entirely normal except that she is a foot taller than the average height of a Sphirin.>
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"If there are so many different colours of fur, why is Mister Sketch alienated at all?"
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<Because his fur is blue, grey, green, white, and black. The shades of blue and green are not found in nature, nor on any person who is a hybrid of the same species. He was not born with fur this color either. He was not alienated, he was studied to try and learn how his fur developed those colors.> *From the tone of her voice, he could tell she was beginning to tire from the attempts to explain this.*
