Wild Roving, Thursday [30/08]

[not_in_the_book]

"Good morning, everyone!" Ronan said cheerily, giving a jaunty wave to his class. "It's nice to see so many familiar faces. For those who don't know me, my name is Ronan Nolan -- you can just call me Ronan, no real need for the 'professor' thing unless you really want to -- and I am a wizard."

He paused for a moment. "... If there are any newbies here who don't believe me yet, yes, I do in fact mean the kind of wizard who does magic. Stay back after class if you want to see an example of something I can do; I promise I'm not crazy.

"So, welcome to Wild Roving," Ronan continued. "In this class, I'm going to be drawing upon some of my own experiences to teach you the skills you need if you're ever travelling on your own -- whether that's backpacking across Europe, running away from the authorities, or travelling the galaxy world-to-world.

"And, since this is the first class, we're going to go with the Fandom tradition and do introductions."

[Wait for OCD is up!]

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Re: Introductions

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Ronan nodded. "A former civilisation, then?" he asked, to clarify. "By how long do they predate you?"

Re: Introductions

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"At least several tens of thousands of years," Liara said.

Fifty thousand years, Liara. Well. Forty-nine nine nine and some change. "Many of our technological advances are based on Prothean finds."

Re: Introductions

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"Reverse engineering?" Ronan asked, "or integrating into your own existing tech?"

Re: Introductions

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"Both," Liara said. "I mean, it depends. We have yet to manage reverse-engineering a mass relay, for instance."

Re: Introductions

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"And not for lack of trying, I imagine," Ronan said. "They're still usable, though, yes? Which speaks to the skill with which the Protheans could craft them, if they're still functional tens of thousands of years later."

Re: Introductions

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"Exactly. It is one of the reasons why the Protheans are worthy of our admiration, and of extensive study," Liara said, nodding, "And while I respect the hanar's religious rights, of course, being able to look into their archives... well, it would be wonderful."