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[dancingmd]

There's something I've been thinking about over the past few months of being here: the portal appears to have a distinctly Human bias. I'm Human myself but I come from a universe with hundreds, if not thousands of other sapient species, yet the three of us who are here from that universe are all Humans. What's more is that no one else I've talked to here has ever encountered or even heard of the other people we share our galaxy with, no more than I'd known of Asgardians or Elves or the Prawn before I arrived. On the other hand, despite vast other differences in our realities here, most people seem to know about Humans, which seems strange to me. Surely there must be an infinite number of universes out there without Humans, right? So why are there no representatives of those worlds? Or simply more representatives of a wider variety of peoples?

Now, if this was one of the historical portals built by the inhabitants of the planet we orbit, I wouldn't think as much of it - perhaps they'd specifically target realities that were closest to their own. But if this one is supposedly a natural occurrence, then why this pattern of selection?

Any thoughts on this?

[Because surely, she can't be the only one thinking about it.]

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[dancingmd]

I think wanting what we can't have is something that happens across all species - but maybe we're worse about it than some.

[threatenwithcuteness]

I guess...

I dunno, it's a magic portal that doesn't make sense. It could just be racist.

[dancingmd]

Even when it comes to magic, there's always some sort of explanation behind it. You just have to figure out what it is.

[threatenwithcuteness]

That doesn't mean it has to make sense.

Sometimes things are just weird.

[dancingmd]

[Beverly laughs.]

Fair enough! But I'm a scientist - it's hard for me not to delve into it.

[threatenwithcuteness]

Yeah- but... why?

We can't really change it if the portal is racist. The portal just is.

And messing with it can be really bad.

[dancingmd]

The better we understand it, the better chance we have at getting home again.

[threatenwithcuteness]

It still seems dangerous to mess with it.

Can you be sure studying it won't make it mad?

[dancingmd]

The people here have been studying it and using it for years. I'm not going to just go in with no preparation or discussion with them. Right now it's more... speculative thinking.