It's isn't as complicated as we make it out to be. We have a paltry fourteen years of history with extraterrestrial activity; our knowledge is... limited.
[Harriet looks vaguely grim as she strides down the hallway.]
Of course, you must understand Emergences, your own status, the alien threat, all of that, but... you'll learn quickly. It isn't knowledge you're liable to forget.
[Knowledge that all the world could never forget. Watching Los Angeles vanish in the blink of an eye, seeing the first Emergence appear, the first alien attack... Days that people would remember afterwards for the rest of their lives. They would remember the exact moment they had heard of these events, seen them on their television screens...]
It is a pleasure to meet you, though, Miss Vi - and you say you have experience in law enforcement, politics, all of that sort of thing? Wonderful.
[It seems Harriet has heard quite a lot of stories about strange worlds in her lifetime.]
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[Harriet looks vaguely grim as she strides down the hallway.]
Of course, you must understand Emergences, your own status, the alien threat, all of that, but... you'll learn quickly. It isn't knowledge you're liable to forget.
[Knowledge that all the world could never forget. Watching Los Angeles vanish in the blink of an eye, seeing the first Emergence appear, the first alien attack... Days that people would remember afterwards for the rest of their lives. They would remember the exact moment they had heard of these events, seen them on their television screens...]
It is a pleasure to meet you, though, Miss Vi - and you say you have experience in law enforcement, politics, all of that sort of thing? Wonderful.
[It seems Harriet has heard quite a lot of stories about strange worlds in her lifetime.]
Might I hear more about it?