Audacious

Myriad Reality

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Did it meet your expectations?

@Meta

It blew them away. Because like I said, I knew how big the world was in my head. But to feel how big it is? Whole different beast.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods, taking it all in for a few seconds*
That does sound really nice. Were you a big star gazer growing up?

@Meta

I was. Dad spent a lot of time teaching us about the stars. It built up a lot of anticipation, and I couldn’t wait to go.

Myriad Reality

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Almost like part of a community?

@Meta

Yeah, pretty much. On the largest scale one could be on.

Myriad Reality

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Was any part of it scary? Almost making you feel insignificant?

@Meta

You might think that. But I wouldn’t say that at all. Felt like I was coming out of my shell and joining something important. Bigger than myself, sure, but not in a way that made me feel small.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
Nothing on that scale. I would like to have the chance to see something like that for myself, someday.

@Meta

I hope you get to. It’s one thing to know in your head how big the world really is, but it’s another to slowly get to experience the steps to really grasping how grand it all is.

Myriad Reality

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What did it look like when you first got there? What stood out?

@Meta

A lot of flashing lights and colors. Lots of ships going in and out. But the biggest thing was literally the biggest thing. Getting to see the scale of it all- a station built around a planet by people, as like an extension of the planet itself. A bridge from the people on the ground, to space where they could go anywhere… You ever get to visit anything like that?

Myriad Reality

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Okay, instead, what did you see that, when you saw it, made you saw "yes, this is why I left home."?

@Meta

*Taps my chin*
Tough, still. I’d say I felt that way when I got to see, land in, and explore an orbital ring for the first time. Something so useful was also so gorgeous to watch from the window. Really showed what’s possible for people out there in the world that I could barely imagine before.

Myriad Reality

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What sorts of things did you see when you left?

@Meta

*Blows air out of my mouth*
That is officially the kind of question that’s too broad for me to answer, because I’m still seeing it all to this day.

Myriad Reality

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Oh, that's sad. Why did you leave?

@Meta

To see the world. We didn’t leave in the sense that we never looked back or returned, though. We still go back, here and there.

Myriad Reality

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Did you live there pretty much your whole life? That's so very interesting.

@Meta

Most of my life up until after I turned twenty, then we all left together.