[Having tentatively decided she can keep talking to 8 (at least for the moment) by virtue of his being from Terra, Mira softens, her expression shifting to tolerant amusement. There are trillions and trillions of people. Not everyone can live on the homeworld, kid.]
Yes, another planet. Far from Terra, I'm afraid, at the gate to the Eye of Terror. After Terra herself, we're the most heavily garrisoned place in the galaxy. I think we'd be indistinguishable from many other Civilised Worlds in the Imperium, if not for that.
[Mira has enough perspective to realize that ecologically speaking, Cadia's nice enough, but unremarkable. It just has the misfortune of the metaphorical next town over being non-metaphorical Hell.]
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Yes, another planet. Far from Terra, I'm afraid, at the gate to the Eye of Terror. After Terra herself, we're the most heavily garrisoned place in the galaxy. I think we'd be indistinguishable from many other Civilised Worlds in the Imperium, if not for that.
[Mira has enough perspective to realize that ecologically speaking, Cadia's nice enough, but unremarkable. It just has the misfortune of the metaphorical next town over being non-metaphorical Hell.]