You guys aren't really getting it.
Two kilo of platinum should be a rounding error for any civ/organisation with access to space minning? So value of heavy/rare metals would be very low.
Ah, a modest time-jump, since the demonstration would have been largely non-visual. Though it appears he had quite the flashback while he was under. It's up to him if he wants to share what is was, though...
...Or OL could just be nosey about it.
Of course, it's just natural curiosity.Which puts his hatred of Kryptonians into a new light. A young child's hatred at first, deep and intense, maturing into a smouldering undercurrent that probably coloured his life as much as the timaronian disapora.
Worth asking about, I suppose. Though at such a young age, there's little that could have been edited later.
I bet he remembers some moments of it from a third-person perspective. Recognising his face in images of refugees, that sort of thing.
Shouldn't be that hard, unless classically-raised kryptonians have different thought patterns to human-raised. And to some degree, they could find that out by reading the Karas.
I suppose to them, that counts as permission to read him. Though most prospective customers might object afterwards to such a casual approach.
I'm sure he will later, just to be sure of any lingering details. And to make sure there's no other spots of 'modified memories' he didn't know about.
And efficient little setup, and quite mobile, I assume. Though most would probably be setup in standing offices rather than serve as travelling teams.
'Gambols'? Interesting description. I was assuming they were identical to Dubbilex in everything except presented sex. <checks> Took a search of the story-only, but here's a light description of them for the curious: G-Pooka (Second paragraph.) Smaller, slightly more femme, and with a ring of smaller horns. They've probably refined the look a little more.
Wonder if that's a consistent naming theme (all 'Ll's, or what?
) or if she just picked it off the cuff?Interesting to see they pronounce words slightly differently, if the tic is anything to go by. More likely they were stressing different words, since they're not thinking identically.
A quirk of mass-cloned species, really. Siblinghood is expressed both in genetic variation and in production timing... Wonder if the Citadellians did anything like that?
Amusing that she's got a slight... Tan? Fading? ...From the sunshine.
No sooner said than done, and all. No electronics to deal with, after all. Why would you need an intercom or computer when you're psychically linked?
Their ears to their boss' brain. And from their brain back to the ladies' mouths.
Which is an interesting variation compared to the Renegade's timeline, where they made Ixzy as a remote manager g-Goblin, among other later additions. If memory serves me correctly.
The hint of discord and family disagreement is probably a surprise to him. He's probably been thinking of them as a full hive-mind: what one knows, all know, what all want, one does.
I wonder if Amalak even realises what that specifically means. I assume Timaron culture had evil spirits or the like, which his Ring would have trans-literated the term into.
Damned lucky, indeed.
Ah, down to brass tacks, then. Negotiations of transactional worth.
Just a matter of finding a suitable space rock, no? Though there's probably restrictions on acquiring materials like that. Permits, fees, licences... That sort of thing.
Now that is a lot more understandable. I imagine the cloning tanks made by Cadmus were pretty crude in comparison.
Hell, Sivana probably has something like that sitting in a lab somewhere ignored because he lost interest.
If he can get that much. But to pay for certainty in this trial? I expect he finds the price worth it,
Quite efficient, really. And with OL to lug them around, no need to worry about shifting the tank by themselves.
A couple of hours of FTL, the procedure itself, and then waiting for the trial to conclude, of course. With Llesley providing testimony as needed.
Though in his case it's more 'physically destroyed' than 'mildly misremembered'...
I'll increase it, but it's expensive because it's for a few hours work rather than something that's going to have a big absolute effect on his financials. Amalak isn't rich in the sense that he's got a huge bank account, he's powerful because he controls a large and professional mercenary army and navy.
Best take heavy drilling equipment. As I recall in Paul's timeline the planet was glassed, bombarded until the surface melted. While there are likely hardened bunkers that survived (glassing deeper than a few tens of metres becomes extremely energy intensive) any entrances to such would be buried.
You're also not really getting it.
Zoat doesn't need to, no, but Orange Lantern doesn't know that.
Paul has also seen things that don't really happen in comics, like supervillains actually being rehabilitated and advanced tech, magic and policy being implemented in wider society.
Oh no. That was all the demon magic. Working with Satannus was a matter of convenience.
"for Gra"
I imagine it's quite a sight. A cephalopodic thing with tentacles and far too much intelligence in its inhuman eyes... That sets just about any anthropomorphic being on edge because of its 'not like us'-ness. And then you realise it's telepathic...
Mostly accurate, given a certain value of 'kryptonian'. Most of the genes came from kryptonian beings, even if the arrangement of them is unconventional.
Kryptonian creatures were weird. A frill that can display mental images? There's no way that was entirely naturally evolved, right?
And any number of still-born mutants and terrifying atrocities. Fortunately, the genomorphs are used to experimentation and reclamation
Completely understandable. No telling what his rage might have made him do. Even stripped entirely naked, he might well still have gone for Zod's throat with his bare hands.
Which would definitely be news to him, that's for sure. He's been so confident that all this was his doing...
At least to this trial. If it's true, then someone is going to have to investigate it...
Simple pharmaceutical influences would hardly be significant to a kryptonian anyway. That designer genome probably includes all manner of resistances to simple intoxicants. It would have taken a lot to get a kryptonian drunk, I bet.
It's not impossible he was being manipulated by some rogue Eradicator. But there would have been signs the Kryptonians could have detected, surely? Still, not being certain of that is why they're here now.
You say that now... I wonder if he'll be as confident in about ten minutes?
All right, here we go...
Presumably she'll ask questions that will guide his thoughts towards things they want to check, then. He's old enough that a simple, unfocused search would take days.
An interesting place to start. Nudging him towards thoughts of learning about the core collapse and the beginnings of his plans?
But now he's starting to think about it, isn't he?
A sensible enough answer, given his rank. Even if most of that awareness was nothing more than a list of names.
And not anything as simple as 'As he believes it to be?'
The big difference would be the variance between what he remembers, and what they see in his memories.
A reasonable objection, especially if Zod undergoes the same emotional influences in the replayed memories as he did when he originally experienced them.
Let's see what they find, then.
Impressive that a little nudge could bring all that out. And such a humble first encounter between two men who ended up shaping Krypton's end.
Heh, an interesting response. I suppose as a member of the navy, he'd be aware of all their holdings.
...That he knows of. And that just makes the crime worse, doesn't it? Burning a whole world that he'd barely known about...
Given krypton's technology, I rather suspect most would not rank highly in comparison.
All in all, a rather pedestrian people, entirely average in all respects?
Ah, the meat of the matter. Why?
Naturally, he wanted an easy target. One that couldn't fight him off. But also a plausible target that he could claim had tried. Entirely logical, when put that way.
And the objection! Now, what part of that isn't true, I wonder...
We'll find out soon, I think.
Thank you, corrected.
They are trying to determine why he did stupid thing like kill a Krypton client planet.(which they stopped bothering years back)
The conspiracy deepens and raises the question, if Zod didn't personally choose Timaron to be targeted, who or what did and how did they get close to a Kryptonian General during their isolation to influence him!
Also remember, it appears that the moment Zod was brought out kf the Phantom Zone, an intelligence fampening effect appeared with him. They are so trying to determine if something or someone else caused him to have an attack of the stupid for bombarding a possession world to be his go to action.
Speaking of "Elseworlds", fingers crossed the next Alternate Paul will be a version that got sent to the Fables setting, if only for the hilarity of him flying about Earth, cleaning the environment and uplifting Humanity's tech level, initially assuming he's the ONLY Paranormal element in that cosmos, (nevermind the VAST buried/latent magics of Mundy World that he could tap into to power his ring, much like how his Warhammer counterpart powers his with the Winds of Magic), being completely unaware of the existence of Fables and Literals alike.
