"Yes. They have the ability to create nearly anything. Our own technology is far behind it as well." If Chanath was religious, she might have gone so far as to call it miraculous. Either way, she greatly approves, despite the lack of tactile satisfaction.

Faris' ears cant forward attentively, surprised to learn that improvements in medical research would lengthen a lifespan to that sort of extent. He doesn't recognize the treatments she mentions, though her tone implies they are to be equated with incredibly outdated and ineffective medicines. "Exploration of new worlds come with many hazards, and disease is one our peoples have encountered also. There is always risk, and yet far greater rewards that make it worth the price. I am certain we will be learning of both for a very long time to come."

"Boxing," Faris muses out loud, the word sounding familiar, searching his memory for why. "That is the simulated combat using forepaw strikes only, correct? Yet there are no boxes involved, only ropes."