"I think that'd put your differences into perspective pretty quick, either way. A truly alien mind is a whole different league to one that's just neohuman," Blaze muses out loud. "That isn't necessarily a bad thing, though. We were lucky back then that the Traveler didn't think anything like we were used to." Paranoid, xenophobic humans with godlike power? It doesn't bear thinking about.

"With diversity that low they'd be pretty vulnerable if they did meet a serious plague. But I guess they could just correct their immune systems and run off some new bodies." Blaze shakes her head. "Hnnh. Even if it's just physical, it must be lousy not to get your own face. Can't be healthy."

There's no saving some people, though. The City is much easier to help. "I, uh. I'm not sure. Seems like they've got plenty of open space inside the walls, but the residential areas are pretty built-up." Blaze rubs sheepishly at one of her antennae as she admits, "Never been down to take a look personally. I know they've got cattle, sheep, donkeys. A lot of birds. Oh, and dogs." She remembers one in a picture!