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[In the time since he was released from Zero, Scorpius has been spending the majority of his days in the library. The availability of knowledge from other universes is too irresistable to ignore, and much of his time is spent cataloging facts and figures he feels may be useful to him in the coming time]

The enormous accessibility of resources even to known prisoners on this ship continues to amaze me. I wonder if I might entreat on a warden who would be able to provide a personal databank? It's far easier than writing notes by hand.

Additionally, I would be interested to learn if anyone has bothered to map out the Barge's destinations ahead of schedule, or started to plan for each flood and port we encounter. It seems to be on a rotating cycle.

And there are still concepts I come across every day whose meanings continue to elude me. I have seen...[He pauses to double-check the name he's written down] Abbott and Costello's 'Who's on First' three times and each subsequent viewing leaves me more perplexed.

John, if this data reel is any indication of your species' intelligence, I don't know whether to feel superior or afraid.

[Private to Catra]

Have you tracked Crichton's meal cycles yet?

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[In Spock's experience these aren't the first things one does upon first contact, but his tone remains utterly mild and moderated.]

There are several books in the library. You may wish to begin with Freud, and move on to Clarke.

I'll take your suggestion under advisement.

[And instead go straight for psychological warfare]

[you didn't even try at all.jpeg]

There are truly so few humans?

In my part of the galaxy, yes. But it doesn't surprise me: humans in my universe have not yet fully left their atmosphere, if my reading on the situation and the books here is correct.

Most curious. The majority of my colleagues are human.

Then you are from a universe where their technology is more advanced, in parts.

Forgive me for observing, but you yourself are both human and...not. Your energy pattern is similar.

Do you have human ancestry?

I am not offended; your observation is indeed correct. I am half-human.

[He'd have liked to know Scorpius could do that, but well, he knows now.]

[Sorry, Spock: Scorpius likes to spring awareness on people. It's a sport]

Fascinating. I too am a hybrid.

Humans do not have a purity-of-blood statute in place?

[Purity of — EXCUSE YOU you actually manage to shock him, such that the reply is a half-beat too late if he had no emotions on the subject.]

They do not. All attempts in the past have been subverted.

What of your heritage?

[Scorpius takes this knowledge and files it away for safekeeping. He needed to know how closely humans and Sebaceans resemble one another]

I am half Scarran and half Sebacean. You may think of Sebaceans as being very similar physically to humans, at least externally.

And culturally extremely different, I suppose?

Extremely. Culturally, and internally. Humans do not suffer the Living Death when the temperatures rise.

[Cold-blooded. Something he'll note for future reference.]

Scarrans are further removed?

They are wildly different in appearance and all other things. Yes.

You identify as one, both, or neither?

I am half Scarran, half Sebacean. I can pass for neither race, and neither race fully accepts me as one of their own. To the Scarrans, I am a failed experiment: to the Sebaceans, I am an impure deformity that must be tolerated in order to achieve a shared objective.

[does this answer your question mr. spock]

[It only raises more questions, Mr. Scorpius.]

[However, he's got a handle on himself now and knows (roughly) what to expect. Shock value isn't something that really works, with Vulcans.]

Who was present in your childhood environment, if I may ask?

The Scarrans. I was raised aboard one of their Dreadnoughts - their most powerful class of ship.

How is this relevant information, Mr. Spock?

[A coincidence, that there are ships of the same class? He thinks not.]

I was raised on Vulcans, amongst my father's people. My exposure to the other half of my heritage occurred only as an adult. I am interested in what other similarities we may have.

My situation was similar. My...

[He hesitates now for the first time, before finally biting the bullet on the word]

..father was Scarran. And I did not see another Sebacean outside of captivity until well out of childhood.

You see yourself as Sebacean?

I see myself as a Scarran-Sebacean hybrid working for the Sebaceans against the Scarrans.

I see.

I am Vulcan.

[Not really feeling human right now :c]

That is your prerogative.

I would caution you that some Vulcans may not see it that way and take offense.

I am gratified by your concern, however, my classmates have already demonstrated that to varying degrees, as have humans. It is of little consequence.

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