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Weird personally or weird scientifically?
Personally yeah. We only had the one sun at home. Seems to be the case for most people here too judging by how many of us are surprised by it.
Scientifically? Not that weird. Systems like this exist in the universe.

So there's other planets with more than one sun? Why don't the planets burn up?

[ consider yourself lucky that she doesn't think the sun orbits the planet. ]

There are yeah. Like Kepler 47? Thats a binary system. There's even a planet in it that orbits in the Goldilocks zone meaning the temperatures are probably in the right range for liquid water to exist.
The Kepler 47 system looks different than this one though. Here.

[A couple minutes later, he sends along a picture!]

In the Kepler 47 system youve got two stars in the center. Ones a dwarf and the other is roughly like 85% our suns brightness. Uh by our sun I mean the sun from my world? Idk about yours.
Anyway there are two planets that orbit the binary star system but only one is the right distance away from the stars to provide a survival habitat for life as we know it.
This system though? The uh Hadriel system I guess we'll call it.
I think it looks more like this? Based on how the daylight cycle functions we can approximate information about orbits and stuff.
So we're orbiting the one big sun which is the equivalent of the 85% star I was talking about with the Kepler 47 system. We also have a dwarf star in this system but based on my calculations it seems to be orbiting the same focal point as the bigger star though this planet is only orbiting the bigger star.
And then weve got a moon but who gives a crap about that.
Anyway all this to say we're not burning up because we're in the habitable zone of this solar system. The Goldilocks zone.
The primary sun likely isnt as bright as the sun I'm used to back home though it's a tough thing to measure without the right equipment. The dwarf star is both dim enough and far enough away to avoid frying us too badly.

[ congratulations, Newt! you have just given Cashmere her most thorough science lesson ever. she takes a while to reply, much longer than it usually takes her to reply to messages. she thinks she mostly understands what he's said. ]

Oh. Okay.

And they taught you all this in school?

[He's so proud!! He's not worried about the response time; he did just drop a science bomb on her.]

Oh okay? Thats it? You dont have questions or anything?

[He's not sure he buys that she understood it fully. Who doesn't have questions??]

Uhh sort of. Basically? My school experience was far from traditional so don't compare yourself to me. I dont remember where I learned this stuff specifically but calculating orbits based on what you see in the sky is pretty basic astronomy and physics.
I probably picked it up undergrad or maybe my equivalent of high school. Would they teach this in American high schools though? Unlikely.
But for the record Im not just regurgitating some crap I learned from a textbook somewhere down the line. True education just gives you the tools to find information in your own right. Do your own research. Make your own knowledge.
That stuffs cake once you've got the tools and the tools are basic.

["Basic" says the guy with ten million degrees.]

I don't know if I have questions. No one's ever taught me anything like that before. No astronomy and no physics.

Wait really? So what kind of stuff were you learning in school?

Outside of combat and how to be charming? Depends what family you're from. We all learn a little about the district's exports and focus in one area. I learned winemaking. Other people learn about gemstones, some people do perfumes or furs.

Jeez. That sounds like a terrible education system if I'm being honest. None of that's like useful.
I guess winemaking is kind of cool? But who teaches that instead of science?

They don't want us to know science. They want us to have specific skills for whatever the district produces.

I heard some of the people in the outer districts can't even read. [ she doesn't know if it's true BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE HEARD. ]

Uh yikes. That's really messed up. I'm sorry your gov't screwed you over like that.
Are you interested in science though? Is that why you're texting me?

[ wow ok apparently being good at science also means you can figure out why someone is texting you weird questions out of nowhere. ]

It's an area I don't know much about, and I think I could be more useful here If i did know things.

[He is sometimes good at social interactions! Look at him go!]

Fair enough. What brand of useful are you interested in pursuing?

I want to be able to help if something breaks. Or at least understand what people talk about when they talk about technical things.

So basic mechanics. That's not too hard to learn. You don't even need a formal education honestly? It's easy enough to pick up on the fly if you're getting your hands dirty regularly.
Are you asking me to teach you?

I wouldn't say no if you offered to teach me.

Hmmm I mean I could always use more help around the lab.
Mostly with the monsters but I've been trying to rig up new enclosures for my collection and that's basic enough to start with.
Could show you the inner workings of the super computer too but lol that's a bit more advanced.
Alternatively you can bring stuff by and we're take it apart together. That's the best way to learn tbh? Taking stuff apart and putting it back together.

Okay! Yeah. I'd like that. I learn really fast.I'll help with whatever you need help with.

Thanks.

Nice! Yeah just come by the lab whenever. I'm there most days or if I'm not then Im at home doing stuff with my monsters. 1301 in the houses near the lab.

Are you okay if I ask a lot of questions?

Actually thats a requirement of the course. You'd better be asking questions dude.

Good. Just remember you've said this when it starts to get annoying.

Oh please. Like I don't already have a monopoly on annoying.
If you manage to irritate me solely through a quest for knowledge I'll buy you a drink sometime.

[In this town where everything is free? Whatever, take the bet.]

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