Book 1, Part 2

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

At least, I thought that school would be interesting. I thought the Scholars at Jordan were boring, but I think I got used to it, and then they were interesting. The Scholar at my new school is just boring. I read other parts in my experimental theology book while the professor was lecturing. There was just talk about thermodynamics and entropy and that's all, there wasn't a mention of anything else about it. Do they want everyone to become scientists here? I thought they'd teach something interesting when it came to experimental theology and philosophy but it was just about things that don't mean anything.

I asked my professor about how I got here from my own world and she wouldn't tell me. I wonder if I study physics if they'll tell me then. Then maybe there's some use for physics after all, so maybe it's a good thing.

Comments

[hostbu]

Experimental theology? Lyra, you're very clever!

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

I guess that's true.

[hostbu]

I would have never thought of something so advanced when I was your age! I rarely think about it now anyway, I suppose. But you have very interesting question. Ehh I've never thought how we got here..

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

In my world it was real simple, and when I say "my world" it's this world too. It's a lot of worlds. All of them together.

We should worry about how we got here 'cause some people want to go back, and some people are still coming, and others are left behind.

[hostbu]

I've given some thought to the people who were left behind, yes. However, there's just no reason to worry they won't join us soon. Is there anyone in particular you're hoping will arrive here?

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Do you have to go to school? I didn't know that.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

They're making me go. It's not so bad, I guess. College at home was a lot more interesting, this school here is pretty boring.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Strange, but I suppose they are that desperate for scientists that they enforce education. Do you like physics? I think it's an interesting idea, but too complicated to learn all at once.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

That's what people in the other world called it; they called it physics. In my world they called it experimental theology and philosophy because none of the theories had been proven yet. It's a lot different here.

I like physics, but it's a whole lot of numbers and theorems that don't do anything except tell you when something moving will be at point A or point B. They don't tell you about how we got here or how other people get here. I don't know if people stumble upon a window or are grabbed.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

I like the sound of experimental theology and philosophy. Takes a while to say, though. In my world they called it all magic, but they don't have that here, so they've found better explanations.

[bestchild.livejournal.com]

Well what are you expecting, huh? They think we're just kids, they're not really going to teach us important stuff.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

I thought they'd answer my questions, at least.

[bestchild.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's to complicated. Maybe they don't even know. But I mean, they'd be pretty stupid if they went and told all that information to anyone who asks.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

Why? I think we at least got the right to know how we got here.

If it's complicated, I'll learn how to understand it.

[bestchild.livejournal.com]

What if they told it to someone like that person who went to jail? He might have done something bad with it, right? I mean, I don't really care how we got here, if they're going to keep me in this dumb school then I don't want to help them with any of it.

[gaiaroad.livejournal.com]

It is not frequent that people will answer questions when they don't know the answers.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't think she knew either. I'm sure I'll find out, I'm going to keep trying.

[gaiaroad.livejournal.com]

These sorts of things are often the hardest to learn about. Good luck in finding your answers.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I'm good and finding these things out. Thank you.

[uponawitch.livejournal.com]

They don't seem to value much else here besides science. It's a pity, there's so much more to learning than that.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

You mentioned it before, didn't you? Knowing about all the different kinds of worlds.

[uponawitch.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did.

[truthmeasurer.livejournal.com]

Do you know a lot about them?

[uponawitch.livejournal.com]

I know a bit.