As I’ve explained, the closer a universe is, the easier it is for me to
access. That’s why most of my stories are going to be about humans, and will
mostly take place on some version of Earth. In truth, most universes aren’t
centered on Earth, and in fact don’t even have an Earth. The ones that do,
we’ll just say—out of no desire to fully understand the physics of it all—are
considered spinoffs of the original. The first rule of probable reality is
that any world that can be conceived—and whose consistent physical laws don’t
countermine the laws that are true of every universe—can exist. Furthermore,
if such a qualifying world is conceived, then it will exist. It may only be
stable enough to last for a brief period of time before it collapses, but the
very thought of it will conjure it into being, unless it’s something crazy and
impossible, like many cartoons. It is important to understand this, because
it’s possible for there to be a version of Earth out there where the mesozoic
extinction events played out differently, and while most of the life during
these times were still wiped out, the diversity of life that survived and
continued to evolve was slightly greater than what you’ve learned about in
your own universe. By cross-referencing paleontological studies from the more
familiar branes, I have determined that the one we’re discussing today
contains an intelligent species that evolved from what you would call troodon.
While they resemble their ancient counterparts significantly, the similarities
are not enough to draw a definitive conclusion, but they are very clearly not
human, and the time of their reign as the supreme species on their world took
place millions of years before humans would have evolved anyway. This is the
troodon world, but from what I can gather about their society, they do not
call themselves this. It’s hard to tell what anything they say means, since
their language is unlike anything I’ve ever encountered, and I am not a
linguist. I can make some assumptions about their history as I watch it unfold
from outside of time, but I can’t get a clear picture, because their customs
are so foreign to me. There is no true equivalent to how humans operate, and I
can only understand so much about them. The Linsetol ultimately developed a
highly advanced civilization before they met their final fate. They didn’t
dispatch any manned missions into space, but they did send up satellites, and
they had a pretty decent understanding of how the cosmos worked. Their history
isn’t riddled with as much war as most human Earths experienced, but that
doesn’t mean they were peaceful and kind. The Linsetol were isolationists,
whose nations each stuck to their own corners, and kept mostly to themselves.
They liked to be independent and self-sufficient. If they were living in a
region without a particular resource, then they either found a way to live
without it, or they moved somewhere else, as long as it didn’t interfere with
any other group’s territory. After all this moving around, all the best areas
were taken, and while they made attempts to develop more sustainable options,
the population of each faction dwindled until the species went extinct. There
was no reason to war against each other, because everyone was in the same boat
at around the same time, so it would only delay the inevitable. They were
unable to cooperate, so they were always doomed to fail.
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