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Dear Corinthia,
It’s Pascal again. Thank you for being so patient with me. It is now August
1, and communication restrictions have finally been lifted. It was such
horrible timing. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job, and it’s very rewarding,
but it does come with downsides. I hope it’s okay that I’m writing you now.
I know that your connection to your brother has only gotten stronger since
my first letter, which was my last one. So if you only want me to speak when
spoken to, that’s totally fine. I want you to drive this relationship, or
even decide whether it is a relationship, or not. I won’t take up too much
of your time until you decide, but allow me to give you a few updates on
what I’ve been up to. Our deal with the Australian dome has been a great
success. Since we live on the ocean, we’ve gotten pretty good at using our
resources sustainably, but we still have to trade with land-based regions
more than they have to trade with each other. We have less space here for
such infrastructure, and we’re not equipped to handle certain crops.
Everyone has vertical farming now, but so many fruits and vegetables can’t
be grown in these tight, efficient environments very well. We grow tomatoes
and herbs just fine. Lettuce and green beans? We got those. But we have no
way of planting trees, and even if we did, they have not had enough time to
grow to maturity since we were established. So many others just don’t work
with the techniques that we are limited to using in the confined spaces on
this boat. We can’t exactly carry tons and tons of dirt over the sea. It is
for these reasons that we lack fruits like apples and peaches, sprawling
plants like pumpkins and cucumbers, and roots like potatoes and carrots. In
exchange for some of their food, we agreed to take a number of immigrants on
board. Since we’re so new, we still have plenty of space to grow as a human
population. Others are running low. The funny thing is, as helpful as it is
to the Australian dome for us to take those people, it’s actually good for
us too, because that is what we need. We want to establish our own nation,
and to do that, we need citizens. That’s probably why it’s gone so smoothly,
because we’re all winners here. All right, I’ve taken enough of your time
already. Just get back to me when you can. I understand that you’re busy.
With affection,
Pascal
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