Half Way

Sound's more like one has come a long way.

a TranscriptKimi
Elf?

Carver
Half-elf. My mother was a Drow; a Dark Elf. Part of the Fae Exodus. Tho I got my complexion from my father, a Black Orion.

Peach
When The Empire rediscovered Terra, about 250 T-Years ago, we made contact with The Fae. Most of them evacuated with us, but they mostly live apart from the Empire on their own ships. My grandparents gave them a good deal.

Carver
The Fae have extremely long lives, but equally low birth rates. And since Fae-Orion hybrids are always sterile, there aren't very many of us. And most of them, like my sisters, are with The Exodus.

Peach
And they've never been popular with Orion Purists and Highborn, I'm ashamed to say.

Carver
As a Fae-Outer halfling, on my birth habitat, I was lucky to be allowed to clean up patient messes. Forget ever becoming a surgeon. I could reshape my ears, but I consider them and my Black Orion complexion to be points of honor. To show that an it-thing low-caste halfling Attendant Assistant can become the Chief Medic on a top-tier starship in one's own right. I'm afraid I've been an influence on Stormy and Ace's other daughters that way.

Peach
Those girls, Black Orion hybrids themselves, plan to become medics, too. I've never heard X raise a complaint.

Kimi
So you look so young? Like 14.

Carver
That's natural for any hanyo. But try 64. Which, I admit, is still young for a half-elf.