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[When the video turns on, there's Riley, and she's holding up what looks to be at least a few sheets of posterboard. On the very front is a drawing of a smiling planet that looks like it's holding a heart.]

Ooookay, so it's come to my attention that there are a lot of people here that don't know about Pluto, the last planet in Earth's solar system. I'm going to change that. First things first! This is what Pluto looks like. We got pictures back recently and it looked like it had a huge heart on it. [And she'd totally called it before the pictures even got recieved too, having always said Pluto had a lot of heart.]

I couldn't get the actual picture so I asked Maya to draw it.

[And she drops that top piece of posterboard, revealing something that looks like a bulleted list???]

The first important thing is that Pluto used to be a planet. Eventually a bunch of scientists decided it was too small to be an actual planet though, so they called it a dwarf planet instead. From the time it was discovered to when it got demoted to a dwarf planet, it didn't even have a chance to go all the way around the sun! Because it's that far away from us! That's pretty unfair, since Pluto never really got a chance.

[She huffs.]

That's why I still call it a planet, though. I'm always gonna believe that it's a planet, even if everything says it can't be. We don't know what it could do or anything about it because it's so far away. I just wanted to make sure that everyone here knew that.

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no
they could always reclassify it later
this probably isnt forever

I'm gonna say probably not, as much as I love my dad.

She's the best artist I know!

I'm gonna just go with it being appropriate, since Pluto didn't deserve that. And I'm Riley!

As long as it's got people that believe in it, it'll be fine.

... Can I ask how it got all complicated where you're from?

Do you like Pluto especially or planets in general?

Edited 2017-02-28 02:19 (UTC)

—Wait, seriously!? You have!?

i dont rly know anyone that has been there
unless u have
have u been there???

And how do you access all of this? It sounds positively amazing. I was impressed when we started getting telephones everywhere.

[She does sober up pretty quickly, expressionwise.]

Okay, I didn't know that part. Covvies?

[Dear lord he can feel a headache setting in.

But Mick doesn’t seem to be arguing for arguing’s sake; rather, he’s trying to justify his point. Because of that, Rip takes a breath, trying to not only parse Mick’s brand of logic but to translate his own thoughts into a form he might understand.]

What you’re describing is perception, Mr. Rory. The shape of our planet doesn’t change based on what we are able to observe of it.

Consider when Dr. Palmer uses his suit to shrink. [It’s a far more solid example than a “sofabed,” whatever that is.] When he is his normal height, the pair of you stand similarly tall. When he’s in his suit, he would see you as gigantic—but your height has not in fact changed. You remain the same size, regardless of how Dr. Palmer sees you.

Do you see the difference?

I like them all, but Pluto's easily my favorite.

What's your favorite planet?

Indeed, it does not. And so long as you remember that difference, I don’t see why you shouldn’t maintain that confidence.

[It’s strange. Rip really can’t remember the last time he encountered someone with such a pure brand of hope. While he doesn’t agree with either Maya or Mick’s approach, he can certainly understand their drive to protect it.]

But I failed to introduce myself; my name is Rip Hunter. [Hopefully this does not inspire this girl to immediately call him a dick.] And you are?

We use... these machines called computers. We can use our phones for it too, since our phones are like little computers now too! Technology's pretty cool, isn't it? I'm from 2016, sooo this is like a century later almost for you!

[Don't worry, she won't. She has not been driven to the dark side or anything and also that's Maya's job to call people jerks.]

Riley Matthews! It's nice to meet you.

Why are you worried about it now though?

[Just wondering.]

You're being nice to him? Why would you be nice to him??

I just think Pluto needs a little attention, that's all. Someone brought it up and kept calling me Pluto girl after, so I wanted to clear it up to everyone.

But one might want to consider that being right isn't as important as letting someone be happy.

Should I be not-nice to him because I'm nice to almost everyone, Maya.

And I love that about you, Honey. But maybe you want to walk away from this one.

[Because they might go toilet paper his room later.]

But Peaches.

What did he do?

[Maybe she could get behind toilet papering it anyway if she got to be nice to him. Then there'd be balance. Kind of.]

If your friend's happiness is truly so fragile as that, then there are far greater concerns here than the classification of Pluto among the scientific community.

that's...heh. that's really cool.

i guess...you said you don't have the pictures on hand, huh.

I wonder if they have any around here. Even if they are cut off from the outside world like so much of this place seems to be, I think it would be a definite learning experience.

I have to tell you, though I'm sure you know, life has certainly changed. Even how people speak and dress. So much more than I would have imagined.

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