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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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Wait...what? It's not a planet anymore? When did that happen?

[He sounds totally baffled...but also like he's wondering if scientists just decided it wasn't a planet anymore while he wasn't paying attention. He's going to feel so dumb if it happened in his time.]

Edited 2017-02-26 00:34 (UTC)

It happened in 2006. [And she somehow managed to avoid learning this for several years thanks to the Riley Protection Committee.]

And it's definitely still a planet.

I thought Pluto was a dog...

If it helps, Riles, I don't think Pluto gives a damn.

I don't care what people think of me, can't see why a planet would.

[But, see? He said planet.]

[He's been marvelling at this brain since the 1980s.]

Pluto's my favorite Disney character!! He's a really cute dog.

There's a lot of stuff named after the original Pluto, though. Pluto was named after a Roman god.

[And she totally catches that.]

Pluto probably doesn't care. We should just treat it with respect!

Pluto is a planet and a God too?

Huh. I must have skipped whatever lesson that was in. [Huh. The things he's learned here.] Doesn't sound as fun as the dog.

Well, I ain't gonna say anything bad about its mother, does that count?

I wonder if they'll change their minds again and make it a planet.

[Clearly the most important question of them all.]

Actually, Pluto is Hades in Greek. That's the guy with blue fire hair in that Disney movie.

You love that guy.

Hnnn. He's funny.

He deserves a planet and a dog.

[While astronomy was not Newt's expertise, this girl certainly had his attention when she began speaking of something he had never heard of. Of course because said planet had yet to be discovered in the lifetime he had lived so far.]

This planet, if I may ask, when was it discovered?

Technically god of money too, not just the dead.

The more you know.

I like his style.

You're a constant source of knowledge, Snart. [You can tell him everything but how you're feeling? :|]

Yeah, what can I say? Dropping outta school gave me time to focus on self-education.

[Yes. :|]

[Rip almost feels bad, but honestly? He does make this reply with the intention of helping. Just not in the way Riley likely wants.]

Technically, Pluto was never a planet. Scientists merely defined it as one because their understanding of such things was limited at the time. As people have learned more about the universe and how it operates, they've come to better understand the differences between the heavenly bodies, what it means to be a planet or a dwarf planet or a moon, and so on.

[See? It's not a bad thing! It's progress!]

It's not a matter of what it can or cannot be; simply a more refined understanding of what it is.

Stop being a dick.

Pluto is a planet. Get with it.

[She's already rolling up her sleeves and it hasn't been a full minute since Rip left his message.]

You pick on innocent little girls for fun or something? You lookin' for a fight?

[SHE WILL END YOU, OLD MAN.]

Edited 2017-02-26 01:24 (UTC)

I am not being a dick, Mr. Rory. It's rather clear this girl has very strong feelings about it, but they are based on a faulty premise. From a different perspective, the change is actually a sign of progress; it's a good thing.

[Oh good; another voice belonging to the "Rip Hunter is a dick" faction.]

No, I am not looking for a fight, particularly not one with a child. I'm offering a different point of view that your friend likely hasn't considered, one that may help her better come to terms with the true impact of the change in labels.

Blah, blah, blah.

Pluto is a planet named after a guy who liked death and money. And so was a dog. Deal with it.

[Yeah, they kind of run in packs around here. It's a big faction.]

She doesn't need to consider different points of view. She's perfect just the way she is.

[...There are no words.]

[No, seriously. No words. Certainly none that Rip has come up with yet.]

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