The timeline and progression is complicated - but the summary is that RQA-22 (The Otreran home universe) is completely devoid of the Enlightenment concepts most of the rest of the Multiverse takes for granted.
Yes Steve, it is your fault. :razz: LadyTevar, I'm a new writer; can you expound on what you mean by "meat", so that I know what you're looking for? I know the scene comes off as them having an argument (And Zillyah is going to have a moment of gut-clenching terror when her mind catches up...