"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody be the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you actually need to cool people down to almost the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left, but to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, she can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech do that all, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time."

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody be the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you actually need to cool people down to almost the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left, but to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech do that all, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time."

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody become, the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you first need to cool people down to above the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left.  But to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech do that yet, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time."

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody become, the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you first need to cool people down to above the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left.  But to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech to do that yet, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time."

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody become, the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you first need to cool people down to above the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left.  But to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech to do that yet, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time.  Someday, everyone will be reunited."

Well.  Everyone except Keltham.  But cases like his are rare.

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody become, the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you first need to cool people down to above the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left.  But to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech to do that yet, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time.  Someday, the prediction markets say, everyone will be reunited."

Everyone except Keltham.  But cases like his are rare.

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody become, the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you first need to cool people down to above the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left.  But to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech to do that yet, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time.  Someday, the far prediction markets say, everyone will be reunited."

Everyone except Keltham.  But cases like his are rare.

"Not epic heroes, no.  There's no gods in dath ilan, and no afterlife, it doesn't mean that we just let everybody become, the equivalent of getting eaten by Abaddon.  Food kept cold spoils more slowly... maybe you don't know that here, if there's no cold-making machines, but like ice freezes into a shape and keeps it, if you cool people down far enough, everything stops and nothing decays from there.  And they can wait, for however long it takes, until Civilization has become powerful enough to bring them back.  It's not as simple as I'm making it sound, you first need to cool people down to above the freezing point of water, cycle as much water as possible out of their body and add protectants to what's left.  But to do this as well as they possibly can is something to which Civilization has bent all of its will and all of its eyes and all of its cleverness."

"About a hundred people every year die for real.  The air-traveling machine I was on, when it crashed, is going to make that be around two hundred this year, probably."

"Everyone else goes into the cold where time stops, to wait it out, and awaken to whatever the Future brings, when Civilization becomes that powerful.  There are far prediction markets that say it's going to happen eventually with - what I would think would be unreasonably high probability, for something that far out, except that those markets are flagged with Keepers being allowed to trade in them.  Whatever secrets the Keepers keep, they would be turned to the purpose of protecting the Preserved, if they were turned to anything at all.  So I guess that number reflects what the Keepers would do if they had to, that nobody but them knows they can do."

"So no, Nemamel can't be brought back in an emergency, we just don't have the tech to do that yet, and no magic.  But it also wasn't because she was epic.  It's just what happens to everyone in Civilization when the first part of their story finishes, and pauses for a time.  Someday, the far prediction markets say, everyone will be reunited."

Everyone except Keltham.  But cases like his are statistically improbable, and people shouldn't dwell on them.