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The first few decades were horrible, before the atmosphere recovered enough to return to normal, and in that time things mutated and grew gigantic. THE FIRST FEW DECADES WERE HORRIBLE BEFORE THE ATMOSPHERE RECOVERED ENOUGH TO RETURN TO NORMAL AND IN THAT TIME THINGS MUTATED AND GREW GIGANTIC
t." Becoming solemn again, he continued, "Our land, Daem is on the edge of ruin, and has been for all of my life and those of many generations before me. About 530 years ago there was a great war on earth, one in which no restraint was used, no mutually assured destruction, for nuclear weapons came into the hands of those who cared not for any life, not even their own. Tensions were high for a decade, and in the following segregation, the peoples of the earth lost their personal connection with their enemies, and, as always happens, ceased to view them as equals, but instead as evil ones bent on their destruction. Things came to such a crisis that at last a little flame was lit and it grew and grew until it became a full scale nuclear war. The destruction was total: no one was exempt, as almost everything, and everyone, was destroyed. The only surviving place was this island, which is the sole habitat of the delcator beetle, a small insect that digests nuclear waste and neutralizes it. KE IT YOU DO NOT BECOMING SOLEMN AGAIN HE CONTINUED OUR LAND DAM IS ON THE EDGE OF RUIN AND HAS BEEN FOR ALL MY LIFE AND THOSE OF MANY GENERATIONS BEFORE ME ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY YEARS AGO THERE WAS A GREAT WAR ON EARTH ONE IN WHICH NO RESTRAINT WAS USED NO MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAME INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO CARED NOT FOR ANY LIFE NOT EVEN THEIR OWN TENSIONS WERE HIGH FOR A DECADE AND IN THE FOLLOWING SEGREGATION THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH LOST THEIR PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THEIR ENEMIES AND AS ALWAYS HAPPENS CEASED TO VIEW THEM AS EQUALS BUT INSTEAD AS EVIL ONES BENT ON THEIR DESTRUCTION THINGS CAME TO SUCH A CRISIS THAT AT LAST A LITTLE FLAME WAS LIT AND IT GREW AND GREW UNTIL IT BECAME A FULL SCALE NUCLEAR WAR THE DESTRUCTION WAS TOTAL NO ONE WAS EXEMPT AS ALMOST EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE WAS DESTROYED THE ONLY SURVIVING PLACE WAS THIS ISLAND WHICH IS THE SOLE HABITAT OF THE DELL CATER BEETLE A SMALL INSECT THAT DIGESTS NUCLEAR WAIST AND NEUTRALIZES IT
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