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"Well, we head down to the office, they take a DNA sample, it maybe takes a few days to process it, and... then possibly they realize they need to inspect it a lot more thoroughly. If you're genetically unusual enough."

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"Hmm, alright. They'll do it through a... cheek swab, I assume? That's how we normally do it on Earth."

Celene finishes eating breakfast, if there's nothing else Summer wants to do she's ready to head out.

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"That's what I'd expect. I think I've also heard of blood testing? I'm not sure what the tradeoffs are, but I could imagine you being a special case of some sort."

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Eugh, blood tests. They are, unpleasant. She can handle them, although she might need some time to steel herself, but she still doesn't like them. 

It was significantly worse when she was younger. The doctors had to hold her down. Actually, that was for vaccines, not for blood tests. She does not remember what the doctors did for blood tests.

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Summer'd help hold Celene down. If Celene wanted.

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Oh my gosh.

That... probably won't be necessary. Not that she wouldn't be into it, but,

Anyways.

"Is there a specific time we're booked for?"

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"I was planning to just show up and see how long the wait was. Probably we'll end up having a little time to wander around?"

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"Hmm. Alright then.

I'm ready if you are."

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They head out.

As in most worlds, the transportation system varies a little from city to city, in Eifwen. The first thing that Celene will probably notice is that cars are not nearly as ubiquitous. It's not super uncommon for cars to be used for navigating suburbs, but—you do not want the most reckless Nucleus residents to have access to fast-moving multiton metal devices. Someone would end up dying and getting their brain crushed, at some point. Someone other than the driver.

Mostly, it's gonna be trams and metros. Most tram stations work on a six minute schedule. (There are also taxis—one of the few professions that has meaningful licensing requirements, even in Nucleus.) And Celene will see ambulances pass by at something closer to typical Earth frequency than typical Eifwen frequency.

Bikes and motor scooters are also pretty common. And you'll see crazy mad scientist hoverboards and other such devices more often in Nucleus than elsewhere.

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There aren't many skyscrapers around, but most buildings in this part of the city are a good several stories tall. You'd need to go to the outskirts of the city before you'd see single family homes or anything like that.

The architecture and such is... haphazard. And graffiti is just completely legal*—even for people who aren't very good at it.

*More specifically: you could purchase the property right of getting to veto people making art on your property, but in most of Nucleus it's not bundled with the property by default and it'd be unusually expensive.

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