Escalation

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Challenge #02880-G323: Like Sands Through the Hourglass

"Our soap operas are weird. Yours are incomprehensible." -- Anon Guest

[AN: All soap operas are wont to escalate into incomprehensibility when given enough time]

"Beshenia, I love you, but I can't be with you," said the figure in the holo display. "I tried to keep it hidden, but... I'm your descendant from the future, and it would be incest."

"WHAT?" said half the watchers in the room. The other half made gestures of victory and cheered, "CALLED IT!" Which sparked so much debate that the host had to pause playing the entertainment in question so that all present could properly hash out their feelings.

Tempers are wont to run high when emotional labor has been expended on anything. Evidence was trotted out from both sides and a Talking Stick had to be employed, then taken away again once once of the more enthusiastic debaters attempted to employ it as a weapon.

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