Gaeta nods absently, still focused on the curve of that almost-familiar constellation. To his embarrassment, he can feel a lump forming in his throat; he swallows it down.
"The story back home," he says, quiet, "is that the Twelve Tribes scattered from Kobol to the Twelve Colonies, while a thirteenth tribe found its way to Earth. The zodiac constellations don't really commemorate the gods, or heroes, they're just... waypoints. They're what you'd see from Earth to remind you that the Colonies were still out there, I guess."
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"The story back home," he says, quiet, "is that the Twelve Tribes scattered from Kobol to the Twelve Colonies, while a thirteenth tribe found its way to Earth. The zodiac constellations don't really commemorate the gods, or heroes, they're just... waypoints. They're what you'd see from Earth to remind you that the Colonies were still out there, I guess."