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{The man that appears on the Plane is no ordinary man. The first thing that you would likely notice is just how big of a person he is--seven feet tall, at least, and muscular from head to toe. The second thing would be his clothing. It's unmistakably Greek ancient armor and clothing.

But enough about that.

Because this very large person has just been pulled from one battle into what he thinks is another. But, surprisingly, he crosses his arms with a hearty laugh}

Ha! I wouldn't expect you to be so quick, Caster! But this is more to my liking! You decided not to bring Saber or Archer, or even my Master, so we can have a true battle, face to face!

{And he waits...but no Caster. So instead he looks around }

The setting could use some work, though. So, with a realm like this, who are you really, Caster? Aurvandil, perhaps? I could respect a Norse warrior, but this battle is already won!

{...and still nothing. So Rider uncrosses his arms to scratch his head}

Hm, perhaps this is a more unique Noble Phantasm than I thought. I don't even feel any prana here. Well, then! Come out, any who may be here! Certainly there are those who lay wait in this odd darkness!

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Well... I have this friend. He's called 'the Doctor.' Just the Doctor. And he has this blue box, calls it a TARDIS, but it's bigger on the inside. A lot bigger. 'Dimensionally transcendent.' And it can travel through time. Any place, and time in the universe, we can go there. And that includes other planets, because there is life on other planets. I've met some of it. The Doctor's from one of them. And the universe, it's - it's amazing. Inside a nebula, watching stars form...

It sounds like you have quite the sense of adventure! I was given knowledge, briefly, of what Earth knows of the universe, and it's quite a bit different from what I knew in life! The Earth is round, rotates around the sun, and there is even life in other planets, now you say! It sounds incredible, to say the least.

Oh yeah, you still had the Earth-is-flat thing. Don't forget that the brain is the seat of the mind, not the heart.

Yes, of course! Though, the mind being set in the heart, it sounds much more appropriate.

Why do you say that?

It's just about how strongly emotions can take you. Those may actually be in the brain, but it's a feeling in your chest, in your heart. There's nothing like riding into battle, for example! It's a feeling that's in your heart, not your head. That, and a great deal else, I've found. So it's not surprising that we thought the heart was the seat of the mind! For that's where we feel, more than our brain.

I guess I can see your point. Though it's a bit more than the heart where you feel things, if we're not talking about the brain.

Surely! But perhaps it's the poetry of The Iliad speaking, in that case.

[Don't do it, Martha! It's a trap!]

You've read The Iliad? I didn't think you'd have the time for it, between conquering the known world and all.

[and there she goes]

I love it! I don't know whether it is true or not, since my father liked to exaggerate, but I may be a descendant of Achilles himself! It was, and still is, my practice to not go anywhere without a copy of Homer's great poem. It is a great work, and piece of art. It troubles me that so little still read it!

[why are you so adorable, you great world-conqueror?]

It's still pretty famous! I mean, everyone knows who Homer is. ...Most people do, anyway.

Certainly they know who he is, but have they read his works?

I bet a lot of people have. I know they teach it in a lot of secondary schools.

Ha, then good enough! Especially with the invention of binding books, it must be easier! I had to carry no less than 26 scrolls, and that was the version that my scribe shortened!

Some people even put books on their computers and handhelds.

I only learned a bit about these "computers", but handhelds I have not heard of. If you can carry books on those, then what are they? They sound convenient if they can hold 26 scrolls of text!

Uh, hold on! [Martha disappears and comes back with a PDA she managed to dig up from the TARDIS] Basically, it's a really compact computer. So you could store the whole thing on there as data and pull it up any time you like.