Terminal World other brother, Opportunity, founded Fortune's Landing. This refers to the Mars Exploration Rover mission. The ages of characters, given in years, also imply that either they mature much more quickly than present-day humans, or that the year is much longer than 365 days (which if the planet is Mars will be the case since a Mars year is 687 Earth days). It is said that people once lived to be twice as long as now, which makes Mars such a good fit. There are also references to people in the past being similar in size to children; this could indicate
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