I bet they’d be rather surprised at what humanity has become in the intervening years; I wonder how humans would adapt to an underground lifestyle in 6,000 years.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They call themselves Belters and are uncannily tall and lanky and speak in kind of a Creole mash-up accent and language

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Er, I suspect you’ve got that exactly backwards.

They call themselves Dverger and are uncannily squat and heavily built and speak in a kind of German/Mongol mash-up accent and language.

And carry picks and axes and wear helmets and beards.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Even the women have beards

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Under a mountain? No, clearly their entire society revolves around digging for gold while dodging dragons and balrogs

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Belters in gravity wells? Fellota!

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

It only re-appears into the real world every 100 years.