I know it's boring, but we need to do it so you know what the ground rules are.

我知道这很无聊，不过为了让你们了解规则,我们必须得做这个。

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we are the envy of the rest of the universe It's not so much that immortality, what the rest of them have, is unattractive or boring.

我们是宇宙其他生命羡慕的对象,不是说其他生命所拥有的不朽，是没有吸引力的，是让人厌烦的。

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