Searching for the Truth / Escaping Wakanda

"Please don't be hostile toward me, sir. Although this is our first meeting, I'm certain that we share the same goal."

Namor's words made Erik narrow his eyes. "That's strange. What goal do I have?"

"Overthrowing America's hegemonic rule... something along those lines?"

"...You underwater people know quite a lot. Yet I know very little about you."

"If you're willing, I would be happy to introduce you to my people's history."

Erik's mind raced as he analyzed the other man's motives, but he knew too little to draw any conclusions.

At that moment, Namor spoke again. "We of Talokan have no interest in the world above, but like you, we are determined to resist foreign enemies."

"Oh?" Erik said calmly. "What do you mean? Have you also suffered an American invasion?"

"Those white people have yet to discover us, but it is only a matter of time." As he said this, worry appeared on Namor's face.

"Why do you say that?" Erik asked curiously.

Even if America discovered people living beneath the sea, even an entire civilization, they would not just kill everyone they encountered unless there was something to gain.

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"Because there are also Vibranium deposits beneath the sea."

"That's impossible!" Erik said in shock.

"Why is it impossible?" Namor countered.

"It is common knowledge that all the Vibranium on Earth came from a meteorite from outer space, and that it landed in Wakanda."

"You are correct, but you have clearly overlooked some details. In truth, that meteorite split into two after entering the atmosphere. One part fell upon the land of Wakanda, while the other fell into the ocean."

Namor smiled. "My people are now mining Vibranium as well. We merely began later than Wakanda."

Erik understood everything at once. If Talokan were discovered by