Bricriu

I knew several of these words! Hooray for the remnants of pre-semester-abroad self-taught Welsh!

Looks ironic.

Man, I look fat in this meme.

I think the "optimism" cited is that this would ever end.

Jean-Baptiste

Emmanuel

Zorg

He was having the best dream!

I understand these words separately, but together.... 🤔

Shorter, at least

Now that's a deep cut.

I got Hexcodle #386 in 4! Score: 70%

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https://hexcodle.com

Connections 
Puzzle #445
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There's a book series, the first of which is called Dark Eden, which is set on a planet substantially like that 🙂