"Of course," Shiro replies, mind suddenly racing as the most prominent memory he has proves itself to be Adam looking at him with deep exasperation as Shiro failed to answer this exact question, posed when the information had been much fresher.
"My muscles were weakening and seizing up, over time, starting in my limbs and then eventually, it was anticipated, spreading into my core and my respiratory system. I had- well," he says, lifting his left arm, looking at the device on his wrist.
"It wasn't dissimilar. It would feed electric pulses into my limbs to keep the muscles from freezing up. I was diagnosed as a teenager. I'm-" He hesitates, realizing his grasp of time is a little skewed.
"-26 now." Almost 27. Unless you don't count the time spent in a formless void. He hasn't decided yet.
"As of two years ago, it had only just started to be a real cause of concern for my superiors." This is not an outright lie, just a vast understatement.
"I'm an astronaut," he adds, to make his statement seem, hopefully, vastly less shady, even if this is also an understatement of criminal proportions.
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"My muscles were weakening and seizing up, over time, starting in my limbs and then eventually, it was anticipated, spreading into my core and my respiratory system. I had- well," he says, lifting his left arm, looking at the device on his wrist.
"It wasn't dissimilar. It would feed electric pulses into my limbs to keep the muscles from freezing up. I was diagnosed as a teenager. I'm-" He hesitates, realizing his grasp of time is a little skewed.
"-26 now." Almost 27. Unless you don't count the time spent in a formless void. He hasn't decided yet.
"As of two years ago, it had only just started to be a real cause of concern for my superiors." This is not an outright lie, just a vast understatement.
"I'm an astronaut," he adds, to make his statement seem, hopefully, vastly less shady, even if this is also an understatement of criminal proportions.