“A somewhat diminished pleasure, considering the setting. I promise I’m better company at parties, compared to lurking around outdoors.”
He’s still chewing over her past words, though, a calculation ticking over behind his eyes before he suddenly adds: “You said these houses are only a century out of date. If I can ask — what year did you come from?”
These buildings almost look like shacks to him, antiquated and ancient, far more than just a hundred years gone. Even for a man accustomed to some truly bizarre sights on the ass-end of the galaxy, the stories from this island’s inhabitants have offered up more strangeness on a platter than he’s used to; Reyes still never tires from picking their brains, combing through their origins, learning more about the various worlds they’ve all come from. It’s a source of never-ending interest, at least, in a world without holovids or books for entertainment.
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He’s still chewing over her past words, though, a calculation ticking over behind his eyes before he suddenly adds: “You said these houses are only a century out of date. If I can ask — what year did you come from?”
These buildings almost look like shacks to him, antiquated and ancient, far more than just a hundred years gone. Even for a man accustomed to some truly bizarre sights on the ass-end of the galaxy, the stories from this island’s inhabitants have offered up more strangeness on a platter than he’s used to; Reyes still never tires from picking their brains, combing through their origins, learning more about the various worlds they’ve all come from. It’s a source of never-ending interest, at least, in a world without holovids or books for entertainment.