[ He laughs at his own joke, the sound soon swallowed up by that tankard of ale. He suspects this medicine seller could make a killing in a place like Cadens, selling drink. Soldiers love to drink to forget being soldiers.
He'll keep that thought to himself, for now. He is already acutely aware of the curious stare that lingers on his drink and then on himself. Maxwell doesn't let it bother him.
He will, however, have a hard time forgetting this man. ]
I noticed that. [ His grin remains easy. ] Hard to say I'm from anywhere, but before I wound up here I was livin' on Mars. You heard of Mars?
I ask because, y'know -
[ Maxwell gestures to ears, and then to the Medicine Seller's much more pointy ones. He's already met new arrivals not from Earth, both human-shaped and not, so... ]
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[ He laughs at his own joke, the sound soon swallowed up by that tankard of ale. He suspects this medicine seller could make a killing in a place like Cadens, selling drink. Soldiers love to drink to forget being soldiers.
He'll keep that thought to himself, for now. He is already acutely aware of the curious stare that lingers on his drink and then on himself. Maxwell doesn't let it bother him.
He will, however, have a hard time forgetting this man. ]
I noticed that. [ His grin remains easy. ] Hard to say I'm from anywhere, but before I wound up here I was livin' on Mars. You heard of Mars?
I ask because, y'know -
[ Maxwell gestures to ears, and then to the Medicine Seller's much more pointy ones. He's already met new arrivals not from Earth, both human-shaped and not, so... ]