[Considering how strange it was here already, how strange it was just to arrive here, why not have pointy eared people on earth somewhere? Anything was possible at this point, right? Worked out well for him, the less elaborate the story had to be, the more believable it was. And hey, he was from earth, that was true!]
So mankind has reached the stars, where you have come from. What a fascinating thought... Why have they chosen to reach beyond, I wonder? Simple curiosity, or necessity?
[Ah, no, that didn't sound cozy at all by that tone. The distinct lack of bitterness in his expression was fairly telling, as if the pain had been allowed to dull and heal over like an old scar. Regardless, the Medicine Seller's gaze would, for the moment, become more searching, the silence lingering for a moment as if to see if the other man might expand upon that point.
No, nope, deflected. Something to remember for later then.] It's unlikely that I will ever see it, I could not begin to imagine what it must be like in worlds beyond this one. What is there to do upon Mars, then? What do you do?
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So mankind has reached the stars, where you have come from. What a fascinating thought... Why have they chosen to reach beyond, I wonder? Simple curiosity, or necessity?
[Ah, no, that didn't sound cozy at all by that tone. The distinct lack of bitterness in his expression was fairly telling, as if the pain had been allowed to dull and heal over like an old scar. Regardless, the Medicine Seller's gaze would, for the moment, become more searching, the silence lingering for a moment as if to see if the other man might expand upon that point.
No, nope, deflected. Something to remember for later then.] It's unlikely that I will ever see it, I could not begin to imagine what it must be like in worlds beyond this one. What is there to do upon Mars, then? What do you do?