[ peter nods along, finds his interest entirely peaked.
2350 - that's a long time into the future for him, something so far removed he doubts he'll witness what his own world would like three hundred years down the line. though - that train of thought ends as he leaps to another, a set of what ifs that remind him he'd effectively missed five years in a matter of seconds once before. that time and linearity and relativity make that impossibility into an improbability instead and he isn't sure he's entirely excited by that realization.
at the mention of the city, there's a quirk of recognition, a nod like he knows the name. ] Oh hey, we're like — kind of local, then! Relatively to the rest of the people who got summoned here, I mean. [ and it's an interesting fact to know that america still exists in the 2350s. or baltimore did, at least, and new york. ] And yeah — seeing space once was definitely more times than I thought I'd get to go, for sure. [ the statement is complete, of course, with a somewhat awkward huff of a laugh. but, amos offers an opening for questions, and everything in peter's nature suggests a full-hearted intention in taking it.
though there's a longer, slightly drawn out beat, until he can't stand not to ask: ] Okay — I know this probably is going to sound really predictable but — are there aliens in your universe?
[ look, he has more technical follow up questions, he does, but it's the first thing that comes to mind! ]
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2350 - that's a long time into the future for him, something so far removed he doubts he'll witness what his own world would like three hundred years down the line. though - that train of thought ends as he leaps to another, a set of what ifs that remind him he'd effectively missed five years in a matter of seconds once before. that time and linearity and relativity make that impossibility into an improbability instead and he isn't sure he's entirely excited by that realization.
at the mention of the city, there's a quirk of recognition, a nod like he knows the name. ] Oh hey, we're like — kind of local, then! Relatively to the rest of the people who got summoned here, I mean. [ and it's an interesting fact to know that america still exists in the 2350s. or baltimore did, at least, and new york. ] And yeah — seeing space once was definitely more times than I thought I'd get to go, for sure. [ the statement is complete, of course, with a somewhat awkward huff of a laugh. but, amos offers an opening for questions, and everything in peter's nature suggests a full-hearted intention in taking it.
though there's a longer, slightly drawn out beat, until he can't stand not to ask: ] Okay — I know this probably is going to sound really predictable but — are there aliens in your universe?
[ look, he has more technical follow up questions, he does, but it's the first thing that comes to mind! ]