< Bullshit. > Allison chimed in, deadpan. < "Nothing" never actually means nothing, everyone knows that. He just doesn't feel like talking about it. >
< Good; let him play his little avoidance game, then. I doubt I could possibly care less. >
Edriss nodded again, letting her expression linger in sympathy and concern. "I hope you might be able to see them again; there are plenty of pods still unopened, after all, and your family here with you must be anxious to see the rest of them, too. Who are your brother and cousin?" Family was important to humans, after all--these creatures had special sentimental bonds to attach them to blood relatives. The more she knew about this ship's occupants and their webs of relationships, the better.
As for her, though.... Edriss combed through Allison's memories as she looked away, a gesture that seemed almost apologetic. "I have a large family. My parents, my grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, siblings.... We all used to be closer than we are now. Thinking about how inconsequential everything was that kept us from connecting more, and the situation we're in now.... It would be nice to be able to do things over again, when we know how it might turn out, wouldn't it?"
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< Good; let him play his little avoidance game, then. I doubt I could possibly care less. >
Edriss nodded again, letting her expression linger in sympathy and concern. "I hope you might be able to see them again; there are plenty of pods still unopened, after all, and your family here with you must be anxious to see the rest of them, too. Who are your brother and cousin?" Family was important to humans, after all--these creatures had special sentimental bonds to attach them to blood relatives. The more she knew about this ship's occupants and their webs of relationships, the better.
As for her, though.... Edriss combed through Allison's memories as she looked away, a gesture that seemed almost apologetic. "I have a large family. My parents, my grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, siblings.... We all used to be closer than we are now. Thinking about how inconsequential everything was that kept us from connecting more, and the situation we're in now.... It would be nice to be able to do things over again, when we know how it might turn out, wouldn't it?"