[ Jim would loathe to be told he was just like everyone else, but on the other hand he liked to know that he was approachable, adaptable, and easy to talk to. Knowing people eased and felt comfortable around him was something he genuinely was glad about. ]
Well, I never back out from a challenge, that's true. But I'll just as easily tuck my tail between my legs and run from a fight if it keeps me and my crew alive.
[ It was something of a balancing act, at times, but Jim had learned a while ago not to let his ego make those decisions for him. He'd seen too many good people lose too much, even everything. ]
[The comment gets him to pause momentarily while petting Momo, unflinching as the massive beast snuffled at his damp, salt-soaked hair while he did so.]
Crew? You run a ship, or that just what you call the team you work with?
[It was a sentiment he could easily understand, but that specific term he hadn't heard outside of the docks near where he grew up.]
[ Jim turned to Marshall, nodding. ] A ship, yes. A starship. Kind of like the shuttles here, but something much bigger that can travel much farther.
[ It was hard to describe a ship like the Enterprise, and he figured that Marshall had never heard of such a thing in his life. Thankfully the technology here made it a little easier for him to explain space travel to most people, especially with the shuttles traveling around between the moons and the planet. ]
[Ah. Even if the manner of speech was familiar enough, their worlds were worlds apart. Briefly, Marshall wondered how many iterations of Earth were similar enough for these mistakes to be made before more details were revealed.]
...Sounds like something that one of my sisters might have read about in the novels she picks up from town.
[His youngest sister was a nebby literature aficionado; his mother was a genius academic from overseas who left her fledgeling country for reasons she never spoke of. It was a matter of certainty that both himself and his siblings were both educated and well read.]
...Definitly sounds like a fantastical novel, Sir.
[But he was interested. Intrigued, even. In a world where touching a beast such as Momo without horrific consequence was possible, who was he to suggest that travel among the stars wasn't?]
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Well, I never back out from a challenge, that's true. But I'll just as easily tuck my tail between my legs and run from a fight if it keeps me and my crew alive.
[ It was something of a balancing act, at times, but Jim had learned a while ago not to let his ego make those decisions for him. He'd seen too many good people lose too much, even everything. ]
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Crew? You run a ship, or that just what you call the team you work with?
[It was a sentiment he could easily understand, but that specific term he hadn't heard outside of the docks near where he grew up.]
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[ It was hard to describe a ship like the Enterprise, and he figured that Marshall had never heard of such a thing in his life. Thankfully the technology here made it a little easier for him to explain space travel to most people, especially with the shuttles traveling around between the moons and the planet. ]
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...Sounds like something that one of my sisters might have read about in the novels she picks up from town.
[His youngest sister was a nebby literature aficionado; his mother was a genius academic from overseas who left her fledgeling country for reasons she never spoke of. It was a matter of certainty that both himself and his siblings were both educated and well read.]
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Yeah, I get that a lot. You'd be surprised. Or maybe not. Most people here aren't used to space travel being as commonplace as it is where I'm from.
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[But he was interested. Intrigued, even. In a world where touching a beast such as Momo without horrific consequence was possible, who was he to suggest that travel among the stars wasn't?]
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[ The correction came quick and with a smile, a pointed arch of an eyebrow. No 'Sir' and most certainly no 'Captain' here, please. ]
And I'd think this whole place would make people more inclined to believe the reality I come from, fantastical though it might sound to some.