human lifepsans are determined by a variety of factors, but the average in most modern civilizations is upwards of seventy standard years, barring augmentation.
can i ask why [ hes too polite to say "the fuck" but it belongs here ] you seem to think i'm a different species
[ faster than the question about his home ship but slower than his dodging of the questions the night of the heartwood attack, dan heng's response appears. ]
i don't like falsehoods, cassian.
i have also had the good fortune so far of people simply accepting the person they see in front of them. if that continues, my life will remain simple.
[ its not lying. its not telling the truth either. it a request to change the conversation as much as he can without cutting off a... person who was a friend in the dream when he was solid enough to remember who he was, perhaps. enough for dan heng to resist the impulse to lie and flee the conversation entirely, running from his past as well as the unwelcome questions. ]
[ He's certain about his instincts, but he's in no mood or mind to pressure Dan Heng into admitting something that he doesn't seem readily open to sharing yet. There's another beat before another message comes through with what he hopes reads as sincerity. ]
if it's worth anything at all i do accept you stay safe
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how long have you been away?
you don't look that old
unless your people don't age as quickly as species
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six or seven years? maybe eight at this point; i can't do the conversion between the calendars on my own. surely you know what that's like.
[ hes not that old. hes not. ]
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Does that make you six to eight years old then?
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the estimate i use for work permits right now is 17
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[ He's annoying but really he just wants to know about other species and life out there. ]
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can i ask why [ hes too polite to say "the fuck" but it belongs here ] you seem to think i'm a different species
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[ How else does one say, "It's #justspacethings." ]
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[ NO, YOU. ]
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and if i weren't i wouldn't deny it either
but if you are human i apologize for assuming otherwise
[ But he has his suspicions. He spent too much time with the kid to think that all of that was entirely fiction. ]
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i don't like falsehoods, cassian.
i have also had the good fortune so far of people simply accepting the person they see in front of them. if that continues, my life will remain simple.
[ its not lying. its not telling the truth either. it a request to change the conversation as much as he can without cutting off a... person who was a friend in the dream when he was solid enough to remember who he was, perhaps. enough for dan heng to resist the impulse to lie and flee the conversation entirely, running from his past as well as the unwelcome questions. ]
fin! π
[ He's certain about his instincts, but he's in no mood or mind to pressure Dan Heng into admitting something that he doesn't seem readily open to sharing yet. There's another beat before another message comes through with what he hopes reads as sincerity. ]
if it's worth anything at all i do accept you
stay safe