[He sounds interested, not judgmental. Maybe a little too interested, actually, since he's always been convinced he's an alien, and maybe what Radu says applies to him, too.]
Well, there you go. You have family. Just no parents. And that's probably okay, because otherwise, you might end up living with them when you're my age, and you don't want that.
[Assuming they ever get out of the City, that is.]
[You would not think that if you knew his father, Radu. Or maybe you would. People seem to like him...]
Sure, I get that. But don't you sometimes feel a little out of place? You know, if everyone's talking about their families, and how much they miss them, and you can't compare yourself to everyone else? I mean, I feel that way sometimes. About the things people say, and how I can't relate to any of it.
Maybe. I don't know. You don't spend time with people from your species much, though. Sometimes I think I don't either. I'm still pretty convinced I'm not actually from Earth. Maybe I was hatched from an egg, too. How would I know?
[He's just gonna stand up and go examine all the pizza, no big deal. There're so many options here, he pretty much wants to try everything.]
Normally I'd tell you to avoid trying the really weird ones, but if you didn't have pizza back home, you should definitely try the really weird kinds. Just to say you did.
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[A pause to take a bite of pizza and reconsider what he's saying. Because he's just realized...]
Oh. I mean, you came from a spaceship, right? So your parents probably weren't there.
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[God he hates sounding like a weird alien freak, but he already learned his lessen about lying when it comes to families...]
I never really had then, actually. Andromedans do it kinda differently.
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[He sounds interested, not judgmental. Maybe a little too interested, actually, since he's always been convinced he's an alien, and maybe what Radu says applies to him, too.]
I mean, you had to come from somewhere.
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[Yes, he is flushing bright red right now. He knows it's weird, okay.]
We're raised in the hatcheries until we're 6 or so, and then, you know, school until you're an adult. Families are kinda a foreign concept.
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[He doesn't seem to think it's that weird. There're weirder things out there.]
I mean, yeah, it's not family like humans think of it, but that's kind of overrated, anyway.
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The crew of The Christa, they're kind of my family now.
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[Assuming they ever get out of the City, that is.]
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I know it's hard, for everyone else on the ship. Not getting to see their families. Kinda easier for me in a way.
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Sure, I get that. But don't you sometimes feel a little out of place? You know, if everyone's talking about their families, and how much they miss them, and you can't compare yourself to everyone else? I mean, I feel that way sometimes. About the things people say, and how I can't relate to any of it.
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[It didn't end well.]
Why would you feel that way?
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[He shrugs.]
It's like you and not having parents, except it's just the one.
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[That does get a little laugh out of Radu.]
Well, you don't look Andromedan, but there are lot of other galaxies out there.
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[Yeah, he likes your hair, Radu. Deal with it.]
I think I was born somewhere else. I think they brought me to Earth and told me I was human. I just know it.
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More of it, anyway.
[He pushes his bangs off his forehead a little self-consciously.]
It's certainly not impossible.
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[A long pause.]
Want more pizza?
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[He's just gonna stand up and go examine all the pizza, no big deal. There're so many options here, he pretty much wants to try everything.]
Normally I'd tell you to avoid trying the really weird ones, but if you didn't have pizza back home, you should definitely try the really weird kinds. Just to say you did.
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