[ Gone where, he wonders? But he's not brave enough to ask it aloud. Perhaps it's better to think she'd gone home, but then, maybe home hadn't treated her any better than this place ever did. Certainly he'd seen too much of himself in the girl's darkness to imagine she'd had a happy life, but then, who does? ]
[ A moment's more silence and he rubs his jaw. ]
Not that I much knew her. Thanks for, erm. Lettin' people know.
[ Maybe once he would have been sadder, but lately it feels like his interest in human connection has gone down the drain. Which is maybe why he doesn't ask if the guy is okay (about her disappearing, about time in a strange part of the ship.) ]
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[ Gone where, he wonders? But he's not brave enough to ask it aloud. Perhaps it's better to think she'd gone home, but then, maybe home hadn't treated her any better than this place ever did. Certainly he'd seen too much of himself in the girl's darkness to imagine she'd had a happy life, but then, who does? ]
[ A moment's more silence and he rubs his jaw. ]
Not that I much knew her. Thanks for, erm. Lettin' people know.
[ Maybe once he would have been sadder, but lately it feels like his interest in human connection has gone down the drain. Which is maybe why he doesn't ask if the guy is okay (about her disappearing, about time in a strange part of the ship.) ]