"Do the engines break every week or so?" Almost forgetting the tension, Gaheris had to say something wry about the state of their slipstream engines- even when there was a full crew compliment to the Andromeda, the stability of Slipstream FTL engines wasn't exactly something you would brag about.
Small things might have slipped under Gaheris's radar before, but there was enough significantly different that he even had to pay attention to the minutia. Everything. Dylan's pauses. Distant sounds in the corridor that Nietzschean ears could pick up but human ones couldn't. The unfamiliar texture of the carpeting and the flat corridors, but similar shape.
At least there were enough small details that he had to stop worrying over Dylan's reactions. He had to force himself, with considerable effort, to focus on the place.
"I appreciate hospitality but I am skeptical. Why is he freely supporting our stay? And what do you know of the force that brought us here?"
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Small things might have slipped under Gaheris's radar before, but there was enough significantly different that he even had to pay attention to the minutia. Everything. Dylan's pauses. Distant sounds in the corridor that Nietzschean ears could pick up but human ones couldn't. The unfamiliar texture of the carpeting and the flat corridors, but similar shape.
At least there were enough small details that he had to stop worrying over Dylan's reactions. He had to force himself, with considerable effort, to focus on the place.
"I appreciate hospitality but I am skeptical. Why is he freely supporting our stay? And what do you know of the force that brought us here?"