"Don't worry. Most people don't.' he sighed and started over. He had a bad tendency to skip things.
"Once upon a time, I was a kid in a trailer park, where I was the fixit guy, with no future. I beat a video game, and was recruited by an alien race to defend the galaxy against other aliens." Alex chuckled, but his eyes were dark. "Turned out I was really good at killing people, and at leading them. Eventually, it turned out I was even good at putting together ships. So I retired from killing and from leading people to kill, and just built better ships."
He rubbed his face. "I built a really good ship, and took her out, and some bad guys came along, and while stopping them, there was an accident. I was put into suspended animation, and lost..." He looked up at her. "For almost 300 years."
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"Once upon a time, I was a kid in a trailer park, where I was the fixit guy, with no future. I beat a video game, and was recruited by an alien race to defend the galaxy against other aliens." Alex chuckled, but his eyes were dark. "Turned out I was really good at killing people, and at leading them. Eventually, it turned out I was even good at putting together ships. So I retired from killing and from leading people to kill, and just built better ships."
He rubbed his face. "I built a really good ship, and took her out, and some bad guys came along, and while stopping them, there was an accident. I was put into suspended animation, and lost..." He looked up at her. "For almost 300 years."