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[oldmannomore]

[There's a man looking in his early thirties with an expression caught between amused and distressed as he sits at the terminal.]

Earth is destroyed, huh? I know there's plenty of species who would love to. That letter wasn't really informative. Was it the Conclave? Or someone who tried to go rogue from them? No, that doesn't make sense... Gao's got them on a short leash.

If you're telling me my home was destroyed, you couldn't even tell me who did it?

[His amused expression falters.]

Unless this is some kind of torture setup, in which case I'm talking to no one who cares, I guess.

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[oldmannomore]

That's right. We'll be home in no time.

[He probably shouldn't promise this, but... he can't help it.]

My name's John. What's your name?

[myblueskies]

We will sir! I'm Romeo! It's nice to meet you mister John!

[oldmannomore]

Romeo... that's a nice name.

[He hasn't read Shakespeare in forever, but it's not a name that you forget.]

How many people around your age are there here, Romeo?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo has never read Shakespeare because it's a bit above his reading level but Echidna told him about Romeo and Juliet and he thought it sounded a bit silly and very sad. He likes happy stories better.]

A few mister John, there's me and Molly. Ienzo... John, not you but another John. Gamzee, Terezi, Ken, Vriska... the one with the fairy wings... not the other one... Tetra as well!

[oldmannomore]

[He takes in this information, trying to remember all the names. It would be a lot better if he had his PDA with him, but he'd have to make do. It wasn't like he hadn't had to go without it before.]

Ah. Are there a lot of people closer to my age, do you think?

[Or... as old as he looks, at least.]

[myblueskies]

[Romeo shook his head] Lots of people are younger than you, but older than me. Maybe they are about... twenty? [He had to think about it a bit, adults were adults, their ages were hard for Romeo to guess.]