"I'm glad you like it," he said, shaking his own drink to rearrange the ice that had settled in the way of his straw. "It's not… that sweet? I don't think. But it is sweet. Some kind of a cinnamon thing." He shrugged as he took another sip; it was strangely grainy, but he'd come to like that about it. It made it feel more like something that someone had made with their hands and taken time on than if it had lacked that texture.
"I didn't mean to make you self-conscious," he said in regard to her upgrade. "I might have a few myself, if they made them. Not that I've tried very hard, but, well." He shrugged. "I'm not biased against upgrades – well. I say that I'm not, but they never seemed like something for me. Even if they were an option." The corner of his mouth turned upward. "But it might be nice not to make such an ass of myself while ordering lunch."
He took a drag on his cigarette as he considered the thorny issue of friendship. "I had… I don't know that I had people, really. Maybe a few on Maroc, but we lost touch when I left. And I have a few now, I suppose. Not for the first few decades here, but I don't think I need to reiterate the extent to which things went horribly for me then." It was hard to avoid when explaining his life, who he was now. Twenty Terran Standard years of failure and loathing and a very particular kind of loneliness. He was still lonely now, to an extent, but less so.
"I'd like to think we're more than friends now," he countered. "Otherwise I'm going to have to make some significant changes to my plans." It came out a touch more suggestive than he'd really intended, voice pitched low as it was in a failed attempt to be quiet. He covered his expression with another drag on his cigarette before putting it out against the side of the concrete, a blackened spot that had clearly seen such treatment before.
"I think it looks fairly hideous," he said automatically, and he didn't know why he insisted on compulsively disagreeing with her. It was possible that he did this with everyone, and only noticed when it had the potential to interfere with his attempts at seduction. He prodded an egg yolk with his fork, watched it flow out over the rest of his meal, as if this proved his point. "But it does smell almost as good as it tastes." The tortilla came apart with a crunch under his fork, and he took a bite that would have been rudely large for anyone with a smaller mouth.
"Mmph."
"I didn't mean to make you self-conscious," he said in regard to her upgrade. "I might have a few myself, if they made them. Not that I've tried very hard, but, well." He shrugged. "I'm not biased against upgrades – well. I say that I'm not, but they never seemed like something for me. Even if they were an option." The corner of his mouth turned upward. "But it might be nice not to make such an ass of myself while ordering lunch."
He took a drag on his cigarette as he considered the thorny issue of friendship. "I had… I don't know that I had people, really. Maybe a few on Maroc, but we lost touch when I left. And I have a few now, I suppose. Not for the first few decades here, but I don't think I need to reiterate the extent to which things went horribly for me then." It was hard to avoid when explaining his life, who he was now. Twenty Terran Standard years of failure and loathing and a very particular kind of loneliness. He was still lonely now, to an extent, but less so.
"I'd like to think we're more than friends now," he countered. "Otherwise I'm going to have to make some significant changes to my plans." It came out a touch more suggestive than he'd really intended, voice pitched low as it was in a failed attempt to be quiet. He covered his expression with another drag on his cigarette before putting it out against the side of the concrete, a blackened spot that had clearly seen such treatment before.
"I think it looks fairly hideous," he said automatically, and he didn't know why he insisted on compulsively disagreeing with her. It was possible that he did this with everyone, and only noticed when it had the potential to interfere with his attempts at seduction. He prodded an egg yolk with his fork, watched it flow out over the rest of his meal, as if this proved his point. "But it does smell almost as good as it tastes." The tortilla came apart with a crunch under his fork, and he took a bite that would have been rudely large for anyone with a smaller mouth.
"Mmph."
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