[ 2-3 ] [Voice // common ]

[gotyourwallet]

[The comm clicks on.]

It's come to my attention that however alike some of us may be in appearance, we are not of the same race or world.

Might I ask then, fellow passengers, what are you?

[She voices the question kindly, genuinely curious of those around her. Whatever caution there is of her actually trying to find out if there are any from her world

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[standardpackage]

I'm a human, Sweetheart.

[gotyourwallet]

Hmm. It seems human is the common race, from what I can tell.

[Pause.]

And my name is not sweetheart. It's Vie.

[standardpackage]

Yah, 'cept I've got longer ears than th' rest a ya'.

[gotyourwallet]

Difference is what gives us character. You speak a little differently to the other humans I've met as well.

[standardpackage]

[As far as Jinx knows, he speaks just like everyone else here.]

I don't think ya' see where I'm comin' from. Mine are longer than any you'll ever see.

[gotyourwallet]

[There's another pause and a very, very curious tone to her voice.]

...How long?

[standardpackage]

'Bout as long as my arms. Most other humans I've seen have these little stubs of ears.

[gotyourwallet]

I've never met one with ears like that. Every human I've met has short, rounded ears.

[She's honestly debating the length of your arms now Jinx.]

Are there others like you?

[standardpackage]

Well then yer mistaken', Kid. I guess ya' haven't yet seen every human out there, have ya.

A' course there are others like me, where do ya' think I came from, space?

[gotyourwallet]

You speak truth. I cannot argue that. I doubt it possible for anyone to ever really see every human out there, and attempting to do so would be exhausting.

[Vie sounds amused. She likes pondering the impossible.]

From the stars? After what I've seen this past few weeks, I don't find the concept all that unlikely.

[standardpackage]

[Jinx assumes that Vie is trying to be a smart ass. But his tone gets a bit lower when she guesses that he is an alien.]

An' what th' fuck do ya' mean by that?

[gotyourwallet]

[Oh she hears that change in tone and quickly adapts her own to one of caution.]

I mean that I never dared to dream there was more worlds than my own and that of my gods. I never imagined a boat such as this, a captain who takes persons and creatures as he pleases and sets them where he likes, or even a 'human', much less one with ears as long as yours.

[When she speaks again it is with a gentle tone.]

What are you hiding, sir?

[standardpackage]

Ya' can see all a' that happenin' right now an' ya' still can't find it in yer heart ta' believe that I'm a human like you?

[Jinx is glaring at the communicator right now, but he does calm down a bit. That girl's voice is kind of soothing.]

I'm not hidin' anythin'. What would I have ta' hide here anyway?

[gotyourwallet]

I never said I was human.

[She's trying very hard not to laugh.]

And, I question whether you're hiding something because you seemed very quick to defend yourself against an innocent statement. I mean no offence. Some of us have reasons not to speak.

[standardpackage]

[Oh... Well then.]

I'm not gonna take offence if ya' didn't mean it, Suga. But what I'd like to know is what you are.

[gotyourwallet]

I'm certainly not 'suga'.

[The amusement from her last comment is still there so the correction is made lightly.]

My kind are Valei.