"Yes." He offers a faint smile, as fleeting and fluttering as hers, pleased that the concept isn't wholly new to her. "Yes, exactly."
God, was she shot literally seconds before she came here? That might be an uncommon thing to have in common with a person, brushing against death, so he leaves that where it is. For now, anyway.
"Daniel." His second attempt is a sadder, if somewhat more successful, tug at one corner of his mouth. "I know it's, it's kind of a lot. You're on Earth," and hopefully that's a reassurance and not deeply unsettling that Earth would be included in the standard introductory fare, "and you're in Manhattan, New York. August, 2013."
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God, was she shot literally seconds before she came here? That might be an uncommon thing to have in common with a person, brushing against death, so he leaves that where it is. For now, anyway.
"Daniel." His second attempt is a sadder, if somewhat more successful, tug at one corner of his mouth. "I know it's, it's kind of a lot. You're on Earth," and hopefully that's a reassurance and not deeply unsettling that Earth would be included in the standard introductory fare, "and you're in Manhattan, New York. August, 2013."