The idea of other planets, other life, was still so foreign, going from science fiction to reality in the space of a few weeks, and it made him uneasy about the place of humanity inside of it all. His place.
"That sounds like a rather dangerous combination of alcoholic beverages," he commented with a smile back that was real for all that it was tinged with something like uncertainty, or shyness.
He needed to be useful, all things considered, even if that just meant getting them silverware, getting out the boxes, glancing at the choices Jack had brought. Freezing at Jack's words, his fingers wrapped around a fork, he let the idea of questions, and answers, sink in.
"You have a right to the answers," he said, finally, setting the food on the counter, before turning to meet Jack's eyes. "Perhaps we could have some of the vodka?"
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Date: 2007-12-07 05:42 am (UTC)"That sounds like a rather dangerous combination of alcoholic beverages," he commented with a smile back that was real for all that it was tinged with something like uncertainty, or shyness.
He needed to be useful, all things considered, even if that just meant getting them silverware, getting out the boxes, glancing at the choices Jack had brought. Freezing at Jack's words, his fingers wrapped around a fork, he let the idea of questions, and answers, sink in.
"You have a right to the answers," he said, finally, setting the food on the counter, before turning to meet Jack's eyes. "Perhaps we could have some of the vodka?"