Heron May mingle

[grandstanding]

Who: Heron crew and visitors
Broadcast: nope
Action: the Heron
When: all May!

[Birds of a feather mingle together.]

Comments

[stefanged]

Uh, lots of things?

[This has to be the weirdest conversation he's had today.]

Like uh - take me. I wanted to be a doctor back home, so I became a medic over here. Or uh, my Aunt Beverly. She helps run the gardens because she loves plants. Is there anything that you liked doing?

[astrobleme]

[It could be that Shinji is dissociating right now--and not for the first time, too. Everything feels curiously far away from him, like it isn't actually happening to him. He doesn't know how to get back into his own skin.]

I like looking at the stars, but there's nothing useful about that... well, with piloting, there's... well, most of that is automated...

[He mumbles to a standstill. Then:]

I'm fine as long as I don't have to fight anything.

[stefanged]

Sure there is. If you know the constellations, you also know where to go next.

[Stefan's partially saying this out of pity, but he's also gained a new appreciation for the stars after traveling for so long. Also, mental note: introduce this kid to Clay Terran stat.]

Have you ever thought about being an astronaut? Exploring different planets and stars just for the sake of it?