— I was going to argue that, but then I remembered you've seen some of it and... yeah, flying would be pretty cool.

[ he assumes this is what he meant. ]

[ makes a face at him. ]

You can't mean the telepathy.

[ hesitates ]

- why?

[ immediately goes very red ]

Oh.

No.



You're just the first person who's ever made it feel like a good thing or... not something that could make me useful.

[ shakes his head. ]

It's not important. What is important is that I appreciate you - like, a lot.

[ nudges his shoulder. ]

It's not important anymore because I have you now. And so many other people on this ship who know about it now and don't make me feel weird. That's all.

- I'm ready.

[ moving to get up, but also immediately goes to take his hand ]

[ when they make it in he glances at him real quick: ]

Do you want to meet me in my room? I already gave it back to Forte, so I need to grab it real quick - Or the living room and I can get you something to drink or whatever.

[ nods a little and disappears to find forte before coming back to his room with some soda and a flipbook. ]

- I'm realizing you've never seen what he looked like before. I guess neither have I. Here.

[ he'll offer him the book to look at the cover of before moving to sit down. ]

[ laughs abruptly: ]

Why would I joke about that?

[ still laughing as he rolls his eyes: ]

Okay, fair. It is pretty weird to see let alone think about.




[ but he'll take a breath and flip the page ]