[ oh shit, is her voice shaking? This is the first time she's come across the actual lifespan of a general human?
Furthermore, he's concerned because she seems really affected by this knowledge. Which, even if he knew she was not at all aware he would have not expected her response to sound quite like this. ]
She--she knew, in some way, that surface-dwellers didn't age like Atlanteans. She remembers Gilgamesh called her 'old'. But Gilgamesh was five thousand years old: a teenager, by Atlantean standards. She'd never really given it any thought before now, never really had any reason to.
In the space of a breath he'll be an old man. Another and he'll be dead. Sieglinde; the little ones--Mabel and Dipper; Alice; Gintoki, Olivia, Riza. Everyone. ]
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We live. Our lives are--slow. The days pass.
[ Her life had seen more turbulence in the six months she's been with ALASTAIR than ir has in the last millennia. ]
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[ the interpretation he always heard was a lesson on human greed, anyway. ]
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No, we are--
[ She stops. Are they human? Does she know for certain? ]
We have no special abilities, certainly. We are human enough.
[ But that's beside the point. ]
How do you manage? You live...no time at all!
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Eh? Manage what? Short life?
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How long do surface-dwellers live...?
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Eh... 75 years on average? Depending. Seen plenty go into their 90s well enough.
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When finally she manages, it's to say-- ]
No.
[ Her voice is shaking. Is her voice shaking? ]
No, that's too soon.
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Furthermore, he's concerned because she seems really affected by this knowledge. Which, even if he knew she was not at all aware he would have not expected her response to sound quite like this. ]
Kida--? ...are you... okay?
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She--she knew, in some way, that surface-dwellers didn't age like Atlanteans. She remembers Gilgamesh called her 'old'. But Gilgamesh was five thousand years old: a teenager, by Atlantean standards. She'd never really given it any thought before now, never really had any reason to.
In the space of a breath he'll be an old man. Another and he'll be dead. Sieglinde; the little ones--Mabel and Dipper; Alice; Gintoki, Olivia, Riza. Everyone. ]
Forgive me, Masamune. I need to think.
[ No, she's not okay. She hangs up. ]
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he goes to say something but she hangs up before he can and he's just left on the other end, thinking for a moment.
Why does he always have to give the news that makes people upset at him damnit!!
A sigh escapes him as he runs a hand through his hair now and flops against the chair back of the ceiling.
Is this one of those times he has to make a decision on whether to go after her or not ?
He's so bad at these games... ...which means in the end she gets fifteen minutes before he's heading out to go look for her. ]