"Nah, it's alright. I mean... I could give you a long ass explanation to my way of thinkin' there but I don't know if it'd help all that much."
But he does look like for a moment he considered it. Instead he fumbles with straightening the collar of his jacket he wears under his overcoat.
"Well, I told ya about Stakar. He had... I dunno. Always seemed like he new a lot more than he let on, all the time. He had photonic powers an' wore these light sails on his shoulders to challenge 'em. His wife was this buckwild woman named Aletta. Real warrior woman. Then there was Mainframe who was a robot. And this hard... like... golem? Crystal man named Martinex. An eight foot Jovian named Charlie and this fishsnake lookin' man named Krugarr. Talked telepathically 'cause he didn't have a mouth."
And he realizes all of this might be really bizarre to envision. So instead he goes for a more understandable bit. Just a little story of a very average interaction. "I used to bug the shit out of Charlie for bein' so tall, then one day when I was givin' 'im shit over puttin' somethin' up too high he grabbed me and picked me up so I could reach it and I made some sounds I'm sure no species had ever made. So I stopped givin' 'im shit after that."
He grins like he doesn't really regret that it happened though. "We worked well together an' up until I messed up we got along in the best and worst ways. I didn't just get kicked out, they all refused to work together on jobs no more." He doesn't know why. Maybe doing anything reminded them of what he'd done, and they couldn't get the same enjoyment out of each other anymore.
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But he does look like for a moment he considered it. Instead he fumbles with straightening the collar of his jacket he wears under his overcoat.
"Well, I told ya about Stakar. He had... I dunno. Always seemed like he new a lot more than he let on, all the time. He had photonic powers an' wore these light sails on his shoulders to challenge 'em. His wife was this buckwild woman named Aletta. Real warrior woman. Then there was Mainframe who was a robot. And this hard... like... golem? Crystal man named Martinex. An eight foot Jovian named Charlie and this fishsnake lookin' man named Krugarr. Talked telepathically 'cause he didn't have a mouth."
And he realizes all of this might be really bizarre to envision. So instead he goes for a more understandable bit. Just a little story of a very average interaction. "I used to bug the shit out of Charlie for bein' so tall, then one day when I was givin' 'im shit over puttin' somethin' up too high he grabbed me and picked me up so I could reach it and I made some sounds I'm sure no species had ever made. So I stopped givin' 'im shit after that."
He grins like he doesn't really regret that it happened though. "We worked well together an' up until I messed up we got along in the best and worst ways. I didn't just get kicked out, they all refused to work together on jobs no more." He doesn't know why. Maybe doing anything reminded them of what he'd done, and they couldn't get the same enjoyment out of each other anymore.