I'll just have to work it out using my detective skills.
[ It's hard to tell if he's being serious or not; there's humor, but also something like concern. Light enough to be easily brushed off, though, if she wants. For now he leaves the topic alone, because there are a dozen reasons why discussing it would be fine. Bringing any of them up while the station and the planet are already in such a state, though.
Yikes. Internal sigh. Instead: ]
Uh, well, this is an alien planet we're hovering over, I have no idea what this actually is. [ Jim pokes at the glass container in the center of the machine, dutifully filling with hot liquid. ] Tastes like coffee, though.
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[ It's hard to tell if he's being serious or not; there's humor, but also something like concern. Light enough to be easily brushed off, though, if she wants. For now he leaves the topic alone, because there are a dozen reasons why discussing it would be fine. Bringing any of them up while the station and the planet are already in such a state, though.
Yikes. Internal sigh. Instead: ]
Uh, well, this is an alien planet we're hovering over, I have no idea what this actually is. [ Jim pokes at the glass container in the center of the machine, dutifully filling with hot liquid. ] Tastes like coffee, though.