[ His first response is no more than a pensive noise as he listens. He can imagine getting used to the process. That’s already happening in some respects with Howl, since indeed, for all their differences, there was just enough where they overlapped that there was at least understanding. In that, it’s more than what Sebastian would have expected, though he still doesn’t know what he feels about that, if anything. So, viewing it as nice… He isn’t sure, but it would feel strange, if nothing else.
It's something he lets go of smoothly, since in the face of Amos wider smile, Sebastian’s own warms again in a distant way, but that’s very short-lived as he listens. It blooms into light surprise as Amos says “space” again, deepens at “gravity well”, but finally, it’s the talk of the atmosphere that gets it to become understanding. ]
Oh! My goodness, forgive me, I did not realize that is what you meant…
[ But he’s the one beaming now, since truly through coincidence, this subject has become one of great, earnest interest to him. Bruno had shared a piece of the story of the moon landing and Emet-Selch had shown Sebastian what it was like to stand on a moon much more directly through Communion. Both were marvels, the sort of thing that Sebastian truly never would have imagined humanity would accomplish at all, but clearly for Amos, it was much more than that. ]
That is incredible! I truly cannot even imagine what it must be like… Why, it had never even occurred to me as a remote possibility that humanity would be able to leave Earth at all until Mr. Madrigal told me about men setting foot on the moon. And it would have not been even a century from my time...
[ There’s countless questions he wants to ask as well, honestly. Uncharacteristically (in his opinion), he’s not even sure where to start. So, he just turns that small statement back to Amos, since it seems as good a point as any. ]
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It's something he lets go of smoothly, since in the face of Amos wider smile, Sebastian’s own warms again in a distant way, but that’s very short-lived as he listens. It blooms into light surprise as Amos says “space” again, deepens at “gravity well”, but finally, it’s the talk of the atmosphere that gets it to become understanding. ]
Oh! My goodness, forgive me, I did not realize that is what you meant…
[ But he’s the one beaming now, since truly through coincidence, this subject has become one of great, earnest interest to him. Bruno had shared a piece of the story of the moon landing and Emet-Selch had shown Sebastian what it was like to stand on a moon much more directly through Communion. Both were marvels, the sort of thing that Sebastian truly never would have imagined humanity would accomplish at all, but clearly for Amos, it was much more than that. ]
That is incredible! I truly cannot even imagine what it must be like… Why, it had never even occurred to me as a remote possibility that humanity would be able to leave Earth at all until Mr. Madrigal told me about men setting foot on the moon. And it would have not been even a century from my time...
[ There’s countless questions he wants to ask as well, honestly. Uncharacteristically (in his opinion), he’s not even sure where to start. So, he just turns that small statement back to Amos, since it seems as good a point as any. ]
What do you miss about it?