(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

That claim really gets his goat. "The Kiraskan. All of Not Riask! I suppose I've got what I'm going to get. We'll figure it out."

There's a bunch of words that won't translate. Universe and the celestial objects will be said in English. Light year and numbers will be literally translated.
"Oh, like the Universe. Everything. Right."

I think for a moment.

[54] 22-08-26 17:37:58 CEST
Hobby Skill (Space Trivia)
3d6 <= 11
3 + 6 + 2 = 11 ... success

"OK, so the Earth is about three light seconds from the sun. The sun is about four and a half light years from Alpha Centauri, twenty-six thousand from the center of the Milky Way, and two and half million from Andromeda."

I pause.

"None of that means anything to you either, does it?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

"You show up like a flame in the dark when traveling. Did you think people couldn't see you?"

"Well I kinda wished they couldn't when I had no pants, but..."

It takes me a second to parse the first sentence. I check myself; I'm not glowing or anything, right?

"What do you mean by 'show up like flame'? Has everyone noticed I'm out of place, but they're too polite to say anything?"