It's The Most Horrible Time Of The Year

[lovesuwithknives]

The Plaza is all kinds of festive, and Azwel wanders about the place looking confused--what's with all this greenery and baubles and lights? The music? Is this not the end of the year?

Eventually he stops, having a seat on one of the sofas. "This is a confusing place. Does this mean that there are worlds in which Christians do not form mobs, hunting down Jews and anyone else who isn't like them who might get in the way?" There's an odd kind of hope in his voice.

He watches someone jog by with a collection of shopping bags.

"Also, why are people scrambling to buy gifts?" He sits back, getting comfortable. "To be honest, I'd like to know others' opinions on this."

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[lovesuwithknives]

"Hm. You aren't from Earth? Where are you from?" Oh, now his curiosity is piqued--it's yet to be determined, though, whether this is a good or bad thing.

[attackpatternbattista]

"And here I would've thought the green skin would've given it away," Delia says with some amusement, a grin flashing across her face, "But no, I'm not from Earth. Haven't even been there in forever, I don't think." She shrugs a shoulder, "Specifically me, I'm from a space station that probably doesn't exist in your reality yet, if at all, and my people are otherwise nomads from a dead home world."

[lovesuwithknives]

"Space... station?" It's going to take a very long time for him to catch up with all this stuff, but it won't be for lack of trying. "What is that?"

[attackpatternbattista]

Dot Dot Dot.

Delia frowns, eyebrows furrowing as her arms cross and weight shifts all at once in a single, smooth motion, as she considers how to explain this in easy-to-understand terms. "How to explain this..."

"A quick clarification, what's your knowledge of space, stars, the like?" Delia quirks an eyebrow, curious.

[lovesuwithknives]

Oh, it ain't gonna be much, where he's from Copernicus was recently branded a heretic.

"Well, we know the stars aren't gods..." he sighs. "Though there are those who insist that the earth travels round the sun, when it is obvious that it does not. I expect we're only beginning to understand what lies beyond our world. The heavens seem... vast and unknowable. Are you saying that such an infinity can be populated by manmade structures?"

[attackpatternbattista]

Cue fingersnap and Delia's pointing at Azwel, "And there you go. It's certainly possible, not easy by any standard, but it's certainly possible. I'm a Captain of a ship that operates in that vastly infinite void."

Let's conveniently leave out the whole 'former pirate' thing for the moment, and the whole host of complicated factors dealing with that.

[lovesuwithknives]

Were this a different medium, he'd literally have little star-shaped highlights in his eyes. "Does humanity travel this void as well?"

[attackpatternbattista]

"Among thousands of other different species, yes," Delia replies, flashing a bright grin, "They travel it, explore it."

Sometimes break it when they plug two warp cores into a third, accidentally punch a hole in reality, and y'know. The usual thing.

"Much like the rest of us, really," Delia shrugged, then quirked a curious eyebrow in Azwel's direction, "I assume you're human? If I were to hazard a guess, anyway, sometimes it's difficult to tell."