"I uh.." Steve swallows thinkly and looks down at his coffee. "Freelance work. Drawing up ads for newspapers. Little cartoons. I was trying to get a full time job outta it but..."
Times were tough back then for most everyone.
"Buck did a lot of work on the docks with cargo. I...couldn't do that kinda work." Or a lot of others, with his constitution. He listens carefully to Bryn's description of earth, so familiar and yet foreign to his ears. He realizes he has no idea where she's talking about, even if he thinks? It might be in the US? Maybe? Some serious territory swaps have happened between his time and hers.
"Well, I mean this place has a bit of everything here. What do you want to see? I'm sure I could find us something. Books in the library. Miss Siri's database. Lots of stuff."
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Times were tough back then for most everyone.
"Buck did a lot of work on the docks with cargo. I...couldn't do that kinda work." Or a lot of others, with his constitution. He listens carefully to Bryn's description of earth, so familiar and yet foreign to his ears. He realizes he has no idea where she's talking about, even if he thinks? It might be in the US? Maybe? Some serious territory swaps have happened between his time and hers.
"Well, I mean this place has a bit of everything here. What do you want to see? I'm sure I could find us something. Books in the library. Miss Siri's database. Lots of stuff."