Black with just a pinch of sugar - if you have any - to take the edge off.
[He waits patiently while she prepares the drink, and accepts it politely when she hands it over, immediately bringing the mug to his mouth and taking a cautious sip. It's just at that hot-but-drinkable temperature, so he sips again before nodding his head.]
Thank you.
[He listens intently as she describes the deserts of Earth. Hearing her talk gives him a warm feeling - separate from the heat of the beverage in his hands.]
I'm not surprised. Physically seeing and existing in or near such places has a way of connecting one more directly to the past than any other means.
[He smiles and nods his head again at her assessment.]
The drell evolved on a rocky, mostly arid world, though I wasn't born there, and have never visited. I was raised on a planet covered almost entirely in ocean, which, as you know, was unkind to my physiology.
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[He waits patiently while she prepares the drink, and accepts it politely when she hands it over, immediately bringing the mug to his mouth and taking a cautious sip. It's just at that hot-but-drinkable temperature, so he sips again before nodding his head.]
Thank you.
[He listens intently as she describes the deserts of Earth. Hearing her talk gives him a warm feeling - separate from the heat of the beverage in his hands.]
I'm not surprised. Physically seeing and existing in or near such places has a way of connecting one more directly to the past than any other means.
[He smiles and nods his head again at her assessment.]
The drell evolved on a rocky, mostly arid world, though I wasn't born there, and have never visited. I was raised on a planet covered almost entirely in ocean, which, as you know, was unkind to my physiology.