[The last part, at least. He doesn't trust a ship he can't dig into himself. But even that pushed aside, he knows better. And he knows what barefaced denial looks like too. (He's certainly pulled it enough.)]
Fine. There's nothing to tell.
[Even if it's perfectly "normal" where he's from. He understands enough of superstitions. Pilots have plenty, all on their own. And he can make a small enough concession now, but this will hardly be the last of it.
He gives a small pause and bites back the sigh that follows it.]
Anyway how do you want to "get back" at our new overlords without making things worse for everyone else? Everything's rationed as-in, so unless you're thinking of, I don't know, turning the water heating back on...
[He disobedient streak has always been situational and rarely planned. It's never extended quite this far. The idea actually bristles more than he expects.]
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[The last part, at least. He doesn't trust a ship he can't dig into himself. But even that pushed aside, he knows better. And he knows what barefaced denial looks like too. (He's certainly pulled it enough.)]
Fine. There's nothing to tell.
[Even if it's perfectly "normal" where he's from. He understands enough of superstitions. Pilots have plenty, all on their own. And he can make a small enough concession now, but this will hardly be the last of it.
He gives a small pause and bites back the sigh that follows it.]
Anyway how do you want to "get back" at our new overlords without making things worse for everyone else? Everything's rationed as-in, so unless you're thinking of, I don't know, turning the water heating back on...
[He disobedient streak has always been situational and rarely planned. It's never extended quite this far. The idea actually bristles more than he expects.]