[mr. belter - he mouths the words, bemused for a moment until he realizes she's upset. at him. he might be an asshole, but he doesn't go out of his way to bully kids, believe it or not. she's right anyway. ceres is basically one big space station and he could help her, if he took his head out of his ass long enough. thinking of the girl back home that he'd seen playing from his balcony, he sighs, moving to get down on one knee so they're closer to eye level. his magboot clangs loudly off the metal as he miscalculates, wearing a friendlier expression than he had been up til now. or at least clearer. ]
Wanna know something, kid? I threw up on the transport. [ he remembers diogo laughing him on the way to eros the first time, the barest of smiles touching his lips. ] And it's Joe.
[ he says both items like secrets, precious and held to his chest, though they aren't. not really. everyone knows his name back home, they just prefer to call him miller. it probably makes him easier to hate or something. he'd never really thought about it before, and he's trying not to think about why he wants this girl to call him by his first name instead. ]
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Wanna know something, kid? I threw up on the transport. [ he remembers diogo laughing him on the way to eros the first time, the barest of smiles touching his lips. ] And it's Joe.
[ he says both items like secrets, precious and held to his chest, though they aren't. not really. everyone knows his name back home, they just prefer to call him miller. it probably makes him easier to hate or something. he'd never really thought about it before, and he's trying not to think about why he wants this girl to call him by his first name instead. ]