"... Eugh, I was almost a stew once. Quicksand stew, actually. I'd rather not be again."
But he gets what she's saying, and he seems to relax a fraction at her words. Sometimes all a guy really needs is a wise and weathered old explorer granny to set him at ease. Actually — that seems to snap him back to the situation, and a realization.
"Hey! I've been blabbing on and on about my own stuff, but you haven't said anything about yourself! C'mon, give me some details. I don't even know much other than your name; which is a great name, obviously. My dad got into gardening hardcore the moment he crossed into his 50's — I sent him some seeds of Paeonia rockii. It was a common peony where I was stationed..."
(Huh. Actually, now that he thinks about it, there's some pretty specific things that sound straight out of an alternate earth.)
I can't believe I missed her namedrop up there smfh
But he gets what she's saying, and he seems to relax a fraction at her words. Sometimes all a guy really needs is a wise and weathered old explorer granny to set him at ease. Actually — that seems to snap him back to the situation, and a realization.
"Hey! I've been blabbing on and on about my own stuff, but you haven't said anything about yourself! C'mon, give me some details. I don't even know much other than your name; which is a great name, obviously. My dad got into gardening hardcore the moment he crossed into his 50's — I sent him some seeds of Paeonia rockii. It was a common peony where I was stationed..."
(Huh. Actually, now that he thinks about it, there's some pretty specific things that sound straight out of an alternate earth.)