[His smile is smaller, his tone very faintly teasing. There are occasionally some high-drama, high-stakes moments in the Fleet. Raider attacks, parties that double as heists. Things that keep the audience amused. Apparently. But it's quieter than life back home, quieter than life had been in Camp. Quieter, he figures (knows) than Eugene's life back home too.
But then he leans back in his chair a little, nodding. His smile ends up softening a little.]
No, I get what you mean though. It's...nice. Doing this.
[Not drinking to get drunk or anything. Using the excuse of 'getting a drink' to hang out, to have a background activity. He really hadn't actually being paying that much attention to how frequent this behavior had become, but he's not surprised.
It is, after all, probably, the best thing he's got going for him in the Fleet.]
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[His smile is smaller, his tone very faintly teasing. There are occasionally some high-drama, high-stakes moments in the Fleet. Raider attacks, parties that double as heists. Things that keep the audience amused. Apparently. But it's quieter than life back home, quieter than life had been in Camp. Quieter, he figures (knows) than Eugene's life back home too.
But then he leans back in his chair a little, nodding. His smile ends up softening a little.]
No, I get what you mean though. It's...nice. Doing this.
[Not drinking to get drunk or anything. Using the excuse of 'getting a drink' to hang out, to have a background activity. He really hadn't actually being paying that much attention to how frequent this behavior had become, but he's not surprised.
It is, after all, probably, the best thing he's got going for him in the Fleet.]