[At his height, it's not difficult to keep an eye on Claude circling him, though the centaur is polite enough to remain stationary -- save for his tail which gives an amused flick to the side]
My species has already died out -- hence why my appearance would likely startle the population into a frenzy.
[His curious enthusiasm dims a little at that, though. Ah. Isn't that painfully familiar. Of course he can't help thinking of Seteth, of Flayn, of Rhea slowly wasting away in some forgotten canyon.]
I was raised away from other centaurs, so in some respects, I have never had to know that loneliness.
[It's delivered very mildly, his face impassive. None of what he says is a truth that hangs heavy on his shoulders, not with so much time have gotten used to the sensation]
My life was a satisfying one, even if I did not spend it with my kind.
They're giving us entire apartments. Whether it ends up being the case or not they're clearly hoping we're going to be here for a good while.
[Even in the Academy they'd had rooms, not full apartments. It seems, to him, that they're not expecting to be sending any of them home for the better part of a year at the least.]
I imagine they're not going to be too concerned with how any of that might happen until we've... done whatever it is they want us to do.
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Date: 2021-01-14 04:35 am (UTC)[But at least he's open to questions? Just don't mind Claude circling around him now, curious and... somehow maybe appraising?]
If it's not common then... are most people in your world just normal bipedal humans?
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Date: 2021-01-14 05:03 am (UTC)[At his height, it's not difficult to keep an eye on Claude circling him, though the centaur is polite enough to remain stationary -- save for his tail which gives an amused flick to the side]
My species has already died out -- hence why my appearance would likely startle the population into a frenzy.
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Date: 2021-01-14 07:19 pm (UTC)That... has to be incredibly lonely.
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Date: 2021-01-14 09:45 pm (UTC)[It's delivered very mildly, his face impassive. None of what he says is a truth that hangs heavy on his shoulders, not with so much time have gotten used to the sensation]
My life was a satisfying one, even if I did not spend it with my kind.
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Date: 2021-01-17 03:36 pm (UTC)Good, that's good. It's rough, always being an outsider.
[Not that he has any experience with that.]
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Date: 2021-01-18 01:47 am (UTC)[Chiron can think of no other reason this man phrased his response in such a way, though realizing he might have put him on the spot:]
I suppose given our current circumstances, we're all outsiders now.
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Date: 2021-01-20 05:19 am (UTC)You see things, y'know? But... yeah I guess we are.
[Again. Fate really loves making his life difficult, doesn't it?]
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Date: 2021-01-20 06:45 pm (UTC)Not that I have pressing matters to return to, but regardless.
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Date: 2021-01-22 02:40 am (UTC)[Even in the Academy they'd had rooms, not full apartments. It seems, to him, that they're not expecting to be sending any of them home for the better part of a year at the least.]
I imagine they're not going to be too concerned with how any of that might happen until we've... done whatever it is they want us to do.