Ned matches that smile with a very small one of his own - not so charming, and not so glossy. For all Meyer's politeness, he knows he could have delivered a lot of that news more sensitively than he had. If he ever comes across a situation like again, he thinks he'll know better.
But for now it seems that Meyer is pulling himself together, and Ned is more than happy to take his cues from him. Talking about the distant future is easier, he expects, for the both of them. Spaceships aren't real, somehow, the way the rest of it is.
"I think that's more to do with being a telepath and less to do with living in the future." And, of course, Ned knows a good deal of the way she thinks is due to what she'd been put through, but that's not his information to give out. Even if it were, he hardly needs to add that straw to the already-strained camel's back. It is disgusting, though. How little the human race seems to change.
There's a fondness that comes into Ned's smile as he admits, "She absolutely terrified me, when I first arrived. Jumped off a roof to say hi and nearly gave me a heart attack."
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But for now it seems that Meyer is pulling himself together, and Ned is more than happy to take his cues from him. Talking about the distant future is easier, he expects, for the both of them. Spaceships aren't real, somehow, the way the rest of it is.
"I think that's more to do with being a telepath and less to do with living in the future." And, of course, Ned knows a good deal of the way she thinks is due to what she'd been put through, but that's not his information to give out. Even if it were, he hardly needs to add that straw to the already-strained camel's back. It is disgusting, though. How little the human race seems to change.
There's a fondness that comes into Ned's smile as he admits, "She absolutely terrified me, when I first arrived. Jumped off a roof to say hi and nearly gave me a heart attack."