You like him a lot, huh? ... It's good that you've got a friend like that. Sometimes it's hard to know where to turn... so if you have someone who you can trust, it makes things easier.
[He has a few that could, but most of them know better. Rachel.]
I'm doing okay. The weather's getting warm, so people are coming out for the circus again, so I've been training a lot. It's weird to think of how long I've been doing this...
Oh, no, of course not. If anyone did that'd-- [She falters for a second.] My friend Josh was the kind to. I met Chris through him, or rather...I met them both at the same time. Shy new kid in school, exuberant welcoming committee. That old story.
Well, at least you're all assholes together. Marco's like that, too. The rest of us... not quite as much. I... well. Rachel was like that sometimes too, I guess.
[And awaaaaaay from that thought we go.]
But like... Ax didn't get Earth humor a lot of the time. When we were hauling Rachel's family out to safety one of her sisters called him a Pokemon and he had no idea what that was.
Yeah, exactly. He got addicted to soap operas, though. He... also didn't understand that commercials weren't like regular shows, either. But he got better about humor the longer he spent around us and Earth culture. Andalite culture's pretty serious a lot of the time. A lot of emphasis on warriors and stuff like that. They're not warlike, just... serious. They used to graze and travel in herds... kind of like deer.
Soap operas? Of all the things for an alien to get into... I think I understand, though. The uh, more serious culture idea? At least, I've read books with those, so why not...? Are they really-
[Her question's cut-off, however, as the waitress arrives with their food!]
[Oh yay food! He grabs his burger and takes a bite while he thinks of how to respond. ... And swallows before he answers.]
Aside from me and Ax, the rest of the team had school a lot of the time. So he was watching TV in his scoop - that's what Andalites live in, it's kind of like a house - and there isn't a lot on during the day.
Nah, not really. I usually hunted while he was watching. The thermals were usually good around noon or one in the afternoon, so it's a good time for hunting or just flying around.
It's fine. I'm just not interested in that kind of show.
[He shrugs, and keeps chowing down. Mm tasty. It's been a bit since he had a burger like this... he's been trying to eat a more balanced diet than just meat.]
Me? Uh... Fantasy shows, some Sci-Fi. And sometimes dramas, or just...things adapted from books! It's so interesting to see the changes between a book series and a TV show.
That sounds kind of fun. I haven't seen a lot of those... I never had cable. Just mostly PBS for me, but Ax had been leeching cable from... somewhere. It involved a lot of science that I didn't understand.
... I keep forgetting that the Internet is like... a thing that isn't really slow in the future. I mean, the way you talk about it... I'm used to it taking like a whole minute to load the page if the connection's fast.
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