“You are very kind. When we are back on Velencya, I would like to take you up on that offer. I find I have difficulties focusing on things when I am by myself. And I have been distracted worrying about Earth. I want to take the tests. I want to be like the rest of you.”
There was something a little off about all of it, an unspoken sadness. He knew he was different. He knew he had experiences the rest of them hadn’t, and he knew he was a relic of the past, once again just struggling to catch up and keep moving forward.
He wanted to do right by them.
Guine