[Arthur beams, all teeth!] I'd quite like to see that!
I would never do that. [Judge something else preemptively.]
[He gives her a wink.] You might be the first to call me sensible, but quite decent of you, dear, thank you.
[On vaccine mandates? He'll definitely fight with her!] We don't have anything more advanced, it's cutting edge in my time! And we have been convincing them, but some are completely against it. The worst is when they try to argue for religious reasons. Because God didn't make the vaccine. [Exasperated!] Mind, the worst night I ever spent was right after the enteric fever innoculation. I volunteered first since we didn't know the right dose, and the SS Oriental had already set sail. I spent the whole night feeling right sorry for myself. Still better than if I'd gotten the fever in full.
Oh! [He understands the Tirvan comparison:] But I don't mean all citizens have to surrender to be injected. I mean soldiers who are already in tight quarters, and have no capacity to quarantine or avoid one another. A tiny needle and a night of agony is still better than even the mildest of the viruses facing soldiers.
What is it your people are able to do then?
Earth... also emphasizes the loneliness, and it definitely makes things worse. [An absolutely sorrowful expression. He couldn't cure his patients, but at least he could help them not deal with it alone.]
[But bright things!] Sounds like the arctic. Definitely a tern, you.
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I would never do that. [Judge something else preemptively.]
[He gives her a wink.] You might be the first to call me sensible, but quite decent of you, dear, thank you.
[On vaccine mandates? He'll definitely fight with her!] We don't have anything more advanced, it's cutting edge in my time! And we have been convincing them, but some are completely against it. The worst is when they try to argue for religious reasons. Because God didn't make the vaccine. [Exasperated!] Mind, the worst night I ever spent was right after the enteric fever innoculation. I volunteered first since we didn't know the right dose, and the SS Oriental had already set sail. I spent the whole night feeling right sorry for myself. Still better than if I'd gotten the fever in full.
Oh! [He understands the Tirvan comparison:] But I don't mean all citizens have to surrender to be injected. I mean soldiers who are already in tight quarters, and have no capacity to quarantine or avoid one another. A tiny needle and a night of agony is still better than even the mildest of the viruses facing soldiers.
What is it your people are able to do then?
Earth... also emphasizes the loneliness, and it definitely makes things worse. [An absolutely sorrowful expression. He couldn't cure his patients, but at least he could help them not deal with it alone.]
[But bright things!] Sounds like the arctic. Definitely a tern, you.
Did you get to name it?