[ . . . that is a lot to digest, but roy listens carefully, committing it to memory. he can appreciate the story about rebelling against your own when you discover something is wrong, and his lips twitch into a faint smile, as steven continues the story.
humans and "aliens" aren't so different after all.
he picks up on the past tense, with the mother, and present tense, with the father. so the mother is dead? or not in the picture. he almost asks, but steven appears to be fairly young, and asking that type of question is something better saved for a conversation that isn't the first . . . still, he pockets it away. ]
You are quite the accomplished young man.
[ genuinely! ]
Do you think you succeeded, in convincing them to see your point of view?
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humans and "aliens" aren't so different after all.
he picks up on the past tense, with the mother, and present tense, with the father. so the mother is dead? or not in the picture. he almost asks, but steven appears to be fairly young, and asking that type of question is something better saved for a conversation that isn't the first . . . still, he pockets it away. ]
You are quite the accomplished young man.
[ genuinely! ]
Do you think you succeeded, in convincing them to see your point of view?