Comparatively. Really hasn't been that long. What, two months here? Still feels like half a lifetime.
[He wasn't in the military too long before he was assigned to Abel, either, and that still felt like a lengthy chapter in his life. Maybe it all had to do with the course of events. High stress, ever-changing routines, never a second to settle down. Always something that would lurk around the corner, even in this place. Maybe it was naive to think he could settle here.]
I don't have anything back there. Not without trouble. [A lazy shrug.] City's not that bad. Free health care, jobs that pay enough to put food on the table and keep the lights on, people leave you alone most of the time. Yeah, there's weird shit going on, but that's everywhere.
[The Alliance would be after them, no matter Abel's assurances they could handle it and outmaneuver them. He only saw a lifetime of hiding on the colonies as best he could. It's what he knows.]
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[He wasn't in the military too long before he was assigned to Abel, either, and that still felt like a lengthy chapter in his life. Maybe it all had to do with the course of events. High stress, ever-changing routines, never a second to settle down. Always something that would lurk around the corner, even in this place. Maybe it was naive to think he could settle here.]
I don't have anything back there. Not without trouble. [A lazy shrug.] City's not that bad. Free health care, jobs that pay enough to put food on the table and keep the lights on, people leave you alone most of the time. Yeah, there's weird shit going on, but that's everywhere.
[The Alliance would be after them, no matter Abel's assurances they could handle it and outmaneuver them. He only saw a lifetime of hiding on the colonies as best he could. It's what he knows.]