baltimores: (11; what was that for)
last man standing. ([personal profile] baltimores) wrote in [community profile] meadowlarklogs 2021-01-22 09:18 pm (UTC)

I'd call myself a mechanic.

[ He says it plainly, because well... that's what he is. Thinks over on how to talk about it further, put his world into the proper context for someone unfamiliar. ]

It's just work, you know? Whether I'm on a ship or not. Though most of the time I was on one. I don't think there was a word for it.

Lots of people spend their entire lives out in space. They're called Belters because, you know, the asteroid belt. But I'm from Earth, so that's not me. So... you know, just a mechanic.

[ See, this is why being a space sailor sounds cool. But speaking of cool... or, rather, extraordinary...

Amos cocks his head at Hook, curious. ]


What made your sailing extraordinary? I grew up in Baltimore. Spent a lot of time on the docks, but people didn't go out on the water that much, so I'm unfamiliar with a lot of that.

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