I think people do have more in common than not. No matter where you go.
[ Even from different worlds, there's a surprising amount in common. Which means that Flynn assumes things must be pretty dire where Mishka is from. Even at the toughest moments in the lower quarter, people still had enough spark to hope for better things for the future: clean water, or medicine, or enough of a windfall from something to buy fresh fruit. But there were places that had it much harder than his home.
Would prying about that also be off-track for what he should be doing as a date? Mishka derails him entirely before he can decide. Jealous? Yuri? He's struggling to picture it. ]
...I doubt that. But I'd be happy if it made him think a little more before he acts. Although I was planning on entering myself in the auction anyway. [ But Mishka might not have bid on whatever application Flynn wrote for himself... He shakes his head to dismiss the thought. ] But I will tell him you were an excellent date, if he asks. I've enjoyed your company.
[ And, reminded, he pats the bed beside him in invitation. In perfect innocence: ] Did you want to try those massages? I don't have any practice, but I'm not bad with my hands.
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[ Even from different worlds, there's a surprising amount in common. Which means that Flynn assumes things must be pretty dire where Mishka is from. Even at the toughest moments in the lower quarter, people still had enough spark to hope for better things for the future: clean water, or medicine, or enough of a windfall from something to buy fresh fruit. But there were places that had it much harder than his home.
Would prying about that also be off-track for what he should be doing as a date? Mishka derails him entirely before he can decide. Jealous? Yuri? He's struggling to picture it. ]
...I doubt that. But I'd be happy if it made him think a little more before he acts. Although I was planning on entering myself in the auction anyway. [ But Mishka might not have bid on whatever application Flynn wrote for himself... He shakes his head to dismiss the thought. ] But I will tell him you were an excellent date, if he asks. I've enjoyed your company.
[ And, reminded, he pats the bed beside him in invitation. In perfect innocence: ] Did you want to try those massages? I don't have any practice, but I'm not bad with my hands.