"It's a runaway reaction, really." It's a lot, for someone who has never seen a fire bigger than a candle before. It's a lot even for someone who knows what a house fire can do, but running into it like that, not knowing--
There's a part of him that's tempted to curl up beside Jedao and hold him protectively. He classifies that part of him as probably the fault of Zhu Bajie, who was the touchy-feely sort, and also probably not that helpful.
"Big wildfires on a planet can even make their own weather," he adds, taking refuge in trivia instead. "They'll spawn vast clouds full of lightning."
Most of the time Jedao would very desperately like to be held, but not quite today, when he feels his inhumanity so keenly, when he has to be careful with his secrets and his pain in the same breath, lest the one reveal the other.
"I saw a hurricane from orbit, once. Hard to get a safer distance than that, and it was - incredible."
"A hurricane..." Gonou murmurs. "I've never seen one of those, either. Although I don't think it's possible to have a safe distance from one on the ground, and still see it.
"That's the sort of thing that the Enclosure would really be good for-- isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is. I showed Kyoko the view from some of the station windows a little while ago. Even without any weird weather, it's....pretty spectacular."
"If you were intruding, I wouldn't have opened the door," Jedao says with a shrug. This might not be entirely true - witness Flint bullying him into opening the door yesterday - but it's true in spirit, and in this particular case.
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There's a part of him that's tempted to curl up beside Jedao and hold him protectively. He classifies that part of him as probably the fault of Zhu Bajie, who was the touchy-feely sort, and also probably not that helpful.
"Big wildfires on a planet can even make their own weather," he adds, taking refuge in trivia instead. "They'll spawn vast clouds full of lightning."
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"No, I think I'd like to see it myself," he admits. "From a safe distance. I've only ever read about things like that."
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"I saw a hurricane from orbit, once. Hard to get a safer distance than that, and it was - incredible."
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"That's the sort of thing that the Enclosure would really be good for-- isn't it?"
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She'd seemed to calm down a little, at least.
"Give me a few days, and I'll take you?"
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"Yes, please."
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"Well, then," he says, "should I leave you to rest for now?"
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"Thank you, again."
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"Good! Sleep is the best medicine, after all." And, more seriously, with a little duck of his chin, he adds, "...Thank you for letting me intrude."
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