[His voice rises almost comedically in pitch, and he actually stops for a second, too stunned to really hear the question. He'd known on some level that it was a possibility, but... wow. Does that mean 9S has never known any life outside of being a soldier? And if he's changed bodies then that sacrifice talk from earlier must have been self-experience... (Well. Now Al definitely feels bad about arguing with the guy when they first met.)]
You're um... mature for your age.
[He manages, finally. He has about a thousand questions, but 9S is fortunately spared by another noise up just ahead of them. From behind a makeshift hiding spot in the wreckage, a terrified looking Elto child crawls out to peer at them.]
no subject
[His voice rises almost comedically in pitch, and he actually stops for a second, too stunned to really hear the question. He'd known on some level that it was a possibility, but... wow. Does that mean 9S has never known any life outside of being a soldier? And if he's changed bodies then that sacrifice talk from earlier must have been self-experience... (Well. Now Al definitely feels bad about arguing with the guy when they first met.)]
You're um... mature for your age.
[He manages, finally. He has about a thousand questions, but 9S is fortunately spared by another noise up just ahead of them. From behind a makeshift hiding spot in the wreckage, a terrified looking Elto child crawls out to peer at them.]