[ he'll flop over onto his back instead, arms eagle spread so there's no chance of him falling unless the building suddenly collapses in some freak accident ]
[ That's kind of a bummer. He was hoping Nimona was +1950 years into his future instead of in the past, but if she has kingdoms all over again... ]
Around the time when I died, mankind had just set foot on the moon. Space travel became reality for the first time ever... [ He looks up at the sky, at the half-hidden moon, all these unfamiliar stars, and then closes his eyes so he doesn't have to see them. ]
Did you know? There are over two hundred billion trillion stars in the universe! Trillions of planets just like ours, with people just like us, living, just like this...
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[ he'll flop over onto his back instead, arms eagle spread so there's no chance of him falling unless the building suddenly collapses in some freak accident ]
Even mom couldn't stop me, anyways.
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I guess you could say that, yeah!
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Anyway, if you ever ask me a question about myself again I'm gonna answer with huh? What? Did you say something?
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[ y'know... technically... technically... his parents did nothing to stop him from doing what he did... ]
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[casually is a brat]
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[ shakes her shoulders, listen to meeeeeee ]
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[she's laughing when he shakes her]
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What did you mean by echo? Answer that one.
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[ help, don't expect him to remember anything I have to parent up half a dozen times for ]
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You said you're dead. So like a ghost? Have you been a ghost for a long time?
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... ]
That's right! I died... fifty-some years ago?
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Huh. So you're old. [teehee]
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Uh, wow? I'm older than you! Listen to your elders.
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[ "how long have YOU been dead, then?" he wants to ask but no, Nimona isn't allowed to be dead ]
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[well, she's not dead! technically. theoretically.]
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...No way.
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Yeah way. [taps his hat.] Might be a bit less. I stopped keeping track because it didn't matter.
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...I guess I just can't imagine existing for that long. How do you do it...?
[ When he couldn't even make it past 13 before he gave up ]
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she glances back out over the playground.]
I don't know. Spite, I guess. [...] I told you I was tired before I got here.
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... ]
Nimona, is space travel a thing where you're from?
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Why?
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[ That's kind of a bummer. He was hoping Nimona was +1950 years into his future instead of in the past, but if she has kingdoms all over again... ]
Around the time when I died, mankind had just set foot on the moon. Space travel became reality for the first time ever... [ He looks up at the sky, at the half-hidden moon, all these unfamiliar stars, and then closes his eyes so he doesn't have to see them. ]
Did you know? There are over two hundred billion trillion stars in the universe! Trillions of planets just like ours, with people just like us, living, just like this...
There's so much out there. I couldn't stand it.
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