[ The bag crinkles a little as he just settles it there now between them, grabbing a wedge or two for himself, taking a small bite.
Like she's probably worked out, there's plenty that's different a few centuries down the line; lot's changed and progressed, while a whole lot more's gotten worse. And his life more specifically was shaped by the fact that he'd been born — for all intents and purposes — illegally. No one on Basic's supposed to have kids unless their time comes up in the lottery. Same with jobs. So some people might never get a chance to do any kind of work they actually wanna do.
He didn't have much of a choice in it; the mom he never knew was doing the only thing she could at the time. And he — well. He got pulled into that same life. ]
It ain't. [ Great, that is. It's shit. There's a whole lot underneath those two words, a whole lot of past in his past, but his expression remains mostly impassive. Dying is the only way to get out of Baltimore. And he died. Kind of. Or rather, he took the identity of the guy who actually died. ] Basic's just — the basics. Not a lot of legitimate jobs unless you got money already so Basic keeps people on the bare minimum. I got out, though, when I was — sixteen. Got a mechanical apprenticeship on an ice hauler out in space. Been out there ever since.
[ Except for his brief trip back to Earth just recently, just before all of...this. There is a lot more to his life, of course, that he holds back. Just like a lot of people, he figures. Like Wanda, too, though he's got a little glimpse of her past now. ]
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Like she's probably worked out, there's plenty that's different a few centuries down the line; lot's changed and progressed, while a whole lot more's gotten worse. And his life more specifically was shaped by the fact that he'd been born — for all intents and purposes — illegally. No one on Basic's supposed to have kids unless their time comes up in the lottery. Same with jobs. So some people might never get a chance to do any kind of work they actually wanna do.
He didn't have much of a choice in it; the mom he never knew was doing the only thing she could at the time. And he — well. He got pulled into that same life. ]
It ain't. [ Great, that is. It's shit. There's a whole lot underneath those two words, a whole lot of past in his past, but his expression remains mostly impassive. Dying is the only way to get out of Baltimore. And he died. Kind of. Or rather, he took the identity of the guy who actually died. ] Basic's just — the basics. Not a lot of legitimate jobs unless you got money already so Basic keeps people on the bare minimum. I got out, though, when I was — sixteen. Got a mechanical apprenticeship on an ice hauler out in space. Been out there ever since.
[ Except for his brief trip back to Earth just recently, just before all of...this. There is a lot more to his life, of course, that he holds back. Just like a lot of people, he figures. Like Wanda, too, though he's got a little glimpse of her past now. ]
What's 2015 like?