[ tony is putting things together. there are people from different timelines and different worlds entirely, which means amos is either from far enough in the past that terra was not yet considered sacred, or he’s from a world where it never was at all.
tony’s not sure which, but since he’s sussed out that amos can at least keep up with his own spacefaring ways, he has to assume it’s the former. humans just haven’t left yet. ]
Where I’m from, it is. It’s so sacred that you humans…
[ there’s the sense that he’s really being cautious about his words, since he’s talking to amos. so he tries again, one syllable less and accordingly more polite. ]
apologize to baltimore now
tony’s not sure which, but since he’s sussed out that amos can at least keep up with his own spacefaring ways, he has to assume it’s the former. humans just haven’t left yet. ]
Where I’m from, it is. It’s so sacred that you humans…
[ there’s the sense that he’s really being cautious about his words, since he’s talking to amos. so he tries again, one syllable less and accordingly more polite. ]
…that humans won’t tell us where it is.