[ There's a moment of surprised pleasure. This despite Matt's misgivings about Aetós, his suspicion. He can't help it; all he's wanted since he got here was to be able to do something useful. A piece of him misses the part of academia where one could win approval by making a solid argument or raising a novel point.
The feeling doesn't last long. Aetós asks their followup, and Matt's emotions turn uncertain. Awkward. ]
Well, ah ...
[ But really, there's only one way this ends. ]
I was, [ he decides. ] Yeah.
I took some notes about what we saw when we scanned the shadows. Closer to when it actually happened. I could bring those, if you want.
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[ There's a moment of surprised pleasure. This despite Matt's misgivings about Aetós, his suspicion. He can't help it; all he's wanted since he got here was to be able to do something useful. A piece of him misses the part of academia where one could win approval by making a solid argument or raising a novel point.
The feeling doesn't last long. Aetós asks their followup, and Matt's emotions turn uncertain. Awkward. ]
Well, ah ...
[ But really, there's only one way this ends. ]
I was, [ he decides. ] Yeah.
I took some notes about what we saw when we scanned the shadows. Closer to when it actually happened. I could bring those, if you want.