[ so not that different! humans but like Space Humans.
and. ah, yeah. he smiles for real now, ducking his head - a little modestly, a little embarrassed. ]
That's the hope. [ ... ] The four of them didn't have much choice but to grow up fast - when their home planet was destroyed, they lost everything. We all did. They've been with me ever since, all because the four of them tried to steal a mech and fly off planet and I had to chase them down before they got themselves killed.
[ but thancred's right. they have come so far. watching that little scene, he's just reminded, achingly, of how much they'd done. how far they'd come since they sobbed into the front of his shirt watching their lives turned around. how far they'd come since they had to learn how to be adults far, far too fast.
and the only thing more valuable than knowledge is the starry sky above us. it had been such a cheesy motto, then, but thinking about the world that he'd asked them to look up to even from the pits of their despair turned out to be the same lesson that they taught him, when his entire world went dark makes him softer than ever. ]
...They're my pride and joy. [ lu bixing admits. ] And they saved me.
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[ so not that different! humans but like Space Humans.
and. ah, yeah. he smiles for real now, ducking his head - a little modestly, a little embarrassed. ]
That's the hope. [ ... ] The four of them didn't have much choice but to grow up fast - when their home planet was destroyed, they lost everything. We all did. They've been with me ever since, all because the four of them tried to steal a mech and fly off planet and I had to chase them down before they got themselves killed.
[ but thancred's right. they have come so far. watching that little scene, he's just reminded, achingly, of how much they'd done. how far they'd come since they sobbed into the front of his shirt watching their lives turned around. how far they'd come since they had to learn how to be adults far, far too fast.
and the only thing more valuable than knowledge is the starry sky above us. it had been such a cheesy motto, then, but thinking about the world that he'd asked them to look up to even from the pits of their despair turned out to be the same lesson that they taught him, when his entire world went dark makes him softer than ever. ]
...They're my pride and joy. [ lu bixing admits. ] And they saved me.