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He had been pacing several times over, but not due to the fact it was his first time in a space station. No, he had been on one before this, but only for a short period of time, and not this far away from Earth. Truthfully, he would have enjoyed having his own ship, but he doubted he could get his hands on one anytime soon.
Still, he couldn’t help the light chuckle escape his lips as she asked the question. “It’s complicated. I remember a time all I wanted do was head to earth and stay there. Live my life on the planet and not think about anything else. Now? not so much.” Now, all Grant wanted to do was get answers that would lead to more questions.
Though she didn’t exactly relate, she nodded along all the same. It’s true enough that earth held a certain excitement for her when she moved there for the academy. Grao 9N had been little more than a glorified dry rock, and next to it earth had been fascinating and full to the brim with new places to explore. Fuck, a couple of months into classes she’d had her first ever snow and just about lost her damn mind. Eventually though, like most places, it became too familiar and she became restless. A few people had told her she should have been honoured to spend time on earth, what with her being from a different planet-called it going back to her roots but hell. It wasn’t like she’d known any of her earth ancestors or anything. As far as she was concerned it was just another planet to be tied down to, no thank you. “I hear you,” she said, raising her beer slightly in acknowledgement , “Earth’s pretty and all but it’s so small, ‘specially when you consider how much fucking space there is we still haven’t explored. Seems like a damn waist to spend your whole time on the same ol’ rock if you ask me.”
