Jacob's insistence on not using his full name startles a little laugh out of Reynir; he's nervous and excited over this impromptu adventure, and some of that comes through in the laugh. But he is, at the same time, charmed.
"Yeah, fair. When people use my full name I feel like I'm about to get a scolding from one of the old people in the village."
He is curious, however, and asks, with some humor in his voice:
"Are you often in situations where you're afraid that you're about to get arrested, then?"
And of course, Jacob is quite right that just being from Earth only provides some context; Reynir is grateful that he seems to understand so quickly what Reynir is trying to do, establishing what he can expect to have in common with Jacob and what he won't.
"True, when is important, too. I'm from the year 90. But possibly that is... much further in the future than you might think. Where I come from, the numbers sort of... started over, when the Old World fell. I won't bore you talking about it too much, mostly 'cause um. Every time I do it really bums people out? So basically, long story short and hopefully less depressing, there was an Illness that wiped out most of the humans on Earth, but some of us survived and now we're working on rebuilding."
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"Yeah, fair. When people use my full name I feel like I'm about to get a scolding from one of the old people in the village."
He is curious, however, and asks, with some humor in his voice:
"Are you often in situations where you're afraid that you're about to get arrested, then?"
And of course, Jacob is quite right that just being from Earth only provides some context; Reynir is grateful that he seems to understand so quickly what Reynir is trying to do, establishing what he can expect to have in common with Jacob and what he won't.
"True, when is important, too. I'm from the year 90. But possibly that is... much further in the future than you might think. Where I come from, the numbers sort of... started over, when the Old World fell. I won't bore you talking about it too much, mostly 'cause um. Every time I do it really bums people out? So basically, long story short and hopefully less depressing, there was an Illness that wiped out most of the humans on Earth, but some of us survived and now we're working on rebuilding."