[ there was novelty to be found in those programs, fascination with the innocence the world still possessed, back when everything was small and people didn't think to look at what was lying beyond the exosphere. this century doesn't possess any of those qualities. humanity is flawed, selfish, and on the verge of becoming the very thing that helped to ignite the third world war. it's unsettling, being so deeply immersed in it, having to rely on it for basic survival. most likely think she's just too much of a child of the 24th century to function in a century like this, that she misses her replicators and holodecks and sonic showers, not that she takes issue with the atmosphere of the times, with how humanity carried itself and viewed the rest of the world. they don't know any better, because they don't question and she doesn't feel the need to explain herself — to anyone. ]
Were you... [ kathryn clears her throat, sets the now empty cup aside. she turns to properly face him, crossing one leg over the other and cupping her knee between laced fingers. ] That is, did you find yourself driven to act by this curse at all?
[ morbid curiosity that is both scientific and not. part of her wants to know for reasons that feel more like intel gathered at a lunchroom table back in high school, but the other part wants to know if curses affect him in the same way they do everyone else. ]
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Were you... [ kathryn clears her throat, sets the now empty cup aside. she turns to properly face him, crossing one leg over the other and cupping her knee between laced fingers. ] That is, did you find yourself driven to act by this curse at all?
[ morbid curiosity that is both scientific and not. part of her wants to know for reasons that feel more like intel gathered at a lunchroom table back in high school, but the other part wants to know if curses affect him in the same way they do everyone else. ]