It does. I have a vague recollection of applying to MIT, but I ended up staying with the University of Cincinnati. It might've been my grades. [His ears flick.] Figure skating? Like that anime?
[This isn't an Olympics year, ok? He doesn't have a frame of reference outside of Yuri! on Ice.
But he is very patient as he listens, and by the end of Dan Heng's story, he's no longer trying to act interested in the duck pond. His bright ember eyes are full of distant wonder at the mere description of what Dan Heng saw out there.]
A starshower you could touch... That sounds incredible.
[The thought reminds him of something, but he doesn't grasp at the memory. He's afraid of triggering something unpleasant. Gold eyes, and so much regret... No, he won't push.]
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It does. I have a vague recollection of applying to MIT, but I ended up staying with the University of Cincinnati. It might've been my grades. [His ears flick.] Figure skating? Like that anime?
[This isn't an Olympics year, ok? He doesn't have a frame of reference outside of Yuri! on Ice.
But he is very patient as he listens, and by the end of Dan Heng's story, he's no longer trying to act interested in the duck pond. His bright ember eyes are full of distant wonder at the mere description of what Dan Heng saw out there.]
A starshower you could touch... That sounds incredible.
[The thought reminds him of something, but he doesn't grasp at the memory. He's afraid of triggering something unpleasant. Gold eyes, and so much regret... No, he won't push.]