As always, he isn't quick to believe at all, but if given irrefutable proof he'd fold, mostly because an overly elaborate pretense requires more to prove. As his father's demonstrated time and time again, lies operate best as a reminiscence of the truth, never as something formed in isolation. None of this is verifiable, but none of it immediately strikes him as a falsehood, either.
He could frame his next question around the juggernaut of the powers of a peace-keeping schema, the delicate trifecta of the celestial planets above, all of it affairs he'll never be able to involve himself in. ]
What was space like?
[ Not a substantial or particularly profound question. Just the idle curiosity of how it must feel to be close enough to behold the stars, unmoored by gravity, floating along in the darkness of something that may as well have been eternity. ]
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As always, he isn't quick to believe at all, but if given irrefutable proof he'd fold, mostly because an overly elaborate pretense requires more to prove. As his father's demonstrated time and time again, lies operate best as a reminiscence of the truth, never as something formed in isolation. None of this is verifiable, but none of it immediately strikes him as a falsehood, either.
He could frame his next question around the juggernaut of the powers of a peace-keeping schema, the delicate trifecta of the celestial planets above, all of it affairs he'll never be able to involve himself in. ]
What was space like?
[ Not a substantial or particularly profound question. Just the idle curiosity of how it must feel to be close enough to behold the stars, unmoored by gravity, floating along in the darkness of something that may as well have been eternity. ]