[It's not that he's completely unaffected by it, but the unsettling feeling meeting those white eyes churned up in him doesn't show on his face. He glances back to Kieren as he sits - on the floor, rather than one of the other cots, which was probably a good choice. It's not like he's keeping them untouched because they're Burgie's and Jay's and that means anything, he's not as sentimental as that, but still. One conversation and a trip to the library doesn't mean he knows him from Adam. And this Pavuvu shack is Marine space, even if it's not a place anyone in their right mind should call home.
He pulls his cigarettes - harsh, cheap, unfiltered - out of his pocket and lights one up before adding, maybe with the tiniest bit of curiosity:]
spam;
[It's not that he's completely unaffected by it, but the unsettling feeling meeting those white eyes churned up in him doesn't show on his face. He glances back to Kieren as he sits - on the floor, rather than one of the other cots, which was probably a good choice. It's not like he's keeping them untouched because they're Burgie's and Jay's and that means anything, he's not as sentimental as that, but still. One conversation and a trip to the library doesn't mean he knows him from Adam. And this Pavuvu shack is Marine space, even if it's not a place anyone in their right mind should call home.
He pulls his cigarettes - harsh, cheap, unfiltered - out of his pocket and lights one up before adding, maybe with the tiniest bit of curiosity:]
You sure don't fuckin' look it.