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[causalities]

[He sits as well, fingers laced, arms resting on his thighs.]

I suppose that's fair. Not so dissimilar from home.

[animated]

[ Charlie hums a little, gaze turned upward. His eyes land on the bright “W” shape in the middle of Cassiopeia again. ]

Do I ever get to learn where that is? “Home”, I mean.

[causalities]

[He sets his jaw. It costs him nothing to say it. Whether he is believed or not-- well, that isn't up to him. He does not like to lie. He fidgets briefly, twists his fingers together.]

Sal Amast. Specifically, the province Vehlo. You would not find it on a map of Earth.

[animated]

[ WELP.....

He glances over, one eyebrow oh-so-slowly arching ]

So what would I find it on a map of?

[causalities]

[He points to the belt of stars.]

I don't have exact coordinates. The planet is called Dunya.

[He keeps his tone level, calm. Nor does he attempt movement of any sort.]

[animated]

[ He falls quiet for a moment. On the one hand, he kind of gets where Alke’s coming from, with the reserved posture and careful way he’s speaking. More than once, he’s considered telling someone about his magic. He imagines the conversation would probably go similarly.

On the other hand, the dude just straight up told him he’s from another planet. ]

That’s kind of a lot to just take in, you realize.

[causalities]

I know. I'm sorry, it isn't my intent to overwhelm you. I just don't like to lie.

[He has little in the way of proof, at least in a physical sense. It's only a matter of his word. Skepticism is natural.]

[animated]

[ From what little he knows of the man, it does seem out of character for Alke to spin such an outrageous lie. ]

Okay. Let’s say you’re from another planet. How’d you even get here?

[causalities]

I don't pretend to know the science. Someone I served with, her father-- [How does one even explain the Chains?] -- can forge and maintain... portals, I suppose, between worlds. My sister fled here to escape persecution from our family, and her husband's militia. I followed.

[A helpless little shrug.]

[animated]

So you hopped through a Stargate, basically.

[ Charlie, don’t make references at the poor guy.

More seriously, he says, ] I mean, that doesn’t sound totally impossible.

[causalities]

[Individually, the words are sort of appropriate, so he gets enough of the context to nod.]

Something like that, though I have little in the way of proof.

[animated]

You don’t really strike me as the type to just… make something like that up. [ It’s not an admission of total belief, but it’s some kind of acceptance. ]

I’ve got a portal to Las Vegas in my living room, so a portal to another planet isn’t all that strange, I guess.

[causalities]

[His turn to quirk an eyebrow.]

I wasn't aware humans had that sort of technology.

[animated]

We don't. It's magic.

[causalities]

[Everything that happens on his world, as far as he knows, is the due course of technology. But then, Nehir Akambe is a telekinetic, and Alke has seen impossible things.

He tips his head to one side, studying Charlie intently a moment. Then he nods.]

Not a common thing on Earth, then?

[animated]

[ He watches Alke a second, gauging his reaction. The conclusion he comes to is either Alke is genuinely a spaceman, or he’s a really, really good actor. ]

Not really. Most people don’t even know it exists.

[causalities]

[He's an absolutely terrible actor, honestly. But he does glance back up at the sky.]

Most people don't pay attention.

[animated]

Maybe, but to be honest, it's that way by design more than coincidence.