Muse is from Space Cases because I am ridiculous, thinking of sending him to exsilium

[hairdu]

I, uh... I think there must be some kind of misunderstanding here. You have lots of other people hanging around back here you could go for, and it's not like I'm the most interesting one you could have picked. Anyway, they need me, back on The Christa! At least... I'm pretty certain they need me.

And of all the places, you want me to be fighting some war for someone I don't even know? Thanks but no thanks. I wasn't even hatched yet during the first Andromedan war, and I already never hear the end of it.

If there's one thing I've learned it's never let anyone else rope you into their problems.

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[just_displaced]

... did you just say you weren't "hatched"? What the hell does that mean?

[hairdu]

Kinda means what it sounds like. You know, out of an egg.

[just_displaced]

Right.

[A long, thoughtful, mustache-stroking pause.]

So. You're... what? A bird? A reptile? Because I don't think humans hatch out of eggs. Unless I've been very seriously misled.

[hairdu]

I'm not human. I'm an Andromedan.

Which isn't a bird or a lizard! Just so you, um... know.

[A short shudder there. No relation to the Spung, thank you very much.]

[just_displaced]

So you're an alien.

[Blink. Blink. Slight confusion, and then a slow nod.]

That's cool. Me too.

[hairdu]

Yeah, I guess so. I mean, I'm not an alien to me, right?

[Radu attempts a laugh, but it fizzles out quickly.]

What planet are you from?

[just_displaced]

Nobody's an alien to themselves, man, but we're all aliens to other people.

[That was deep in his head.]

Mars.

[Completely straight face here.]

[hairdu]

[You don't sound Martian. But Radu won't be impolite and bring that up.]

Oh! My, uh... teacher's from Mars.

[just_displaced]

Oh, then you know all about people from Mars. I was raised on Earth, though. That's why I look so, you know...

[Not at all like an alien whatsoever?}

[hairdu]

I don't know if I could say I know all about them.

[He may not have been paying the most attention in those classes. Only slightly.]

[just_displaced]

That's okay. They're -- I mean, we're -- not very interesting anyway.

So that means you've been to space, right?

[hairdu]

Been to space, yeah. Kind of born and raised, you could say.

[just_displaced]

What's it like?

[That's probably a... pretty big question, since space is pretty big.]

[teen_human]

Oh my wizard god please tell me wherever you go has a Firefly cast with a Kaylee because that would make my eternity I'm not even joking.

[hairdu]

Uh... fireflies? Sorry, I don't think we're on the same page here.

[teen_human]

No, Firefly, it's this space western epic but not really epic but - you know, I think I'm getting like twelve shades too meta here, so I'm gonna drop that one like it's hot.

Uh, hi. So. Hatching.

[hairdu]

Ah, okay. I'll, uh, let you know if I see it!

[Radu winces. Damn it, he really shouldn't have brought that particular quirk of Andromedan biology up. It always seems to be a conversation killer.]

You know. From an egg. It's kind of weird, I know.

[teen_human]

Technically humans come from eggs too, you know. If you want to split biology hairs.

[hairdu]

Really?

[No, the Starcademy does not have sex ed. Considering how many species attend that school it would take several years.]

People always act like it's so... y'know... alien?

[teen_human]

Different kinda egg I think, in humans the ovum stays inside the body and well I'm guessing your species is more along the lines of oviparous.

[hairdu]

[Stiles you are speaking words and Radu is finding them confusing, halp.]

We have hatcheries. It's... kinda of different than the usual.

[teen_human]

Huh. Are they submerged in water? Do you have like a tadpole stage or are you born rocking the four limbs thing? Holy shit do you have sex like humans or is it like entirely different? You can also tell me to shut up any time.

[hairdu]

[Radu was following along fine until Stiles mentioned the s-word and now excuse him blushing up a fucking storm brb.]

I, uh, wouldn't really know much about any of that stuff.

[Just kill him now kthnxbye.]

[teen_human]

[Look Radu you are attractive and human-enough looking and Stiles is at that age.]

Is it not like a thing in your culture?

[hairdu]

[Hey, he grew up at a boarding school, that messes most kids up about this sort of thing.]

I haven't exactly spent a lot of time in my 'culture' to be able to tell, thanks.