Life hurts [Lucian]

Eh, a lot of scientists from his homeworld would’ve begged to differ, but this seemed like quite the loaded topic, so Lucian would refrain from commenting on that for now.

“Hey now, that wasn’t an open invitation to mock me, you know.” Lucian laughed lightly through his words. “Though you’re probably right, it won’t do to worry about things that are out of my control.” A statement that had governed a lot of Lucian’s behavior in life, even prior to his arrival in Junction. “I have to admit, you’re not as naïve as I would’ve imagined a child to be.” He reciprocated the friendly banter. Lucian didn’t usually see this kind of humor until later on in a friendship, but he was quick to adapt to other people’s social speeds.

“Hm? Oh, no, I was just following the joke. I thought my laughter would’ve made that clear, my apologies.” Hm, perhaps his charisma was getting a bit rusty. Definitely possible, considering he’d been doing absolutely nothing for an entire month. ‘Taking a chill’ though? That was definitely a new one; he could infer from the context and the original meaning of the world “chill” what the expression meant, but he’d never heard it before. Slang in Junction would also take some getting used to, it seemed. “Yes, one certainly should.”

Now that he took notice, Lucian didn’t exactly have too much time on his hands to do all the things he wanted to do before the start of the festival, now did he? “Well, I think this is definitely one item off of my Junction introduction checklist, but unfortunately I should probably cut this short for the sake of time. It’s been a pleasure.” There were a lot of things he wanted to get done in time, too, so he needed to be very concise and careful of how he used his time. This, unfortunately, meant ending this conversation early; now that he’d proven to himself that he could still socialize as any, it was time to approach something less… human. "Let's hope we meet again though, I'd love to continue this talk some other time."