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[tensecondsahead]

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[lionson]

[He won't try to touch, he's just looking at it.]

Why'd you get that? Did your Leader give you a reward or something?

[tensecondsahead]

No, they didn't. It was sitting on my bed in my room the first day I was here. My roomates had an item from home too. Didn't you get one?

[lionson]

Oh, that! Yeah, I had one.

[He gestures to the red and blue pin on a chain around his neck. Hydok I know you're canon familiar, I'm not digging out a picture for you.]

I just wear it all the time so I thought it counted as part of my clothes.

[tensecondsahead]

Well, the badge is technically part of my uniform. But if memories are important, it's something that has a lot of strong emotions that go along with it.

[lionson]

I bet it does, if it's tied to your job like that.

[tensecondsahead]

What about you?

[lionson]

It's a symbol from my church. So it's tied to my job too, yeah.

[tensecondsahead]

Your... church.

[lionson]

Yep, my church.

[:D]

[tensecondsahead]

That's a religious thing? [See, that's where the question is coming from.]

[lionson]

It's a symbol of my specific denomination.

[tensecondsahead]

[Shiro. Shiro this man is a space alien who doesn't know what a church is. How is he going to know what a denomination is?]

I don't really know anything about organized religion.

[lionson]

That's fine, most people don't. And if you're not into the religion then it's probably not that interesting to you anyway. I'm not here to proselytize.

[tensecondsahead]

[Laine nods.]

But the pin is important enough to be an item from home, rather than just part of the uniform.

[lionson]

Yeah, I guess so. I've worn it for so many years, it's a part of who I am.

[tensecondsahead]

[He nods.]

It's interesting. It's been a while since I really worked with a lot of people who aren't in ēlDLIVE, but we've got all sorts here.

[lionson]

Is that some kind of...space police or whatever?

[He's thinking cops, Laine acts like cops.]

[tensecondsahead]

It's the space police where I'm from.

They stuck me in a little backwater system, so my job is mostly keeping tourists from causing incidents with the locals, and occasionally checking cargo manifests, so it's nothing too exciting. [But he sounds fond anyway.]

[lionson]

Let me guess: that 'backwater system' is Earth, yeah?

[tensecondsahead]

Exactly.

[lionson]

Well, thank you for protecting my home.

[tensecondsahead]

I'd say I'm just doing my job, but I'm kind of attached to the place. I've got a local who works for me, and he's a good kid.

[lionson]

Ah? A newbie?

[He definitely said 'kouhai' there.]

[tensecondsahead]

Yeah, he just joined up a few months ago. He's still got a lot of learn, but he's going to be just fine. All my subordinates are good people, but Kokonose's the kind of person who inspires everyone around him. He's been a real asset to his division.

[Maple I'm not looking up Japanese terms at work to figure out how autotranslating from alien works but he's absolutely using "I am his boss" language there.]

[lionson]

[Hydok, not weeb enough for the animes]

That's good to hear. Hopefully he doesn't burn out from the work. A good heart is hard to come by.