[Englishness starts in small ways, see. First the tea. Then, before you know it, you're telling people things like "it's not the winning or the showing up; it's the crushing sense of despair" and talking about the weather with everyone you meet. XD]
"We do have plays, yes, and street performers, musicians, circuses, menageries. And the norn have their skaalds--storytellers and bards who sing the legends of their people. There is even an asura who has invented his own entertainment 'box.' It's completely unlike your television though. It transports a person into a game inside of it--a sort of physical puzzle and adventure track that they have to try and beat. But all of these are things to which one must go. None are broadcast to lands afar."
Aurus thought about what Charles had said of inventing and mastery, and how different the great works of humanity seemed in this world and in his own. By comparison, the humanity he knew seemed much more modest, its horizons less ambitious. But he was easily willing to pick up on Charles' momentary whimsy and laugh a little at these differences. "I can tell you with confidence that no one from my world has ever been to our moon! I suppose you're going to say that someone figured they'd just pop by for a visit there since they were up in the neighborhood anyway putting your satellites into the sky."
He joked like he thought Charles was teasing him still, but he didn't really think that now. He could believe all of these things were indeed true and possible for this world. Extending the posture of the faux teasing, however, was too good a flirtation tactic to simply let go.
For a moment, Aurus let that flirtation blossom in a pause of quiet, his gaze focused on Charles letting a heat build that echoed the earlier moments when he'd begun to let his interest in the man become visible in his eyes. But he didn't push it too far, didn't try to press them into territory that edged from playful to serious, and instead presently indicated the television again: "So tell me about this show then. And about all these--" he was pointing at the vehicles on screen though he obviously didn't know quite what to call them. "They seem to be very popular."
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"We do have plays, yes, and street performers, musicians, circuses, menageries. And the norn have their skaalds--storytellers and bards who sing the legends of their people. There is even an asura who has invented his own entertainment 'box.' It's completely unlike your television though. It transports a person into a game inside of it--a sort of physical puzzle and adventure track that they have to try and beat. But all of these are things to which one must go. None are broadcast to lands afar."
Aurus thought about what Charles had said of inventing and mastery, and how different the great works of humanity seemed in this world and in his own. By comparison, the humanity he knew seemed much more modest, its horizons less ambitious. But he was easily willing to pick up on Charles' momentary whimsy and laugh a little at these differences. "I can tell you with confidence that no one from my world has ever been to our moon! I suppose you're going to say that someone figured they'd just pop by for a visit there since they were up in the neighborhood anyway putting your satellites into the sky."
He joked like he thought Charles was teasing him still, but he didn't really think that now. He could believe all of these things were indeed true and possible for this world. Extending the posture of the faux teasing, however, was too good a flirtation tactic to simply let go.
For a moment, Aurus let that flirtation blossom in a pause of quiet, his gaze focused on Charles letting a heat build that echoed the earlier moments when he'd begun to let his interest in the man become visible in his eyes. But he didn't push it too far, didn't try to press them into territory that edged from playful to serious, and instead presently indicated the television again: "So tell me about this show then. And about all these--" he was pointing at the vehicles on screen though he obviously didn't know quite what to call them. "They seem to be very popular."