[ It's not a full question, but the surprise is genuine. Good sir, are you aware you are blue? Which by all means isn't a trait Jon can assign to any of the creatures and beings he has encountered or heard of. But then again, the monsters he is used to... Well. In most cases they used to be human at some point. For all the paranormal research the Institute has done, one may be surprised to hear that aliens haven't really ever made it into those statements.
Even though in all honesty Jon might have greeted having a plain logical explanation such as aliens at hand in some cases. Wouldn't that be a nice change from constantly having to deal with manifestations of dread?
But hey, he's staring, isn't he? Jon blinks twice, then makes a decent effort to straighten his face. ]
Uhmm...
[ Yes, that's definitely better. ]
I mean... No.
[ We're getting there. Just give his brain another moment to finish rebooting. After another moment he narrows his eyes and the barest hint of suspicion creeps into his voice. ]
no subject
[ It's not a full question, but the surprise is genuine. Good sir, are you aware you are blue? Which by all means isn't a trait Jon can assign to any of the creatures and beings he has encountered or heard of. But then again, the monsters he is used to... Well. In most cases they used to be human at some point. For all the paranormal research the Institute has done, one may be surprised to hear that aliens haven't really ever made it into those statements.
Even though in all honesty Jon might have greeted having a plain logical explanation such as aliens at hand in some cases. Wouldn't that be a nice change from constantly having to deal with manifestations of dread?
But hey, he's staring, isn't he? Jon blinks twice, then makes a decent effort to straighten his face. ]
Uhmm...
[ Yes, that's definitely better. ]
I mean... No.
[ We're getting there. Just give his brain another moment to finish rebooting. After another moment he narrows his eyes and the barest hint of suspicion creeps into his voice. ]
Who is..... Us?
[ A reference to his most recent kidnappers? ]