*He looks up at her.* [b][u]S-Sorry... I just upset and I've come to expect people thinking of me as an animal... You know, I'm sort of here for the same reason... My parents were scientists. And all the scientists in our species work for the military. My parents were quite famous for their work... And the way the military works is that all members need combat training, even scientists. And so, they were promoted straight from the greatest Sphirinian scientists to third in command of the Sphirnian fleet... Sketch, my little brother, had been gone for a couple months before that happened and they immediately started to lose it... They became unreasonable, unfair. They didn't make decisions based on logic anymore. Before I knew it, I was fourth in command of the Sphirinian fleet. And I had just joined the fleet and had no combat training at all. They promoted me for being their son and got away with it too. People turned to me, to try and oppose them. I'm no leader and I had at least a million Sphirinians under my command. I didn't know anything about tactics, diplomacy, or anything like that! It was too much! People died because I didn't know what I was doing. So I got a friend to steal a slip drive and had myself transported to this area on this planet in this dimension... I understand completely... Wanting to run from supposedly [i]having it all......... And I'm sorry for upsetting you, or offending you, or being rude, or just generally being a pain. I'll go ahead and say I'm terrible with people...[/i][/u][/b] *He looks down.*

[i]"Confidence."[/i] [b]She said simply, knowing she was in no position to talk about such a thing... But she was still adept enough to see when someone else lacked it as well.[/b] [i]"I think I'll give you some time... Time to think. I'll be around for some time... I can promise you that... I don't know how long, but I think it best if you think some things through for awhile."[/i] [b]She stood, an arm outstretching before landing gently on his shoulder.[/b] [i]"Until then, I wish you the best."[/i]

[u][b]Y-Yeah... I'm so s-sorry about all o-of this... You haven't o-objected to m-me calling m-myself an a$$ so th-that just confirms it. I'll l-leave you a-alone... If I-I see you a-again I'll o-only talk if you a-approach... You shouldn't h-have to deal with a-a child...[/b][/u] *His stutter comes back once more and he puts his head in his hands again.*