'Creature' is the word the other man uses, and the one that maybe a great deal of other people would, too. It's certainly not an unfamiliar word to the cosmonaut; it's the one he uses to describe the thing from another world that has made him its home.
He's quiet, thoughtful as he listens, gazing at the bodies and then the face of the corpse closest to him, eyes glassy and lifeless. Like something stuffed. Like the imitation of a person, now.
The question earns a noticeable pause. He's been... careful with what he reveals, and how, and hasn't given too much out about his own circumstances. But he's been listening to what others have to say, and oh, he's heard things. Talks of worlds with monsters, mutations, gods. Konstantin doesn't know how to feel about anything he can't prove, but he has something of his own that can be. He'll stay vague about it, but there's no harm in what he says next.
"Nothing like this there. Not on Earth. The worst monster to be found there is only the people." A small, wry smile.
"But.... above it, out in the universe — I believe there are many things that humans haven't discovered yet. Things we aren't prepared for."
He gives a soft laugh, brushing his palms over the front of his coat. "The insight of an old spaceman. What about you, my friend? Do things like this happen where you're from? Monsters roaming?"
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He's quiet, thoughtful as he listens, gazing at the bodies and then the face of the corpse closest to him, eyes glassy and lifeless. Like something stuffed. Like the imitation of a person, now.
The question earns a noticeable pause. He's been... careful with what he reveals, and how, and hasn't given too much out about his own circumstances. But he's been listening to what others have to say, and oh, he's heard things. Talks of worlds with monsters, mutations, gods. Konstantin doesn't know how to feel about anything he can't prove, but he has something of his own that can be. He'll stay vague about it, but there's no harm in what he says next.
"Nothing like this there. Not on Earth. The worst monster to be found there is only the people." A small, wry smile.
"But.... above it, out in the universe — I believe there are many things that humans haven't discovered yet. Things we aren't prepared for."
He gives a soft laugh, brushing his palms over the front of his coat. "The insight of an old spaceman. What about you, my friend? Do things like this happen where you're from? Monsters roaming?"