[ He glances down with a flicker of dark lashes, mouth barely open, trying to find words to describe it. What if Kostya thinks this changes something between them? That he's suddenly repulsed when he wasn't before? The thought is unbearable. ]
I've never seen an alien before. It didn't try to attack me, I think it was just hungry, so I fed it, and thenβthe aurora started and it got scared. [ He never would have attributed an emotion like fear to it before. Parasitic worms aren't capable of fear. But Konstantin's passenger, it turns out, is not... that. ] It hid under the bed and it was still shaking, so I... gave it a blanket and it hid under it. And then the sun started to rise. It was barely responsive. I think the cold made it weak, Kostya, and itβI had to pick it up and... help it onto the bed.
[ He hesitates, guiltyβit feels like some kind of violation, touching it. ]
I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do, and I was worried something bad would happen if it stayed out much longer.
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[ He glances down with a flicker of dark lashes, mouth barely open, trying to find words to describe it. What if Kostya thinks this changes something between them? That he's suddenly repulsed when he wasn't before? The thought is unbearable. ]
I've never seen an alien before. It didn't try to attack me, I think it was just hungry, so I fed it, and thenβthe aurora started and it got scared. [ He never would have attributed an emotion like fear to it before. Parasitic worms aren't capable of fear. But Konstantin's passenger, it turns out, is not... that. ] It hid under the bed and it was still shaking, so I... gave it a blanket and it hid under it. And then the sun started to rise. It was barely responsive. I think the cold made it weak, Kostya, and itβI had to pick it up and... help it onto the bed.
[ He hesitates, guiltyβit feels like some kind of violation, touching it. ]
I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do, and I was worried something bad would happen if it stayed out much longer.