Miles just winces a bit as Lakshmi seeks politeness and lands on ... probably the best description he could hope for. But it still drives all of this home: he's a lowly mercenary who's just helping her win back her homeworld. After all this is done, they will be strangers again. As it must be. As is best, really; he will not force his ugly body upon her any more than he must. But he will take a large gulp of wine to wash down his pain with.
"Quite slight," he says, giving her a weak smile. "I am quite the failure. In attempting to build my progenitor a better body he could take over, they just duplicated his issues. Which is part of why I was able to escape, I believe." Another small smile. "Clones tend either to be younger body doubles - for transferring - or as outlandish as you say." Sometimes also for transfer, but.
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Miles just winces a bit as Lakshmi seeks politeness and lands on ... probably the best description he could hope for. But it still drives all of this home: he's a lowly mercenary who's just helping her win back her homeworld. After all this is done, they will be strangers again. As it must be. As is best, really; he will not force his ugly body upon her any more than he must. But he will take a large gulp of wine to wash down his pain with.
"Quite slight," he says, giving her a weak smile. "I am quite the failure. In attempting to build my progenitor a better body he could take over, they just duplicated his issues. Which is part of why I was able to escape, I believe." Another small smile. "Clones tend either to be younger body doubles - for transferring - or as outlandish as you say." Sometimes also for transfer, but.