[Lance blinks in surprise at the appearance of Ruddiger and squints at him as he sniffs the food bag. But lets it be so long as he doesn't steal anything meant for Varian. But then the raccoon is suddenly clambering onto his shoulders and he jumps a bit, lening to one side to eye him.]
Uh, it happened here. Or well, back in Deerington. [He answers distractedly and then makes gentle shooing motions with his hand in the direction of the raccoon.] Hey, that's not for you. Shoo!
[Whatever Ruddiger decides to do in response to that, he takes his attention off the trash panda to look over at Varian when he talks about his sitting still and snorts in amusement. Hey, it's not exactly wrong.] Oh yeah, I'm a hands on sort of guy, I haaaate sitting in a lecture. Used to drive teachers so crazy that they just thought I was stupid and gave up on me. Once my older sister Veronica figured out what was going on, she took me places in her free time to set up ways to teach stuff that worked for me. Long story short, that's how I got into the top space exploration and science program on the planet. So no way would I make anyone sit in a stuffy room to teach them science. Movies and memes are totally more fun to look at on a projector than a physics problem I could do in my head in five seconds if I'm in the cockpit of a ship. It's way cooler that way, too.
[He raises his hands as he says that last part to mime piloting and grins. Then he looks over to Varian.] And you never struck me as the kind of guy who wants everything spoon fed to him, either. How'd you learn alchemy?
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Uh, it happened here. Or well, back in Deerington. [He answers distractedly and then makes gentle shooing motions with his hand in the direction of the raccoon.] Hey, that's not for you. Shoo!
[Whatever Ruddiger decides to do in response to that, he takes his attention off the trash panda to look over at Varian when he talks about his sitting still and snorts in amusement. Hey, it's not exactly wrong.] Oh yeah, I'm a hands on sort of guy, I haaaate sitting in a lecture. Used to drive teachers so crazy that they just thought I was stupid and gave up on me. Once my older sister Veronica figured out what was going on, she took me places in her free time to set up ways to teach stuff that worked for me. Long story short, that's how I got into the top space exploration and science program on the planet. So no way would I make anyone sit in a stuffy room to teach them science. Movies and memes are totally more fun to look at on a projector than a physics problem I could do in my head in five seconds if I'm in the cockpit of a ship. It's way cooler that way, too.
[He raises his hands as he says that last part to mime piloting and grins. Then he looks over to Varian.] And you never struck me as the kind of guy who wants everything spoon fed to him, either. How'd you learn alchemy?