[it's easy to get on the defensive. it's easy to hear that she "doesn't get religion" and be viscerally offended. could someone who doesn't get religion do this?, she asks, and feels a sense of reverence and devotion towards an undeserving father-god. but maybe this is good for him. maybe it's good to get the anger and bitterness out. because the more he talks, the more anna realizes that they're on the same page.]
[she hears the static. she ignores it the first time, but the second time, when it gets both their attention, she can't. she looks down and watches him fiddle with it, and it's the first hint that anna's gotten that her companion might be from one of those worlds that matches hers only, like, 99% of the way. but she'll take 99%. it's good enough for dove soap.]
Tell me about the radio. I didn't think you'd be able to pick anything up out here, over the ocean and an entire world away from any kind of radio tower.
[she leaves the rest of that where it is. she doesn't want to confront someone she agrees with. but she'd looked uncomfortable the entire time, and it should be obvious that this is a deflection. she knows it's obvious; she's practically counting on it.]
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[she hears the static. she ignores it the first time, but the second time, when it gets both their attention, she can't. she looks down and watches him fiddle with it, and it's the first hint that anna's gotten that her companion might be from one of those worlds that matches hers only, like, 99% of the way. but she'll take 99%. it's good enough for dove soap.]
Tell me about the radio. I didn't think you'd be able to pick anything up out here, over the ocean and an entire world away from any kind of radio tower.
[she leaves the rest of that where it is. she doesn't want to confront someone she agrees with. but she'd looked uncomfortable the entire time, and it should be obvious that this is a deflection. she knows it's obvious; she's practically counting on it.]
What's it picking up, anyway?