CHULANE
let's set the world on fire
It wasn't so much that Chuy thought it weird, but that he was so desperate to cling to some semblance of familiarity that any mention of Earth would always spark his attention, his focus. He was a bit disappointed, but hid it, when the other seemed vague about his own origin. It had Chuy wondering if he was from the past, or the present, or the future, or an alternate Earth altogether (seen clearly the possibility of such things existing became all the more likely in his mind since being plucked through the portal himself).'Fascinating,' he commented regarding Oliver's blurry recollection of Earth. He resumed work on the roof after fluffing his feathers up a bit and then smoothing them out, as if shrugging off a thought and refocussing on the here and now.
'I am most at home wherever she is - Halo, the Grounds, Torchline. If she is there then I am home,' he tried to clarify, as he flapped to another section to work at removing a rather stubborn broken tile. His duties and plans in Halo would take some time to execute to completion, and even then, the ongoing work would need him for some time. And Kia's whole life was in the Grounds - he'd never dream of separating her from that, not permanently, not without her whole heart in it as well.
'Do you think you'll stay in the Grounds forever?' he asked by way of making conversation.
we can burn brighter than the sun
