[he doesn't seem to mind the touch! he starts, slightly, but doesn't pull away, and eases pretty quickly.]
It must have been a very long time indeed. [he murmurs. for emet-selch to become that, it had to have been. he tilts his head back.]
Whole... [what does that even mean, he has no idea.] No, you are correct - we do not call it death, though that term is technically true. We fulfill our duties, and when we have done so, we so choose to return to the star. It is peaceful. Nothing to be feared.
[he plays with his mask absently.] Not that I would necessarily call my departure such. It was a different case entirely, but there was a plan. It must have been disrupted.
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It must have been a very long time indeed. [he murmurs. for emet-selch to become that, it had to have been. he tilts his head back.]
Whole... [what does that even mean, he has no idea.] No, you are correct - we do not call it death, though that term is technically true. We fulfill our duties, and when we have done so, we so choose to return to the star. It is peaceful. Nothing to be feared.
[he plays with his mask absently.] Not that I would necessarily call my departure such. It was a different case entirely, but there was a plan. It must have been disrupted.