Yeah...for all I know there might be a reason for it besides just not liking me, but she owes me enough respect to at least explain. [he gave a short, tense chuckle] as apology would be nice but I really doubt that'll happen.

[he scratched the back of his head a bit, glancing at Faye. It meant a lot to him that she cared this much, but he wanted to talk about something else now... He didn't want to upset her and himself more]

I'll have to try turning into a bird before this thing passes. It'd be kinda cool to be able to fly... But I guess you flew all the time in your world, right? In the metal ships in space?