[Real? He expected someone to find it ancient and backwards, not unreal. A bit absentmindedly, he wiped his hands across his thighs, as if ridding himself of dirt from the book.]
Then what sort of place are you from? [He considered a moment, judging the way Ben was dressed again. He hadn't spend much time among civilians on the Citadel, and he certainly hadn't been paying attention to their clothing. Now that he thought about it, though, there was definitely a difference. Maybe he was asking the wrong questions.] What was the date? The year?
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Then what sort of place are you from? [He considered a moment, judging the way Ben was dressed again. He hadn't spend much time among civilians on the Citadel, and he certainly hadn't been paying attention to their clothing. Now that he thought about it, though, there was definitely a difference. Maybe he was asking the wrong questions.] What was the date? The year?