Carina

Elias quietly took a bite of the corn, not wanting to prod the topic of this any further. If it came down to it, he would eat an animal if ...

Elias barely managed to grab the cob, and had to quickly most his hands over to the end so that his fingers wouldn't burn from the absorbed heat. "We'll be ...

"That's the thing," he quickly retorted. "On Earth, unless the animal is aggressive, it'd be inhumane to kill them just to eat them on Earth. Humans are better than that." ...

"No, I mean—" Elias began, his brain lagging from this astonishing discovery. Somehow, finding out that Jerica ate meat was the most shocking thing to happen today... after seeing the ...

It was salty, and kind of chewy too. And, he dare say, even tasty. But then Jerica said 'deer' and Elias turned to his side away from her to lean ...

Elias watched with disbelief when Jerica threw the corn into the stream. He thought she was throwing it away for no reason, but then understood when it was her dramatic ...

Elias was grateful for Jerica's aid to help stop Mellie, and he wordlessly followed her instructions to unpack the the saddlebags while she made the fire. He unrolled both bed ...

Elias nodded like he agreed, but frankly, he only knew the high-level detail of the science. He could explain the basics and how things appeared to work based on the ...

"Fair enough," Elias said, giving Jerica a nod while he put extra pressure on his hips to stay on Mellie. He lost focus for a second there and felt himself ...

Elias wanted to smile at Jerica to show that he appreciated her enthusiasm, but he found himself talking fast, and the smile slowly forming upon his lips anyways. He didn't ...

Elias smiled, deciding to ignore the sarcasm. "It might interest you to know that Earth is fueled by science then," he said with a nod. "Not magic. Science." He glanced ...

Elias nodded slowly. "I understand," he said. "It sounds like we might be in a similar situation." He decided to end the thought there, instead hearing the word 'scientist' echo ...

Elias shrugged. "I dunno. I didn't. But some people are born into it and don't mind it." He looked at Jerica, trying to study her, but getting nothing back. "So ...

Elias snorted. "Guess you're right," he said, repressing a smirk. Then he paused, and the smirk faded away. Since she clearly had no boundaries, he wondered if she'd care if ...

There was a lot— a lot —to unpeel and think about, but naturally, Elias focused on the first thing that stuck to him. "Why would everyone think you're a monster?" ...