Good to meet you, Frank. [He didn't seem bothered by the hesitation, and his shake was sure and firm but there wasn't any of the squeezing-too-hard that some people did as if it would 'establish dominance'. It was just friendly.]
Yeah, had you pegged for an Earther. Can see it in the way you walk. [People who grew up under Earth's oppressive gravity had their bones and their muscles grow differently. They stood differently, walked differently. They expected the horizon at a different height. They weren't hard to spot.]
Former Navy, too, technically. Served my twenty, honourable discharge. [But then something occurred to him, and he frowned.] Wait - did you just say the United States? Not the United Nations?
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Yeah, had you pegged for an Earther. Can see it in the way you walk. [People who grew up under Earth's oppressive gravity had their bones and their muscles grow differently. They stood differently, walked differently. They expected the horizon at a different height. They weren't hard to spot.]
Former Navy, too, technically. Served my twenty, honourable discharge. [But then something occurred to him, and he frowned.] Wait - did you just say the United States? Not the United Nations?