10K doesn't scream, but his eyes are huge enough that the possibility of them falling out of his head does seem pretty distinct. It's just, after everything he's seen, after the zombies and the Blasters and Roswell and the zunami, he thought he'd seen it all. He should have known better, after getting here. He's seen enough minor weirdness to prepare for the major ones. But a giant walking, talking plant-man is...yeah, that's different.
"Hi--?"
The plant-man lifts a hand in greeting, and his wave in response is automatic, a little mechanical as he looks up into that face with its red eyes. 10K's not short, a solid six feet, but he's a gangly kid barely out of his teens, somehow managing to make his teal scrubs look ill-fitting despite being the right size, and definitely nothing compared to....whatever this is. Whoever. It's a person. They're a person. Don't be rude, he thinks, and the voice is his mother's. So he swallows, trying for words again.
"Uh, no problem. Probably. I mean--uh, I'm sorry if I bothered you. Coming through here. I didn't know anyone else was out here.
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10K doesn't scream, but his eyes are huge enough that the possibility of them falling out of his head does seem pretty distinct. It's just, after everything he's seen, after the zombies and the Blasters and Roswell and the zunami, he thought he'd seen it all. He should have known better, after getting here. He's seen enough minor weirdness to prepare for the major ones. But a giant walking, talking plant-man is...yeah, that's different.
"Hi--?"
The plant-man lifts a hand in greeting, and his wave in response is automatic, a little mechanical as he looks up into that face with its red eyes. 10K's not short, a solid six feet, but he's a gangly kid barely out of his teens, somehow managing to make his teal scrubs look ill-fitting despite being the right size, and definitely nothing compared to....whatever this is. Whoever. It's a person. They're a person. Don't be rude, he thinks, and the voice is his mother's. So he swallows, trying for words again.
"Uh, no problem. Probably. I mean--uh, I'm sorry if I bothered you. Coming through here. I didn't know anyone else was out here.