[ He waves his hand dismissively - ] Rhetorical question.
[ But his mind goes looking for the answer anyway. How long has it been? Probably the masquerade, right? And at the time, he had the same sentiment as Elleru. It was a masquerade, after all - if he didn't change up his look a little, what was the point? Anyway, Newt would never have let him hear the end of it if he hadn't.
He misses Newt sometimes.
After a moment, he catches himself being too quiet and pipes up again. ]
Besides, it's not as if we have unlimited resources. The only reason we get away with so much waste is because there's so few of us.
[ That particular objection doesn't really hold up to scrutiny in this case, though, even in his own head. They've never been that short of textiles - worst case, there's plenty of salvageable fiber in the clothes the last colonists left behind. But it's the principle of the thing, and anyway he's got to have something to bitch about. ]
no subject
[ But his mind goes looking for the answer anyway. How long has it been? Probably the masquerade, right? And at the time, he had the same sentiment as Elleru. It was a masquerade, after all - if he didn't change up his look a little, what was the point? Anyway, Newt would never have let him hear the end of it if he hadn't.
He misses Newt sometimes.
After a moment, he catches himself being too quiet and pipes up again. ]
Besides, it's not as if we have unlimited resources. The only reason we get away with so much waste is because there's so few of us.
[ That particular objection doesn't really hold up to scrutiny in this case, though, even in his own head. They've never been that short of textiles - worst case, there's plenty of salvageable fiber in the clothes the last colonists left behind. But it's the principle of the thing, and anyway he's got to have something to bitch about. ]