[Gene nods, entirely uncertain as to what to make of that - any of it, really. He can't help but think about Snaf and Jimmy, how both of them sort of have that same weird acceptance of their fate and no drive to return to where they came from. Jimmy he knows is losing out on something by feeling like that - Tommy needs him, and Richard and maybe even his mom, too, and Snafu... well. He's a completely different matter, because Gene's emotionally intelligent enough to know that a lot of his upset and worry about that has to do with selfishness. He doesn't want to lose his friend.
So he doesn't know what to say, and finally glances back at the bookshelves, running a finger along the title of one while he tries to come up with something.]
Guess the Barge isn't so bad when you look at it like that.
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So he doesn't know what to say, and finally glances back at the bookshelves, running a finger along the title of one while he tries to come up with something.]
Guess the Barge isn't so bad when you look at it like that.