[This is a Lot for Newt to listen to when he's trying to revel in his success, Balem. His smile is gradually sliding off his face, lips thinning as he doesn't know quite what to make of him. He is Important, obviously, but there's something else bugging him...]
I am from Earth, yes. [He clears his throat, about to step out of this uncomfortable scolding when he spared a second glance at Balem's displeasure-ridden face. Hm.]
I'm sorry, [he says, perhaps more genuinely in some small effort to appease this man. Except it definitely wasn't about using him as a shield. He probably won't ever apologize for that.] Have we... met? Have you been to Earth at all? [Why does he look so... so... Hmmm.]
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I am from Earth, yes. [He clears his throat, about to step out of this uncomfortable scolding when he spared a second glance at Balem's displeasure-ridden face. Hm.]
I'm sorry, [he says, perhaps more genuinely in some small effort to appease this man. Except it definitely wasn't about using him as a shield. He probably won't ever apologize for that.] Have we... met? Have you been to Earth at all? [Why does he look so... so... Hmmm.]