[ He doesn't really blame them for it. They both wanted to be better off than their parents were, and the social circles they ran in had certain demands. Stephen's athletic talent made up for some of their own personal drawbacks. And Stephen never complained. He liked the challenges.
The problem happened when he was more interested in saving the world than being rich and famous.
He gets one of hers. Head and beak intact, and he takes a moment to pull it open and look at the mouth. Soft tongue, clublike. No surprises there. He ducks to the ground, where there's some fecal matter, and he dabs a bit on his finger, smells it. Squishes it between his fingers to pick out seeds. They've been eating the large green berry he's seen around, he realizes. And a lot of it. Maybe a few other fruits and grains, but this is the main source of their diet. When he cut one open, it left streaks of green on his hands. Must explain the coloring, too. ]
I went to school instead.
Now, I chase dinosaurs, in secret, for the government. [ This part is said with a little bit of a sigh, as he gets back to his feet. He's never liked the secrecy. It's a relief to just tell people, here, but these people aren't the ones who need to know. ]
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[ He doesn't really blame them for it. They both wanted to be better off than their parents were, and the social circles they ran in had certain demands. Stephen's athletic talent made up for some of their own personal drawbacks. And Stephen never complained. He liked the challenges.
The problem happened when he was more interested in saving the world than being rich and famous.
He gets one of hers. Head and beak intact, and he takes a moment to pull it open and look at the mouth. Soft tongue, clublike. No surprises there. He ducks to the ground, where there's some fecal matter, and he dabs a bit on his finger, smells it. Squishes it between his fingers to pick out seeds. They've been eating the large green berry he's seen around, he realizes. And a lot of it. Maybe a few other fruits and grains, but this is the main source of their diet. When he cut one open, it left streaks of green on his hands. Must explain the coloring, too. ]
I went to school instead.
Now, I chase dinosaurs, in secret, for the government. [ This part is said with a little bit of a sigh, as he gets back to his feet. He's never liked the secrecy. It's a relief to just tell people, here, but these people aren't the ones who need to know. ]