[ he listens to everything with a congenial patience, though he responds most to the phrase 'last i knew'. it piques david's curiosity, and he tilts his head to the side in that perfect sign of polite inquiry, though people would still find his straightforwardness with respect to asking things a bit off-putting.
but, in expert form, he prefaces his question with a quiet, mild: ]
May I ask you something?
[ a beat, and he asks the question anyway, because he knows from experience that sam will say 'yes'. he supposes that this is what people would consider a mutual understanding, and he's come to learn that it's what he can store in his memory as something 'pleasant'. ]
What year are you from?
[ there's a little pause here, as if to acknowledge that that question might be personal (the clone business, as he's made to understand, is a moral dilemma for humans). ]
no subject
but, in expert form, he prefaces his question with a quiet, mild: ]
May I ask you something?
[ a beat, and he asks the question anyway, because he knows from experience that sam will say 'yes'. he supposes that this is what people would consider a mutual understanding, and he's come to learn that it's what he can store in his memory as something 'pleasant'. ]
What year are you from?
[ there's a little pause here, as if to acknowledge that that question might be personal (the clone business, as he's made to understand, is a moral dilemma for humans). ]