Gaeta snickers. "Hey, that's what you're supposed to do if you have siblings, or so I hear. Gods, that sounds..." He props his chin against one fist. "Honestly that sounds like a lot of fun. The climbing, I mean, not the, uh, the surrounding situation. We had a few big trees around our house I'd climb all the time, but that's about as far as I ever went. Never tried climbing a building, and I was convinced I'd get in trouble and lose my chance at ever working on a battlestar if I broke any rules." A pause. "I was eight years old, I should point out."
Yeah, Gaeta was that kid.
"Space wasn't nearly at that kind of a premium on Picon. Not in River Junction anyway, I don't know about the smaller islands. It was -- if Fleet HQ was here," he sketches a circle on the tabletop, "RJ was about here," and he taps out a dot about a pinkie's length away. "One of the suburbs. Small houses, trees scattered around, two big rivers that cut through, hence the name. It was right under one of the biggest flight paths out of HQ, too, so the housing was a lot cheaper." Gaeta rolls his eyes, half embarrassed and half self-deprecating. "Until I actually met people from Aerilon and Sagittaron I thought we were poor, but we were Picon-poor, you know? Doing fine for ourselves, just not as rich as some of the other kids I went to school with. Anyway."
Another crooked smile. "That's why I decided I wanted to join the Fleet. I'd see Raptors going overhead every day and wish I could fly them, too. I went through phases as a kid where I'd pick a new career every other week, but wanting to be on a battlestar, even if it was just for a few years... that always stuck."
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Yeah, Gaeta was that kid.
"Space wasn't nearly at that kind of a premium on Picon. Not in River Junction anyway, I don't know about the smaller islands. It was -- if Fleet HQ was here," he sketches a circle on the tabletop, "RJ was about here," and he taps out a dot about a pinkie's length away. "One of the suburbs. Small houses, trees scattered around, two big rivers that cut through, hence the name. It was right under one of the biggest flight paths out of HQ, too, so the housing was a lot cheaper." Gaeta rolls his eyes, half embarrassed and half self-deprecating. "Until I actually met people from Aerilon and Sagittaron I thought we were poor, but we were Picon-poor, you know? Doing fine for ourselves, just not as rich as some of the other kids I went to school with. Anyway."
Another crooked smile. "That's why I decided I wanted to join the Fleet. I'd see Raptors going overhead every day and wish I could fly them, too. I went through phases as a kid where I'd pick a new career every other week, but wanting to be on a battlestar, even if it was just for a few years... that always stuck."