"And I'm right here, too," Aden said, with a sort of icy snark that he hadn't dropped his voice or expression into during their time on the train at all- with Bull or anyone else. It was quick to fade away though, into a faint laugh that said that that particular brand of deadpan snark was a true reflection of his more typical sense of humor than anything else he might pull otherwise.
"He's pretty decent. Human, so he might be a little more palatable to you depending on whether or not you've got humans where you're from."
Aden would be genuinely surprised if there wasn't humans. On any world and in any dimension, it seemed humanity was the standard. Sometimes Aden was still surprised how plentiful they were, considering he'd never actually seen a human in person before he was eighteen. But explaining that was something that could wait until another day. Or never. Aden didn't often speak about growing up in the Ascendancy anyway.
He moved to make that call, keying in the number to call up Theron's holocomm. There were a couple of quick chimes before the call was picked up and the blue light of the hologram of his husband filled the room- as quick to cast his glance around the Phantom's interior as Aden tended to be when surveying his own surroundings.
"This one of your long stories again?" The human asked, with amusement creeping into his voice- not particularly perturbed at seeing an unfamiliar face there apparently.
"Are my stories ever anything but, ch'eo?" Aden responded in kind, voice and expression both taking on a warmer quality as close to a typical human as one could get, rather than only being halfway there like he usually was, "We're going to go out hunting for a while. Just wanted to let you know so you don't mess up the flooring in our room like last time."
"Hey, it was easily replaced last time," Theron quipped in return, one hand on his hip and making a vague dismissive gesture with the other, "But alright. Anything I should know while you're out?"
"Keep Rivix out of my files and tell Lana that if she sees him snooping about where he doesn't belong, to string his entrails like party streamers through the cantina."
"Gross. But yeah, I'll let her know."
Looking back to the Iron Bull, Aden smiled, "Do you want to get actual proper introductions out of the way now, or would you like to wait until the two of you get to meet in person?"
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"He's pretty decent. Human, so he might be a little more palatable to you depending on whether or not you've got humans where you're from."
Aden would be genuinely surprised if there wasn't humans. On any world and in any dimension, it seemed humanity was the standard. Sometimes Aden was still surprised how plentiful they were, considering he'd never actually seen a human in person before he was eighteen. But explaining that was something that could wait until another day. Or never. Aden didn't often speak about growing up in the Ascendancy anyway.
He moved to make that call, keying in the number to call up Theron's holocomm. There were a couple of quick chimes before the call was picked up and the blue light of the hologram of his husband filled the room- as quick to cast his glance around the Phantom's interior as Aden tended to be when surveying his own surroundings.
"This one of your long stories again?" The human asked, with amusement creeping into his voice- not particularly perturbed at seeing an unfamiliar face there apparently.
"Are my stories ever anything but, ch'eo?" Aden responded in kind, voice and expression both taking on a warmer quality as close to a typical human as one could get, rather than only being halfway there like he usually was, "We're going to go out hunting for a while. Just wanted to let you know so you don't mess up the flooring in our room like last time."
"Hey, it was easily replaced last time," Theron quipped in return, one hand on his hip and making a vague dismissive gesture with the other, "But alright. Anything I should know while you're out?"
"Keep Rivix out of my files and tell Lana that if she sees him snooping about where he doesn't belong, to string his entrails like party streamers through the cantina."
"Gross. But yeah, I'll let her know."
Looking back to the Iron Bull, Aden smiled, "Do you want to get actual proper introductions out of the way now, or would you like to wait until the two of you get to meet in person?"