I-I am from the late eighteen-hundreds. I grew up in rural Germany, b-but I was...I was in Transylvania, just before I came here.
[Slowly, he is starting to calm a little, easing into the conversation - but his hands still fidget around his coffee cup, his shoulders still drawing taut and inward.]
[Well, that sounds about right. Transylvania, though... Now there's a name that brings certain images to mind.
Still, Marco doesn't want to jump to any conclusions, especially when he is well aware that Transylvania is a real place where real people live, so he carries on with what he was saying:]
I see, I see. If your world is anything like mine - and it must be at least a little, since, well, I recognise those places you just named - then most people won't have easy access to a device like the laptops for another two hundred years or so.
[When Alfred tugs anxiously at his collar, the wicked, gnarled bite scar out of the left side of his neck might work to support those conclusions, whether Marco tries to sidestep them or not.]
That does not surprise me. But - you know of Germany? That...makes things a little easier. I have met a few here who had never heard of it.
[He catches a glimpse of it, and it is certainly enough to stoke his curiosity further. If Alfred does happen to bring it up at some point... Well, it might get a little awkward, for deeply personal reasons. Marco has plenty of justification to put the matter aside for now.]
I do, yes. My father was from Italy, you know.
[... And yet, he dances closer to the matter anyway. He does his best to instead focus on Alfred's question -]
2016. Enough for technology to take even larger leaps and bounds forward.
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Probably not identical, but more similar than some, yes.
[For a moment, he's tempted to mention that one time he met someone who was apparently from ancient Japan except THEIR ancient Japan had jetpacks, but by the time he opens his mouth, he realises that would probably only raise more questions, given Alfred's grasp on technology. Maybe some other time.]
Oh, a little bit. The more advanced technology here can be nostalgic, though.
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I-I am from the late eighteen-hundreds. I grew up in rural Germany, b-but I was...I was in Transylvania, just before I came here.
[Slowly, he is starting to calm a little, easing into the conversation - but his hands still fidget around his coffee cup, his shoulders still drawing taut and inward.]
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Still, Marco doesn't want to jump to any conclusions, especially when he is well aware that Transylvania is a real place where real people live, so he carries on with what he was saying:]
I see, I see. If your world is anything like mine - and it must be at least a little, since, well, I recognise those places you just named - then most people won't have easy access to a device like the laptops for another two hundred years or so.
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That does not surprise me. But - you know of Germany? That...makes things a little easier. I have met a few here who had never heard of it.
Wh-when were you from, then?
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I do, yes. My father was from Italy, you know.
[... And yet, he dances closer to the matter anyway. He does his best to instead focus on Alfred's question -]
2016. Enough for technology to take even larger leaps and bounds forward.
this is SO LATE I AM SORRY you are not obligated to respond
[He blinks at the response to his question, eyes widening.]
2016? That's...so far afield. The things here must seem sort of...primitive, to you, then?
IT'S OKAY
[For a moment, he's tempted to mention that one time he met someone who was apparently from ancient Japan except THEIR ancient Japan had jetpacks, but by the time he opens his mouth, he realises that would probably only raise more questions, given Alfred's grasp on technology. Maybe some other time.]
Oh, a little bit. The more advanced technology here can be nostalgic, though.