[ his brows raise just slightly at sylus' suggestion. he isn't sure whether to be surprised sylus doesn't bite, or unnerved by the fact that he said "earth" without much pause. perhaps, that's why he idly touches the corner of the control panel, this time not directing sylus' hand, but just lingering.

there is no actual contempt to his voice, though.

he mostly sounds curious. ] Earth... [ he repeats, before. ] Is there a reason why you settled on that? In olden times, people believed it was a land of change, and where one could assimilate and be anything their heart desired. Do you have that? [ desires? ]