I think I understand what you're trying to convey. [10,000 years would be a long time, even to janus, who knows of gods and vampires, of reincarnation and the rises and falls of kingdoms as old as magic. they don't really parse 'a ways off' as ten millennia, with the finger pinchy, but they regard juno with distinctive interest now, an inkling of understanding, maybe a little less stupifying envy. it's almost, kind of, maybe a little -- reassuring. to think that it could be an evolutionary process for peoplekind.
now it is time for more tactful and sensitive questions, navigating around the logistics, and more at the heart of the issue.]
Are you a boy or a girl?
[it just pops out. janus' ears turn red the next instant. they look everywhere but juno, or at least everywhere that they can reach with their eyeballs without actually turning their head, before they inevitably come back to his face.] I'm-- that came out wrong.
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now it is time for more tactful and sensitive questions, navigating around the logistics, and more at the heart of the issue.]
Are you a boy or a girl?
[it just pops out. janus' ears turn red the next instant. they look everywhere but juno, or at least everywhere that they can reach with their eyeballs without actually turning their head, before they inevitably come back to his face.] I'm-- that came out wrong.