[Cliff could handle the pain. This was still nothing compared to his fights with Albel-- proof that Vegeta had gone easy on him.]
...
That's complicated.
[He turned off. The ceiling became his point of focus, but he had trailed off in thought.]
You were overwhelmed by everything, understandably. Earthling guy caught in a battle. Lost in space. Landed on a backwater world, only to be picked up for the same to happen again.
Caught in another war, having to make up stories and lie to survive. Dealing with the nastiness that some of these guys can stoop to.
...It's alot.
[His tone was mild as he listed things off, as if he were reading from a memoir instead of talking about the madness that was a medieval style war. Downplaying it, keeping it simple, was always the best approach for these things.
It was why he never mentioned it sooner.]
So you got overwhelmed, like any college kid. Things hit the wire...
...
and poof.
[He drew his hands out in demonstration, as if it were a magic trick. A glance over quickly followed.]
Only, it wasn't any poof.
...didn't you ever wonder why we didn't see any wreckage after that?
[action] 16th? 17th? of October. After Vegeta's post.
...
That's complicated.
[He turned off. The ceiling became his point of focus, but he had trailed off in thought.]
You were overwhelmed by everything, understandably. Earthling guy caught in a battle. Lost in space. Landed on a backwater world, only to be picked up for the same to happen again.
Caught in another war, having to make up stories and lie to survive. Dealing with the nastiness that some of these guys can stoop to.
...It's alot.
[His tone was mild as he listed things off, as if he were reading from a memoir instead of talking about the madness that was a medieval style war. Downplaying it, keeping it simple, was always the best approach for these things.
It was why he never mentioned it sooner.]
So you got overwhelmed, like any college kid. Things hit the wire...
...
and poof.
[He drew his hands out in demonstration, as if it were a magic trick. A glance over quickly followed.]
Only, it wasn't any poof.
...didn't you ever wonder why we didn't see any wreckage after that?