[ That shouldn't be surprising. It looked like Loki had a complement of friends surrounding him as he sat, dejected, staring into his glass. Chris is glad of it, that for however long Loki's been here, he's been able to make friends with the crew. It's important to have people in your corner. ]
And I do like you. [ Isn't that obvious? It's only the many, many eyes that are trained on them that's keeping him from reaching across the table to take Loki's hands in his. ] I like all my crew. [ That's not true at all. Chris likes the majority of his crew, sure, mostly in that "sure I like them but I know nothing about them" kind of way, but there are a few people on the ship that he honestly wouldn't be sad to never see again. He's not going to say that out loud, though, not to Loki who's currently nursing a bruised ego, and not in the mess hall when simple human ears might not hear but other races' might. ]
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[ That shouldn't be surprising. It looked like Loki had a complement of friends surrounding him as he sat, dejected, staring into his glass. Chris is glad of it, that for however long Loki's been here, he's been able to make friends with the crew. It's important to have people in your corner. ]
And I do like you. [ Isn't that obvious? It's only the many, many eyes that are trained on them that's keeping him from reaching across the table to take Loki's hands in his. ] I like all my crew. [ That's not true at all. Chris likes the majority of his crew, sure, mostly in that "sure I like them but I know nothing about them" kind of way, but there are a few people on the ship that he honestly wouldn't be sad to never see again. He's not going to say that out loud, though, not to Loki who's currently nursing a bruised ego, and not in the mess hall when simple human ears might not hear but other races' might. ]
My apologies to Lieutenant Lukas, then.