[ Cheeks flaming, Li offers Uhura a sheepish smile before dutifully slipping into his chair. Conceding not so much to politeness as practicality, he waits until both Uhura and Chekov have piled the stroganoff on their plates before he helps himself. (Otherwise there'd be nothing left in the pot.) At Uhura's question, he glances up, then bashfully looks away again. (Personally, he thinks the less Pavel tells her about sweet timid little Li, the better. ]
I do. That's something I had in common with Pavel right from the start. I used to stargaze as a boy too... [ For a moment the anxious downtug of his mouth disappears, and he seems to be reliving a fond memory. It doesn't last. ] But that changed after, um, [ the Fire Nation attacked ] outside circumstances in my homeworld made it impossible.
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I do. That's something I had in common with Pavel right from the start. I used to stargaze as a boy too... [ For a moment the anxious downtug of his mouth disappears, and he seems to be reliving a fond memory. It doesn't last. ] But that changed after, um, [
the Fire Nation attacked] outside circumstances in my homeworld made it impossible.