She takes offense to the sarcasm. She's never been to Mars, how is she supposed to know whether or not there's one person or one million people living there? Still, he's been nice so far, so she saves them both an argument by focusing on something else he said.
"You appointed a sheriff? That's good, huh..." And then, without any warning, she starts to tear up. "Taking care of things...what if my family thinks I abandoned them? They're countin' on me to feed 'em and take care of 'em...I didn't even think of that."
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She takes offense to the sarcasm. She's never been to Mars, how is she supposed to know whether or not there's one person or one million people living there? Still, he's been nice so far, so she saves them both an argument by focusing on something else he said.
"You appointed a sheriff? That's good, huh..." And then, without any warning, she starts to tear up. "Taking care of things...what if my family thinks I abandoned them? They're countin' on me to feed 'em and take care of 'em...I didn't even think of that."