I've been a slow song dancer

[arkbound]

Who: Dominic and Arran
Universe: Space Opera AU
What: First Contact
Warning: None

Lieutenant Dominic De Luca reckoned that he had three hours to either repair his crashed spaceship or destroy it so the people here wouldn't be influenced by the advanced technology it held. There wasn't time to panic about what had happened, to replay it in his head and think about how if he'd only reacted differently, that he wouldn't be in this situation. There was only time to do, to bury himself into the depths of the cable routing and figure out how he could reroute around the failed parts of his ship.

He'd been working on it for an hour and he still wasn't sure how he was going to get there when he heard the proximity alarm on his spacecraft go off. "No, no, no," he muttered, increasing in volume as he pulled back. It was too soon, this part of the continent was largely deserted, even if someone had seen him go down they shouldn't have been able to get here so quickly.

And yet here he was, and he was going to have to deal with this.

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[arkbound]

A laugh wasn't really what Dominic had been expecting, and it startled a half smile out of him. The smile disappeared as soon as Dominic realized it had happened, but a hint of pleasure still lurked around the corners of his eyes.

"Unfortunately I don't even remember my own name, let alone all of that," Dominic said. "I'm fortunate you came along when you did." He wasn't sure that that was true, but what was another falsehood on top of all the rest?

[hacklesup]

"If you don't remember your name, we'll need something to call you," informed Arran thoughtfully, refilling water in the cup still in his hand, and drinking from it, letting his other hand wick sweat away from his brow.

"Shall I think of something for you? Or....?"

[arkbound]

Dominic looked around, as if to search out inspiration. But the whole point of not giving his name was that he had no idea what a native name here would be.

The idea of giving up on his name still made him hesitate, for reasons that Dominic knew were irrational. He did his best to shove them aside. "Please, if you don't mind. I'm not sure I'll ever make up my mind if I try to pick something for myself."