Her warning of ending up among the dead fell flat for him. It wasn't that Duncan didn't fear death - in fact, knowing what came after gave him a stronger fear of it than most people. It was that his concept of things which could be considered deadly had been completely recalibrated. Anything that didn't kill him instantly and left him conscious was survivable, except maybe asphyxiation (thank you vacuum of space).
So he pretty much gave her a complete non-reaction, which could easily be interpreted as not taking her warning seriously. In reality, he just felt like she didn't have the right context to be giving him such a warning.
"Anyway," he added, dropping his hands into the pockets of his lab coat, "if I were trying to isolate myself I wouldn't be out here in the first place. I just don't think it's a great idea for me to go gallivanting off into the aether when I don't even have my space legs yet."
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Her warning of ending up among the dead fell flat for him. It wasn't that Duncan didn't fear death - in fact, knowing what came after gave him a stronger fear of it than most people. It was that his concept of things which could be considered deadly had been completely recalibrated. Anything that didn't kill him instantly and left him conscious was survivable, except maybe asphyxiation (thank you vacuum of space).
So he pretty much gave her a complete non-reaction, which could easily be interpreted as not taking her warning seriously. In reality, he just felt like she didn't have the right context to be giving him such a warning.
"Anyway," he added, dropping his hands into the pockets of his lab coat, "if I were trying to isolate myself I wouldn't be out here in the first place. I just don't think it's a great idea for me to go gallivanting off into the aether when I don't even have my space legs yet."