[No such thing as the endless struggle? A village so small that hardship was barely a consideration? Viktor's eyes widen, searching Bruno's expression for anything at all that would imply that was an exaggeration, but... no. Viktor considers himself a good judge of assessing underlying truths, but he doesn't have anything to assess in that. It seems... honest. Somehow.]
Are you from paradise? Some sort of angel?
[It's a joke, despite how dryly it's delivered, but he can't disguise his astonishment at how impossible that seems. A village so small there's no need for trade, and still self-sufficient enough to survive. Thrive, even? It's at odds with the desert-like cliffs he had seen before. Bruno is... so much of a mystery to him.]
This new world shift must have been more jarring to you than most.
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Are you from paradise? Some sort of angel?
[It's a joke, despite how dryly it's delivered, but he can't disguise his astonishment at how impossible that seems. A village so small there's no need for trade, and still self-sufficient enough to survive. Thrive, even? It's at odds with the desert-like cliffs he had seen before. Bruno is... so much of a mystery to him.]
This new world shift must have been more jarring to you than most.
[The introduction of capitalism for one.]