Looking for discoloration, or contacts. [ That's what he's doing, and he's explaining all this distractedly, as he squints into steve's eyes - one and then the other - turns his head some to check at a different angle, trying to determine if the color there looks at all artificial in any way. if they'd somehow painted or tattooed human irises onto him, by whatever new gross science technique. ] This is gonna tell me if you're a KN or not. A clone.
[ the hand touching at his elbow don't have him jump this time, not surprised, and given he has his thumb pressing right over the man's eyes, certainly not threatened. it's fine, steve isn't pushing at him, and he's not telling him to stop, despite the fact andyr is acutely aware of just how uncomfortable he is with this right now. he doesn't care. in the storm of bitterness towards the outside world that is andyr's constant mental state these days, he figures, if he's been uncomfortable for six years straight, someone on the outside can deal with it for just a few fucking minutes. so, about to crawl into his lap? sure, maybe. he's been closer to more intimate parts of strangers' bodies before, and done much worse things to them than he's doing right now. ]
See mine? It's the first marker that crops up from an active Kerns-Norman gene. [ andyr continues to narrate, as he's studying him. either the man knows all of this and isn't telling him, or he's a blank slated memory clone and whoever's listening in on this already knows all of this, or he's somehow a completely oblivious stranger who knows absolutely nothing, and thus, is telling the truth about meaning to protect him. so either way, he's not concerned about letting out secrets. ]
It's a gene that causes rapid, free mutation. Most obvious being heterochromia - discoloration. All KN's have it, and all KN2s, the clones, have an already active KN gene. [ And since Steve is nearly identical to Alvary, genetically, outside of some coloring and height, he can't be a KN1. Thus, he'd have to be a KN2. However, if he wasn't showing discoloration, either they'd found a way to hide it (contacts), or he really just wasn't from their world. Somehow. ] Mine activated when I was twelve. I had to wear blue contacts every day when I still lived in the city, before Hapsburg got me. So, if you were KN, you'd either have some discoloration, or you'd be wearing contacts.
[ finally, andyr seems satisfied, finding nothing unnatural in his eyes, and begins to lean back, and step away. however, before the last hand leaves steve's face, he reaches up into his hair, and quickly plucks a strand of hair free, moving to stuff it into a pocket. ] Sorry. Just in case. [ just in case he finds Alva, or someone who knows how to test DNA that he can trust here. as a DNA test would be an absolute and clear teller for if Steve isn't one of them, you bet your chiseled booty he'll do it. ]
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[ the hand touching at his elbow don't have him jump this time, not surprised, and given he has his thumb pressing right over the man's eyes, certainly not threatened. it's fine, steve isn't pushing at him, and he's not telling him to stop, despite the fact andyr is acutely aware of just how uncomfortable he is with this right now. he doesn't care. in the storm of bitterness towards the outside world that is andyr's constant mental state these days, he figures, if he's been uncomfortable for six years straight, someone on the outside can deal with it for just a few fucking minutes. so, about to crawl into his lap? sure, maybe. he's been closer to more intimate parts of strangers' bodies before, and done much worse things to them than he's doing right now. ]
See mine? It's the first marker that crops up from an active Kerns-Norman gene. [ andyr continues to narrate, as he's studying him. either the man knows all of this and isn't telling him, or he's a blank slated memory clone and whoever's listening in on this already knows all of this, or he's somehow a completely oblivious stranger who knows absolutely nothing, and thus, is telling the truth about meaning to protect him. so either way, he's not concerned about letting out secrets. ]
It's a gene that causes rapid, free mutation. Most obvious being heterochromia - discoloration. All KN's have it, and all KN2s, the clones, have an already active KN gene. [ And since Steve is nearly identical to Alvary, genetically, outside of some coloring and height, he can't be a KN1. Thus, he'd have to be a KN2. However, if he wasn't showing discoloration, either they'd found a way to hide it (contacts), or he really just wasn't from their world. Somehow. ] Mine activated when I was twelve. I had to wear blue contacts every day when I still lived in the city, before Hapsburg got me. So, if you were KN, you'd either have some discoloration, or you'd be wearing contacts.
[ finally, andyr seems satisfied, finding nothing unnatural in his eyes, and begins to lean back, and step away. however, before the last hand leaves steve's face, he reaches up into his hair, and quickly plucks a strand of hair free, moving to stuff it into a pocket. ] Sorry. Just in case. [ just in case he finds Alva, or someone who knows how to test DNA that he can trust here. as a DNA test would be an absolute and clear teller for if Steve isn't one of them, you bet your chiseled booty he'll do it. ]