Approval in his tone. It's not quite whimsy, but ethereal, and fits right in as a light veil over the darkness of Erebus and Terror. Crozier makes a sound after, implying a laugh.
"Great men and their achievements, or something to that effect, for all these great monuments of Earth." Crozier, of course, will attempt to decline any for himself. Let it be Terror, if anything. She deserves it. "But you and I can call her Mount Aether. Or perhaps our camp will have to bear such a name, fleeting as it is."
Camp Aether, a temporary place.
"It's the shape," about the probably-volcanic nature of the mountain. "Some mountains were made by ancient eruptions, and some by some other force, and they have a look about them— poured upwards from within, or crushed together in a force. We're supposed to dissuade thought of that second bit, the notion of things moving very slowly over millions of years, out of respect for divine provenance. I suppose it's insulting to God to say it took him more than seven days."
They've had the sort of sex which would see them hanged, a little life-ruining atheist humor can't be over the line for Jopson, can it? A man can hope.
"Through the glasses we've seen ice structures that could be made from thermal vents, as well. With any luck we'll be able to coax some decent rock out of the ice, do some testing, see how much is volcanic."
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Approval in his tone. It's not quite whimsy, but ethereal, and fits right in as a light veil over the darkness of Erebus and Terror. Crozier makes a sound after, implying a laugh.
"Great men and their achievements, or something to that effect, for all these great monuments of Earth." Crozier, of course, will attempt to decline any for himself. Let it be Terror, if anything. She deserves it. "But you and I can call her Mount Aether. Or perhaps our camp will have to bear such a name, fleeting as it is."
Camp Aether, a temporary place.
"It's the shape," about the probably-volcanic nature of the mountain. "Some mountains were made by ancient eruptions, and some by some other force, and they have a look about them— poured upwards from within, or crushed together in a force. We're supposed to dissuade thought of that second bit, the notion of things moving very slowly over millions of years, out of respect for divine provenance. I suppose it's insulting to God to say it took him more than seven days."
They've had the sort of sex which would see them hanged, a little life-ruining atheist humor can't be over the line for Jopson, can it? A man can hope.
"Through the glasses we've seen ice structures that could be made from thermal vents, as well. With any luck we'll be able to coax some decent rock out of the ice, do some testing, see how much is volcanic."