[ It never occurred to him that he would run into anyone who didn't know what something as commonplace as a cigarette was; he's gotten far too used to the people here who seem to be from the future that it hasn't occurred to him that he'd meet someone from the past. Or just from a different culture entirely, he supposes, though it's difficult for him to imagine any culture without the vice of smoking. He closes the cigarette box with a small smile. ]
In that case, better that you not. I don't recommend it -- it's a nasty habit, and bad for you besides. It just so happens to be a ubiquitous one as well. [ He holds up his own cigarette and takes a long, slow drag from it, the tip burning ember-red in the relative darkness of night. As he exhales, a long plume of smoke escapes from the corners of his mouth in a steady stream, smelling of chestnut and tobacco. ]
It's a cigarette. A vice. We smoke them largely for the sake of smoking them. And because they're addictive, [ he adds on, a note of humour in his voice. ]
yes that works great!!
[ It never occurred to him that he would run into anyone who didn't know what something as commonplace as a cigarette was; he's gotten far too used to the people here who seem to be from the future that it hasn't occurred to him that he'd meet someone from the past. Or just from a different culture entirely, he supposes, though it's difficult for him to imagine any culture without the vice of smoking. He closes the cigarette box with a small smile. ]
In that case, better that you not. I don't recommend it -- it's a nasty habit, and bad for you besides. It just so happens to be a ubiquitous one as well. [ He holds up his own cigarette and takes a long, slow drag from it, the tip burning ember-red in the relative darkness of night. As he exhales, a long plume of smoke escapes from the corners of his mouth in a steady stream, smelling of chestnut and tobacco. ]
It's a cigarette. A vice. We smoke them largely for the sake of smoking them. And because they're addictive, [ he adds on, a note of humour in his voice. ]