[It's a nice, civilian answer. El Paso is similar enough that when he's passing as a native, he can easily talk about how life had been there, what he'd liked about it, and it's all been the same.
But there's really no harm in giving away the fact that he's an imPort when someone's already talking to him. He lifts his hand and places another one over his wrist so that Erik can see the extremely faint etchings of his tattoo. He's always been rather relieved that it's not obvious unless it's dark out.
With a crooked smile, he says,] Not the El Paso they have here, though. I'm an imPort, so if you wanna know traditions that aren't in any of the history books, you're out of luck.
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[It's a nice, civilian answer. El Paso is similar enough that when he's passing as a native, he can easily talk about how life had been there, what he'd liked about it, and it's all been the same.
But there's really no harm in giving away the fact that he's an imPort when someone's already talking to him. He lifts his hand and places another one over his wrist so that Erik can see the extremely faint etchings of his tattoo. He's always been rather relieved that it's not obvious unless it's dark out.
With a crooked smile, he says,] Not the El Paso they have here, though. I'm an imPort, so if you wanna know traditions that aren't in any of the history books, you're out of luck.