Simple pondering

In total, about a year had passed.

Nothing all that interesting had happened during this time.

“How strange. The stars appear to be completely different from what I remember.” Than muttered to himself as he sat on top of a pile of boxes, staring into the night sky.

Although not fully restored, his vocal cords had developed enough to support his speech. But even so, he decided to remain silent in front of the others to avoid arousing suspicion.

Apart from that, Than had spent the past couple of months mainly adjusting to his new environment, which, if it wasn’t obvious to him already, was inside of some type of ship. It was bigger than any he had seen in person before, but still small enough for him to explore on his own.

There were a couple of bedrooms on the deck, in which he resided; a kitchen and diner, and what seemed to be some sort of sports area toward the middle.

One thing he found to be interesting was how old the ship seemed. “If I had to guess, I would say this thing is straight out of the 1800s.” He thought.

That being said, he hadn’t actually seen a majority of the vessel; notably its hull.

While under normal circumstances, exploration wouldn’t be too much of a problem for someone like Than. These weren’t normal circumstances, and this time around he had an adversary holding him back.

His name was 'Brauch,' Than’s older brother, as well as the first person he met upon reincarnation.

Just like Than had predicted, Brauch had started taking up something of a parental role for him; regulating where he could and couldn’t go.

Of course, considering Than’s current age, this shouldn’t have been an issue. That was, if only he wasn’t a young, ambitious 20-year-old stuck inside the body of a toddler.

As he stood now, Than couldn’t do much to protest against the power imbalance in their relationship, so he would remember this period of his life in a bad light.

“Putting my grudges aside, I wish I had something better to do. I mean, a person can only count so many stars before it starts to become mindnumbing.” Than complained.

Regardless of how unrealistic it was, he wished for a TV to simply pop into existence.

“I didn’t consume too much media in the past because I saw it as a waste of time, but now I realize my mistake! Please, oh heaven, listen and give me what I want!” He pleaded to the sky.

When silence was his only response, Than smacked his lips and crossed his arms. “I was an atheist anyways.”

He continued. “On the topic of boredom, that guy, Straits, said this ship was headed to some village out in the middle of nowhere. Something about visiting a relative of his?" He yawned. "Oh well, hopefully it’ll entertain me for the time being.”