You simply stood there dumbfounded by what you had just heard. You had barely been able to comprehend Chester, now he was saying there were others bigger than even him.
But he didn't just say bigger. No, he said much bigger. He wasn't saying he was short for his kind. He was saying he was abnormally short. Or worse.
Chester's nervousness quickly changes to worry as he realizes how jarring this news was to you. He quickly, at least to you, stops moving and looks at you with concern, his face filling your entire vision.
"I... I didn't mean to, uh, worry you. You aren't really going to see them... much... and, and besides, like I said, I was picked to be with you so you won't have to worry about the... them. Okay?"
You wanted to keep up the mock confidence you were trying to exude before, but this news managed to completely break that facade. Even Chester's reassurances could relieve this shock. Yet Chester kept trying to anyway.
"Look, I really, REALLY did think that you knew. I wouldn't have just told you just, like, you know, how I just did. I really didn't mean to freak you out. I know how you feel and..."
"YOU know how I feel? Really? You have absolutely NO IDEA how I feel right now! Your kind's height of 15 MILES went from average to, as you so blatantly put it, 'rather small'. I'm the only one around here right now who could even possibly imagine what this feels like. I came all this way to..."
"Brian... I..."
"DO NOT INTERRUPT ME! I came all this was to try and broker peace between humans and anthros because my FATHER wanted me to. I never had any say in this. This is the worst way I can think of to do this. Send some arbitrarily random kid to the other kind's college as a token of peace. My life is completely over because of this. There's no way I'll become a biochemical engineer after this. I'll always just be the guy who attended anthro college. And that's all assuming I can even make it through college, dealing with the class work and my fears and the physical dangers and the... and... and..."
You couldn't hold it in any longer. Your confidence couldn't be further gone and the shock had worn off enough that your emotions kicked in. Hard. Unable to finish your last sentence, you simply broke down crying in defeat. It didn't matter how silly you looked, balling on the vast plain of Chester's palm with him staring right at you. You had been bottling all these emotions inside you since your dad first announced you would be coming here, without even mentioning it to you beforehand. Everything from preparation for the trip, all the sudden goodbyes you had to say, all the stress from the surge of media coverage, to all the anxiety of dealing with these anthros once you got here. Some would say you were overreacting, others would say you were strong for managing to make it this far. But right now only one person could say anything. The one who was both holding and watching you right now.
You weren't sure how long you just sat there crying, as the wildfire of emotions inside you slowly settled to a simmer. Even with all of Chester's features being so large, you couldn't tell what he was thinking or how he was feeling, unlike before. What you could tell though was that Chester wanted to say something. He had since you interrupted his interrupt. So you just sat there, gathered yourself the best you could, and looked back at him. Chester took this as his cue to speak.
"Brian... I'm sorry I interrupted you... I just wanted to say something which I thought was really important. Brian... I really do know how you feel... because
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