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[wotanon]

Who: Anyone!
Where: Anywhere
When: Day 449

Today's a day! What are you up to?

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[protectshisown]

[ah]

[The amount of empathy he feels in that struggle, and the amount of disdain he feels for his mother, are great.]

[And his eyes have always been sharp.]

[He touches down on the edge of the roof as the wings vanish with evolution and he goes over to Hurricane to sit down beside him.]

So.

How much does the leg hurt right now. [He taps lightly on Hurricane's thigh, just above the metal.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Actually]

[Flinches a little, at the touch to his thigh, before he realizes who it is and settles somewhat]

Ah - hey.

Not, uh. Not much.

[protectshisown]

Hmmm. Lucky. My leg ached for days after I remembered the bite. Not to mention when I remember having it when I was younger. Who knew amnesia would be so rough on phantom pains.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. Guess I lucked out.

[protectshisown]

Today at least.

Not so much then. [Gonna reach for his hand.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Takes it, careful, and gives a squeeze]

Yeah, well. Water under the bridge, right?

[protectshisown]

[Squeezes back.]

I dunno. I want to yell at her.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...she was doing the best she could.

[protectshisown]

Was she though?

Because I know 'parent who treated you poorly, but was genuinely doing their best' and she isn't really giving that vibe. Not even a babysitter?

[crossmyheartandhope]

She wasn't doing so hot.

[protectshisown]

You were missing a leg.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean, yeah. But still.

[protectshisown]

Hurricane, I know exactly how difficult that is.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Just cause it was hard on me doesn't mean stuff wasn't hard on her.

[protectshisown]

And what was so hard on her to ignore her child recovering from a serious maiming?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...I ain't remembered that part, yet.

But she changed.

[protectshisown]

For the better...?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Not... really.

[protectshisown]

So how did she change?

[crossmyheartandhope]

She wasn't like that so much, when I was real little.

[protectshisown]

You were real little in that memory.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Naw, like - real little.

[protectshisown]

How little?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Like... five? Six? Something like that.

Then... I dunno. Something happened.

[protectshisown]

And how did she take care of you then?