You're telling me. My center of balance is completely off, walking home was a nightmare, I don't even wanna think about using my gear.
[ He plants his hands on his hips, showing off - well, not much. He's in shape, clearly, but he's almost a foot shorter and much leaner. His hair is cut short at the top and buzzed close to his head. At least his clothes downsized with him. ]
[ He frowns a little as he listens. Jean's not surprised by what they've done to Dolph, but it doesn't make it any easier to picture it happening. He traces the seam of metal and skin with his fingers. ]
That must have been hard - being without it and then having to adjust to this.
[ dolph lapses into a brief awkward silence, unsure of what to say. it was all hard. it was all painful. in the state he's in, he finds himself floundering more than he does these days. ]
[ Jean's lips twist in a familiar look - it does matter - but it's a path they've both tread by now. He usually doesn't make the face, but it seems his teenage self has less control over what shows.
But, he doesn't push it. ]
Here is better. Although maybe not at this exact moment.
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Looks that way. Feels kind of weird.
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[ He plants his hands on his hips, showing off - well, not much. He's in shape, clearly, but he's almost a foot shorter and much leaner. His hair is cut short at the top and buzzed close to his head. At least his clothes downsized with him. ]
You get struck by not-lightning too?
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It's harder to move my arm around. I forgot how long it took to get used to it.
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[ Jean's expression softens slightly at the statement, automatically coming forward, hands hovering near where the metal joins skin. ]
Can I?
[ While waiting, he keeps speaking. ] So you're from closer to when they took your arm.
all good!
They took my arm when I was younger. Maybe . . . fifteen or sixteen. But they gave me the arm when I was a bit older. Early twenties.
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That must have been hard - being without it and then having to adjust to this.
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It doesn't matter.
I came here. So it was all worth it.
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But, he doesn't push it. ]
Here is better. Although maybe not at this exact moment.
[ A gesture to all of both of them. ]
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It's not that bad. Unless you didn't like being a teenager?
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[ Underfed, limbs too long, and not to mention everything he'd gone through by that point. He knocks on his own head. ]
You're lucky I have everything in here, or I'm sure I'd be being a real shit to you.
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[ Jean can't help rolling his own eyes a little bit at that. He's not doubting him! ]
That doesn't change that I'd be mortified later, and feel bad for being an asshole.
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I was very used to assholes at that age.
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Just because you're used to it doesn't mean I want to add onto it.
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I think we could have made it work, is all I mean. We would have found a way.