[ he knows, of course, that she isn't likely to pick up on the reference. he's feeling petty enough not to care. ]
You might be older than most of us, but you don't know everything. As a matter of fact, is there a reason you're still here?
[ it's ironic, really, how much they have in common this front. five had once been a boy, a child superhero, but the apocalypse had weathered all of that away till there wasn't much left but a desperate old man who would do absolutely anything to survive. the commission took that base, shaped it into a weapon, nothing but hard edges and bloody hands. just another tool, wielded by some faceless bureaucrats to maintain the timeline. ]
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[ he knows, of course, that she isn't likely to pick up on the reference. he's feeling petty enough not to care. ]
You might be older than most of us, but you don't know everything. As a matter of fact, is there a reason you're still here?
[ it's ironic, really, how much they have in common this front. five had once been a boy, a child superhero, but the apocalypse had weathered all of that away till there wasn't much left but a desperate old man who would do absolutely anything to survive. the commission took that base, shaped it into a weapon, nothing but hard edges and bloody hands. just another tool, wielded by some faceless bureaucrats to maintain the timeline. ]