[There's something about that that's more than a little sad - more than a little indescribably upsetting, that a child should feel as though she still has to fight back with everything she is. She's hardy, dependable, tough even, but the fact remains that she shouldn't have to be.]
[Wish doesn't do anyone good. Wishing that she didn't have to deal with that kind of thing doesn't alleviate the fact that she does, and nothing will ever fix that. Nothing will ever make that go away for her.]
[It's all going to stick like that. Maybe forever.]
( It's so normalized for her, for her life, for her world. most other kids are dead. she's lucky, right? people died to keep her alive, keep her out there in that shit place. )
I was eight when the apocalypse happened so before that? Yeah.
I got to be a kid a lot before then. I don't know if I know how to be one anymore.
[But he doesn't say it. She's probably heard it before, and pity never gets anyone anywhere. A pity Tim's never been real good at applying that lesson to himself, huh?]
it sucks you and jay have to be in danger too where you're from.
lets face it. life still sucks. the world fucking sucks.
how about i teach you weapon stuff, and you can tell me stuff kids do if you know? i don't know how your childhood was but if you do know stuff, you can tell me and i'd try.
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yeah?
[There's something about that that's more than a little sad - more than a little indescribably upsetting, that a child should feel as though she still has to fight back with everything she is. She's hardy, dependable, tough even, but the fact remains that she shouldn't have to be.]
[She shouldn't have to be.]
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you fight or you die.
and people died to make sure i could live. i don't think i know how to do anything but fight so their sacrifice can mean something.
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[It's all going to stick like that. Maybe forever.]
you ever get a chance to just
be a kid
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I was eight when the apocalypse happened so before that? Yeah.
I got to be a kid a lot before then. I don't know if I know how to be one anymore.
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[I'm sorry.]
[But he doesn't say it. She's probably heard it before, and pity never gets anyone anywhere. A pity Tim's never been real good at applying that lesson to himself, huh?]
still sucks.
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it sucks you and jay have to be in danger too where you're from.
lets face it. life still sucks. the world fucking sucks.
how about i teach you weapon stuff, and you can tell me stuff kids do if you know? i don't know how your childhood was but if you do know stuff, you can tell me and i'd try.
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not really the best guy for that if i'm honest here
[And he so seldom is.]
i couldn't tell you what kids do for fun
i just know how to watch really bad movies
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but i also don't know how to watch really bad movies.
wait, you watch really bad movies on purpose?
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i mean
some of them are pretty funny
[And almost none of them run the risk of being a little too close to his life.]
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count me in.
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i owe you for saving our asses anyway
though maybe by the end of it we'll just owe you double
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name the time and the place. i'll be there to watch the bad movies.
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sure thing.