Well no wonder, then. 20 year olds are idiots. I was a real dumbass at that age. If anything I'm impressed yer holding it together as much as ya have been. Missing huge chunks of yer life is miserable, I get that. [That whole Schwann nonsense. Schwannsense if you will.]
[ On reflex, he wants to say he isn't a dumbass, that he's plenty smart and more capable than plenty of men twice his age. But, well. He did just nearly murder Kano. So.
Still, Raven's words almost feel like a mockery. Like a practical joke--"hey, you nearly killed some defenseless kid, but at least you're not crying about how miserable you are!" What a load of shit. He's supposed to be better than this.
He has to swallow around the lump in his throat a few times before he's confident enough to try saying anything again. ]
[He doesn't know what he said wrong but he can sure tell that it was.]
Sorry. I'm just tryin' ta commiserate with ya. Whatever it is that's got you all worked up, I ain't gonna judge. <small.[Because he's made so many mistakes himself.]
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Well no wonder, then. 20 year olds are idiots. I was a real dumbass at that age. If anything I'm impressed yer holding it together as much as ya have been. Missing huge chunks of yer life is miserable, I get that.
[That whole Schwann nonsense. Schwannsense if you will.]
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[ On reflex, he wants to say he isn't a dumbass, that he's plenty smart and more capable than plenty of men twice his age. But, well. He did just nearly murder Kano. So.
Still, Raven's words almost feel like a mockery. Like a practical joke--"hey, you nearly killed some defenseless kid, but at least you're not crying about how miserable you are!" What a load of shit. He's supposed to be better than this.
He has to swallow around the lump in his throat a few times before he's confident enough to try saying anything again. ]
Like that's got anything to do with anything.
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Sorry. I'm just tryin' ta commiserate with ya. Whatever it is that's got you all worked up, I ain't gonna judge.
<small.[Because he's made so many mistakes himself.]
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...I can't believe it. I was more of an asshole before I forgot the rest of my life, but at least I didn't try to kill anyone.
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[He thinks Bucky is kind of an asshole but like the fun kind? So it's fine.]
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[Hm.]
Does it help if I say I never would have called ya the former over the latter?
[You were always pretty feral in his experience, buddy.]
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he remembers what he was like a few weeks ago, raven, he knows he was a grouch ]
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[Are they???????]
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he sighs. ]
What's there to help anyway? Can't exactly undo a murder attempt.