"Hey! We may be occasionally be pricks, and I can say that, 'cause they're my family and I love 'em, but we are always sincere, sister. Always." They're kinda sincere to the point of people wishing they lied a little more.
And the fact that mentioning his family doesn't make him flinch even slightly is just a testament to how good he is at hiding and holding himself up. That slip earlier was just that- he was hurt, the memory was fresh. He's over it.
Mostly.
"No," he says around a mouthful of cake. "'Cause if every so often I'm gonna get stuck here, I'm gonna stay where the action is." He swallows. "If I can't be an all-powerful demigod and have to be a guy with a really great sense of humor and more power in his little finger than most people have in their whole bodies, then I'm gonna stay where schadenfreude is an extreme sport."
And it has nothing to do with her. At all. Really.
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Date: 2010-01-13 08:51 am (UTC)And the fact that mentioning his family doesn't make him flinch even slightly is just a testament to how good he is at hiding and holding himself up. That slip earlier was just that- he was hurt, the memory was fresh. He's over it.
Mostly.
"No," he says around a mouthful of cake. "'Cause if every so often I'm gonna get stuck here, I'm gonna stay where the action is." He swallows. "If I can't be an all-powerful demigod and have to be a guy with a really great sense of humor and more power in his little finger than most people have in their whole bodies, then I'm gonna stay where schadenfreude is an extreme sport."
And it has nothing to do with her. At all. Really.