"... Hang on. Let me parse this briefly. You're saying that it's, it's worth it to not go full throttle? Have I been doing it wrong this whole time? Oh, hemoglobin, this is all so... so bizarre, I thought I was doing good, I'm A+ still, and I'm supposed to risk that?"
she's shaking a bit now
"... Gah! Sorry, brainfart there, forgot, alternate universes and all that! Fff... Well, I can levitate small things if I want, got a bit of ice control as well, pain relief, a healing spell..."
edited 27th Oct '16 8:33:38 PM by Trip
She's my friend! And you are being awful to her!
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?(...oh... oh FRICK...)
Wh—... Hey, hey now, don't— don't go takin' it that way, like—... Yeah, there's nothing wrong with going full-throttle 98.724% of the time... But, like, we're human beings, right? There are exceptions, 'cuz while you and I are FRICKIN' GENIUSES AND AWESOME, we're still human, and we can still overdo it sometimes and, like... even get hurt from that, and while getting hurt for your cause is noble sometimes, it shouldn't ever be an unnecessary hurt.
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(Spots her, but remains quiet for now, just sort of absent-mindedly watching her train... when he's not keeping an eye on the kitten, and he has to gently scoop her up to keep her from straying off too far.)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019Well, I mean... Maybe this is a special instance, right? Maybe you never got this burdened in the past, and now you gotta compensate. I mean, I can't speak for you, but if this is a special and new sorta tired and frazzled... Yeah, I'd call it a special case. And these sortsa things require special measures.
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019...Man, like—... I dunno, if it's recurrent... Look at this way. We work our best and hardest when we're healthy and not, like, physically fricked up about things, right? Eating a big breakfast before a test, going to bed early, staying all hydrated and crap?
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019

Outside
(Marcia is outside, training some more. Panos might be able to see her.)