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[overconfidently]

i know he defaults to being emotionally distant and unavailable more times than he should.

you told him about what happened?

[collateraldamaging]

That doesn't mean he needs to be looking after anyone else.

I did. That's part of what I wanted to talk to you about, before your coma.
You didn't answer me.
How you're feeling now?

[overconfidently]

why did you tell him?

[collateraldamaging]

Honestly? Because keeping it a secret would have blown up in all of our faces eventually. Nothing stays secret here. There's probably surveillance footage, or they would have mentioned it in one of our finders, or it would have been public knowledge the next time they publish everyone's partners... if you haven't realized yet, this place likes to cause as much trouble for us as possible.

Being told not to bring it up again and complying with that request is very different from hiding that it happened from him in the first place.

You're still dodging my question so I'm going to drop it, but the offer to listen stands.

[overconfidently]

i'm not dodging it. i'm annoyed right now.

[collateraldamaging]

You can be annoyed with me for it, but I still feel like being honest with him was the right thing.

[overconfidently]

easy for you to say. you're not the one related to him.

[collateraldamaging]

He has absolutely no details, Nate. And isn't upset with either of us. I think we'd all prefer that both those things remain true, so don't bring it up to him again, but he deserved to hear it from one of us and not the city.

[overconfidently]

really? he just shrugged it off when you told him you banged his kid?

[collateraldamaging]

I didn't even tell him that much. And no. He wasn't happy, but he wasn't upset with us.

If we'd kept it a secret or lied to him when the city inevitably exposed it? He probably would have been.

[overconfidently]

fine. whatever. now he knows.

[collateraldamaging]

Yes. It is fine.

...are you? Was it just a coma, or did you wake up with new memories?

[overconfidently]

i have new memories but i'm fine.

( no he's not but it's ok. he's a summers-grey. )

[collateraldamaging]

I don't want to scroll up again to check but I'm reasonably certain I mentioned knowing what your world is like. Are you really fine or are you taking after your father and lying because you don't want me to know what's wrong?

Because you don't have to tell me about it, if you're not fine. I'd listen, but I'm also useful in other ways.

[overconfidently]

i'm the strongest one from where we're from. so i'm fine, yeah.

[collateraldamaging]

Strongest how?

[overconfidently]

in every way.

[collateraldamaging]

Humor me and list those ways? I'm sure there are more of them, for you guys.

[overconfidently]

i could turn your brain inside out with a single thought if i wanted to.

[collateraldamaging]

1. psychic ability (telepathy?)

Continue.

[overconfidently]

no. i'm not your dancing monkey.

[collateraldamaging]

Alright, I'll cut to the chase on my end, then:

Strength is not just about how powerful you are. How much you can do physically or psychically is not all there is to being a strong person. Saying you're fine will never make it true and acknowledging when you're not fine and taking steps to process things before you lose your shit from bottling it all up is strength.

My offer will continue to stand, but I hope that if you realize you do want to talk about it before you're less pissed off at me, you'll contact someone you like better.

[overconfidently]

worry about scott. he's got more issues.

[collateraldamaging]

You don't have to listen to me, but I don't have to listen to you either. I'll worry about whoever I want to worry about and no one that I don't.

[overconfidently]

well you don't have to worry about me. so there.