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[Okay, so. Several things need to be dealt with here, one way or another. First being the fact that he has a facetwin hanging around who is pretty damn hard to explain, though Tommy being more or less okay with the "brother" title helps with that. Second is that he knows the truth about his heritage now, which is, in short, a huge weight off his shoulders. Third is that his strength is mostly back in his arm as long as he doesn't bend or twist it in a way that stresses his brace too much, which admittedly doesn't mean much, but it does mean that he's able to finish the sketches he'd promised to Pepper's art gallery.

Thus, since it's so warm and dry today, he'll be heading out to deliver a set of hefty-sized rolled sheets of drawing paper to Pepper's art gallery, and then to swing by Tony's house to catch up on some work and maybe fill his... sort-of employer in on the recent developments. Mainly the kid with Billy's face who is probably going to hate him for a while. Tommy's not as keen to forgive as some people.

His last stop will be the plaza, armed with a miniature sketchbook, and props himself up against the side of the fountain to draw whatever comes his way. Occasionally he might have to stop and give his hand a frustrated shake, but hey, there's no physiotherapy like a good work-out, right?

At some point while he's out, though, he'll be doing what he told himself he'd get done: a journal entry that is better late than never.]

[Voice, locked from Tommy]

Hey, it's Billy. Just wanted to get it out there that if you see anybody with my face - or hear my voice, I guess - that's Tommy, my... brother. Kind of. It's complicated. He might be a bit tough to deal with sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, so just try to put up with him, if you can. He could use some friends.

[....]

Just don't let this get back to him, I'd never hear the end of it.

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Right, because tightpants are usually so subtle.

[Admittedly she's more sensible than, say, Faith. Or Spike.

...Mm, Spikepants.]

Yeah. Point taken. But at least I don't change into the pants for the fight. It's more a come-as-you-are deal.

And I haven't worn leather in a very long time.

That's a shame.

[....um]

...I actually didn't mean that the way it sounds.

I'll let it pass, on account of having met your boyfriend.

You have my undying gratitude.

And I'll keep my eye open for you brother-dearest. If he needs someone to act friendly? I can do that. I remember how much it sucks to be new here.

Thanks, I appreciate it. I'll give him a head's up about the fictional thing, too, but he might call you a different name. Fair warning.

...Consider me fairly warned. Am I allowed to poke him roughly in the shoulder if he gets it wrong?

You could try, but you might not be able to connect. He's a speedster.

A speedster?

Yeah- he moves really fast. Like, blink-and-he's-halfway-across-the-village fast.

Teleportation? Or actual speed?

Actual speed. Over short distances he's actually faster than my teleportations.

...Childhood races in the park must've sucked.

I'd agree with you, but... we didn't actually grow up together. I didn't even know he existed until a few months before I came here. Plus our powers don't manifest until we're teenagers, anyway.

...Separated at birth?

That's the short version, yeah.

And you don't have to tell the long version if you don't want to.

Not really a matter of want, it's just- it's messy. I'm talking Dawn-messy. Confusing and involving a lot of people you've probably never even heard of.

[Plus- vampire slayer, hello. He's not keen on sharing the whole demon-soul backstory.]

...Dawn-messy. [ she could cringe but -- okay. sure. that's fair.

or it would be fair, she thinks, from someone she told rather than someone who'd seen. ] I'd say that I'm sorry to hear that only...well -- my sister's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

[Yeah, that was probably taking it too far. But it wouldn't be Billy without foot-in-mouth syndrome.]

I don't mean it in a bad way. I don't mind being Tommy's brother. ...Most of the time. He's kind of a brat. But it's just really complicated.

I heard somewhere that family always is -- wacky or not.

Wacky just doubles the complexity, I think. As a rule.

And yet we wouldn't have it any other way, huh?

Yeah, can't disagree there. After everything that's happened, I can't imagine a normal family at all.

[Even if his core family could still be considered normal, the extended family is... beyond ridiculous.]

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