[Pfft, he can't help feeling a little touched by Billy's anger. So he grins as he starts to stroke his hair again, as if to soothe him.]
Down, boy. [But now to talk about what Teddy wanted to say.] I didn't have any way to save myself back then, so all I could do was fall and make a crater in the ground. Good thing it isn't there anymore. Anyway... I was useless for a little while, and that's why I wanted to learn to fly. So that wouldn't happen again, so that I could be better at what I do, and help you guys more.
It's the same thing with this. I want to learn how to use this stuff [He glances at the book, seeing how his hands are either full or busy.] because I don't want to be stuck in the middle of a battlefield and not know what to do if someone I care about is hurt, or even me. I don't want to be a liability because I don't know how to stop something from bleeding. I want to help people.
[His smile widens a little.] That's why I wanted to get into the hero business in the first place. Isn't this the same thing? I just don't get to punch things with it.
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Down, boy. [But now to talk about what Teddy wanted to say.] I didn't have any way to save myself back then, so all I could do was fall and make a crater in the ground. Good thing it isn't there anymore. Anyway... I was useless for a little while, and that's why I wanted to learn to fly. So that wouldn't happen again, so that I could be better at what I do, and help you guys more.
It's the same thing with this. I want to learn how to use this stuff [He glances at the book, seeing how his hands are either full or busy.] because I don't want to be stuck in the middle of a battlefield and not know what to do if someone I care about is hurt, or even me. I don't want to be a liability because I don't know how to stop something from bleeding. I want to help people.
[His smile widens a little.] That's why I wanted to get into the hero business in the first place. Isn't this the same thing? I just don't get to punch things with it.