"One of de kids 'round here." He pulled his hand away and waved a hand at about five foot or so. "'Bout dis high, pointed ears. Looks to be east Asian, maybe. From a bit in de future from us but a different world."
They'd covered a lot of subjects in their first few conversations. "An' we might have a lot of similar trainin', growin' up." Which meant she was a thief. Or had a lot of thief training. "We ended up runnin' de obstacle course toget'er. Mighta made a lotta stuff blow up."
Because of course he did.
Then she started talking about her powers and Remy frowned. And the frown deepened the more that she said.
Right up to the end, where it took everything he had not to even breathe in too hard. "Guessin' dat puts you a little bit behin' me, time wise." No use hiding it. She'd get mad if he did. "Anyway, you'll be as much good as you always are, Rogue. You ain't your powers. Never have been."
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They'd covered a lot of subjects in their first few conversations. "An' we might have a lot of similar trainin', growin' up." Which meant she was a thief. Or had a lot of thief training. "We ended up runnin' de obstacle course toget'er. Mighta made a lotta stuff blow up."
Because of course he did.
Then she started talking about her powers and Remy frowned. And the frown deepened the more that she said.
Right up to the end, where it took everything he had not to even breathe in too hard. "Guessin' dat puts you a little bit behin' me, time wise." No use hiding it. She'd get mad if he did. "Anyway, you'll be as much good as you always are, Rogue. You ain't your powers. Never have been."