Yeah, it's like, kinda different when they turn up and do their whole almighty-and-powerful thing and like, disappear again and when they just sort of... hang out.
[One doesn't simply hang out with the Gods. Even if one has punched one of them before. Possibly especially then? He's not sure, it just definitely feels out of his league in a way he's never quite experienced before.]
...It's for sure been a weird year or two.
[Who was he two years ago? A child struggling to define himself between the common and noble worlds, with hardly any friends besides Jadwiga, unsure of how to connect with anyone, with a thousand looming responsibilities and no real goals but getting out, out of the walls and their shelter and away from a world that told him what to be. He'd never loved, and he'd never lost, and he'd never had anything worse than a few schoolyard bullies to survive. He was always brave, to the point of impudence, to the point of recklessness, but it was nothing compared to what he'd done now -- even his first brutal taste of Mega Evolution's power was nothing compared to what he'd faced down again and again in the months since, or the future threat that had only been delayed this time.]
[It was startling to realize that, somehow, somewhere along the way, he'd done a lot of growing up.]
Anyway. If they really want to fight us again, at least it doesn't look like we're gonna be in it alone.
I have written and lost this tag like 4 times
[One doesn't simply hang out with the Gods. Even if one has punched one of them before. Possibly especially then? He's not sure, it just definitely feels out of his league in a way he's never quite experienced before.]
...It's for sure been a weird year or two.
[Who was he two years ago? A child struggling to define himself between the common and noble worlds, with hardly any friends besides Jadwiga, unsure of how to connect with anyone, with a thousand looming responsibilities and no real goals but getting out, out of the walls and their shelter and away from a world that told him what to be. He'd never loved, and he'd never lost, and he'd never had anything worse than a few schoolyard bullies to survive. He was always brave, to the point of impudence, to the point of recklessness, but it was nothing compared to what he'd done now -- even his first brutal taste of Mega Evolution's power was nothing compared to what he'd faced down again and again in the months since, or the future threat that had only been delayed this time.]
[It was startling to realize that, somehow, somewhere along the way, he'd done a lot of growing up.]
Anyway. If they really want to fight us again, at least it doesn't look like we're gonna be in it alone.