I'd prefer to cough up justice and rainbows, but it's not particularly up to me.
[He rubs the back of his neck -- with a dash of shame in his expression. Because really, if he'd been strong enough... focused enough... If he hadn't let his emotions hamper his ability, he perhaps could have faced All for One without getting this terrible, nearly fatal injury. As his regular form, right now, in this moment...? He is a walking symbol of his defeat. An embarrassing weakness, in the shape of a man who clearly is too frail for it to be remotely healthy.
His sunken gaze follows a pillbug on the ground. More seriously:]
I'm going on six years now -- and I'm still pulling myself up from rock bottom, I suppose. But I'm still clawing on. [A firm nod, a concentrated brow.] So don't you waste a moment concerned over it.
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[He rubs the back of his neck -- with a dash of shame in his expression. Because really, if he'd been strong enough... focused enough... If he hadn't let his emotions hamper his ability, he perhaps could have faced All for One without getting this terrible, nearly fatal injury. As his regular form, right now, in this moment...? He is a walking symbol of his defeat. An embarrassing weakness, in the shape of a man who clearly is too frail for it to be remotely healthy.
His sunken gaze follows a pillbug on the ground. More seriously:]
I'm going on six years now -- and I'm still pulling myself up from rock bottom, I suppose. But I'm still clawing on. [A firm nod, a concentrated brow.] So don't you waste a moment concerned over it.