[ It would be hard to miss, particularly since he is worried he may have overstepped, the way Lucretia goes quiet and internal for a moment there. Definitely shouldn't have said anything, even though he still thinks it is true about them being superheroes. That period of time holds a lot of pain for the people who were involved in it - trust him and his big mouth to bring all that to the surface when Lucretia is just trying to live her life and have a nice day.
He would apologize, but that would just drag things out, make it clear he could tell she was a bit upset, and that seems like the wrong call. So instead he just answers her question, with a little shrug. ]
Yeah. I'm friends with pretty much all of the superheroes in my world, and the ones I'm not friends with I at least know their identities. There's only about a dozen of them, and I work really closely with the Flash, so I met the rest of them through him. I also sort of somehow became the guy who makes everybody's suits. 'Cause I got the style, and the tech, and also nobody else can sew for shit. [ He smiles, joking at his own expense a little. ] I've done some upgrades for other heroes's bases of operation and weapons and that kind of thing, too. Just doing what I can to help, you know. Not really a front lines kind of guy, but that doesn't mean I can't add something to the team.
[ He says all of this with an air of dismissive humility - like he's making a small contribution, worth mentioning but nothing all that instrumental. As far as he's concerned, that's the truth. It's one of the reasons he doesn't feel all that bad, now that he's decided to stay here. Things might be difficult without him for a little while, back home, but they would manage, and adapt. ]
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He would apologize, but that would just drag things out, make it clear he could tell she was a bit upset, and that seems like the wrong call. So instead he just answers her question, with a little shrug. ]
Yeah. I'm friends with pretty much all of the superheroes in my world, and the ones I'm not friends with I at least know their identities. There's only about a dozen of them, and I work really closely with the Flash, so I met the rest of them through him. I also sort of somehow became the guy who makes everybody's suits. 'Cause I got the style, and the tech, and also nobody else can sew for shit. [ He smiles, joking at his own expense a little. ] I've done some upgrades for other heroes's bases of operation and weapons and that kind of thing, too. Just doing what I can to help, you know. Not really a front lines kind of guy, but that doesn't mean I can't add something to the team.
[ He says all of this with an air of dismissive humility - like he's making a small contribution, worth mentioning but nothing all that instrumental. As far as he's concerned, that's the truth. It's one of the reasons he doesn't feel all that bad, now that he's decided to stay here. Things might be difficult without him for a little while, back home, but they would manage, and adapt. ]