[ Qubit breathes a sigh of relief. Whatever, good. As long as he's actually doing it. It's not the first time he's had to swallow his pride like this, and it won't be the last. If they ever run out of food, at least he'll have humble pie to fall back on.
That relief only lasts until Peter peels off his field dressing. The wound's worse than he thought, and he thought it was terrible. And yet... the kid powered through it to drag around some sack of middle-aged bricks, left it untreated to stay with him, and in the end just got yelled at for his trouble. That's hardly fair.
But before he can cobble together an apology, the subject has changed.
Qubit freezes for a second, mentally backtracking through the incident. Did he-? Oh. Yeah. He sure did yell "Parker" at the top of his lungs. No getting around that. ]
That... that's true.
[ He sounds calm, mostly, but his mind is racing. If he'd been thinking, he'd never have let on that he knew. Secrets are his armor, and Peter's just found a chink in it. But... wait, no, he realizes, that's not an essential secret. He can safely give it up, if he's careful. Though it will require some context. ]
... This is ... not the first time I've been Ported to another world.
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That relief only lasts until Peter peels off his field dressing. The wound's worse than he thought, and he thought it was terrible. And yet... the kid powered through it to drag around some sack of middle-aged bricks, left it untreated to stay with him, and in the end just got yelled at for his trouble. That's hardly fair.
But before he can cobble together an apology, the subject has changed.
Qubit freezes for a second, mentally backtracking through the incident. Did he-? Oh. Yeah. He sure did yell "Parker" at the top of his lungs. No getting around that. ]
That... that's true.
[ He sounds calm, mostly, but his mind is racing. If he'd been thinking, he'd never have let on that he knew. Secrets are his armor, and Peter's just found a chink in it. But... wait, no, he realizes, that's not an essential secret. He can safely give it up, if he's careful. Though it will require some context. ]
... This is ... not the first time I've been Ported to another world.