[The yelling subsides as Rex sucks air in behind gritted teeth, his eyes darting to the side as he struggles to communicate his feelings for the umpteenth time.]
I'm used to it, okay? The whole banged up thing, I...
It comes with the territory.
[Mark's hands, despite his monstrous strength, are surprisingly soft. This is not a boy who spent his life working out back or doing hard labor with his father, and due to the fact that both of them have skin that heals and bones that clickety-clack back into place when they crack, their palms are free of callouses.]
Eve's the only one who ever bothered to-
[Rex's breath hitches.]
This is normal for me.
I'm fine.
[The pain, physical and mental.
It's just always there. And Rex has grown accustomed to feeling it.]
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Did, do-did, I...
[The yelling subsides as Rex sucks air in behind gritted teeth, his eyes darting to the side as he struggles to communicate his feelings for the umpteenth time.]
I'm used to it, okay? The whole banged up thing, I...
It comes with the territory.
[Mark's hands, despite his monstrous strength, are surprisingly soft. This is not a boy who spent his life working out back or doing hard labor with his father, and due to the fact that both of them have skin that heals and bones that clickety-clack back into place when they crack, their palms are free of callouses.]
Eve's the only one who ever bothered to-
[Rex's breath hitches.]
This is normal for me.
I'm fine.
[The pain, physical and mental.
It's just always there. And Rex has grown accustomed to feeling it.]