Alex nods his agreement. "They've been talking about it on the news. It's so sad. But I guess there's nothing I can do, since I'm not a doctor." Heck, his dad is a doctor, and there's nothing he can do about it.
"I guess. At least it's winter. It's always worse in summer; I get really exhausted just doing normal stuff when it's hot out, and all the hours of sunlight make the headaches worse. Winter's the best." Winter: the season of long nights, blissful cold, and all the fun a kid could have in the snow. Snowball fights, sledding, it's all near and dear to his heart, good family memories mixed in with lesser, livable amounts of pain.
He smiles and decides it's probably okay to give Steve a hug, if it's quick. A lot of people don't like to be touched, though, so he keeps it brief. Steve looks a lot better when he smiles and Alex wants to keep it that way. "Well, I mean it. You're very dad-ish."
Listening with remarkable seriousness for a child, he still winces at Steve's list of illnesses. Any one of those was bad. Altogether, it made for a really rough life. He couldn't imagine what all of that would feel like at once. He's glad Steve's alright now, but the mental image it paints is bleak. No wonder he was okay with something as scary as the idea of being experimented on.
Since his dad's a doctor, he knows a little bit about metabolism. "Wait, wouldn't you need lots of food if your metabolism is going that fast? Especially if you're also healing that fast? Should we be looking for food for you right now?" He'll help Steve look for a diner or something if he needs to.
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"I guess. At least it's winter. It's always worse in summer; I get really exhausted just doing normal stuff when it's hot out, and all the hours of sunlight make the headaches worse. Winter's the best." Winter: the season of long nights, blissful cold, and all the fun a kid could have in the snow. Snowball fights, sledding, it's all near and dear to his heart, good family memories mixed in with lesser, livable amounts of pain.
He smiles and decides it's probably okay to give Steve a hug, if it's quick. A lot of people don't like to be touched, though, so he keeps it brief. Steve looks a lot better when he smiles and Alex wants to keep it that way. "Well, I mean it. You're very dad-ish."
Listening with remarkable seriousness for a child, he still winces at Steve's list of illnesses. Any one of those was bad. Altogether, it made for a really rough life. He couldn't imagine what all of that would feel like at once. He's glad Steve's alright now, but the mental image it paints is bleak. No wonder he was okay with something as scary as the idea of being experimented on.
Since his dad's a doctor, he knows a little bit about metabolism. "Wait, wouldn't you need lots of food if your metabolism is going that fast? Especially if you're also healing that fast? Should we be looking for food for you right now?" He'll help Steve look for a diner or something if he needs to.