Let's Get Phys-- I mean, Philosophical.

[telekinesis_kills]

Danny is sitting cross-legged, rather solidly settled into one of the beanbag chairs scattered around the Plaza. He's watching people go about their business, just observing the ebb and flow of the foot traffic around him. At a certain angle, one might be able to see a faint pink glow around his body, which occasionally seems to sink a little deeper into his skin, and then back out again.

"I know what I ought to do," he says aloud. "Find a way back home, report on this new discovery, kick the actual decision-making upstairs to the higher ups, and wait for new orders."

Danny sighs, and it's almost like his body is pressed into his seat a bit more, as though by some large unseen hand. "Nobody knows that I'm here. And if it's true that we can come and go as we please... is anything stopping me from just... going a little later?"

He's probably going to do what he ought to do, all his training and experience tells him so, and yet...

He looks up, with a thoughtful frown on his face. "Is it selfish to want some time for myself?"

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[telekinesis_kills]

Danny honestly doesn't notice her awkwardness when she introduces herself. He takes her offered hand and shakes it firmly. "Daniel Chase," he replies, "but I usually go by Danny. Nice to meet you, Ash."

He thinks over what she said at the start of the conversation. "When you said 'been there, done that', was it about running yourself ragged? Or always having a crisis happening back home?"

Any sort of advice on the handling of crises and avoiding burnout would be welcome, though he doesn't expect all the answers from Ash, of course.

[delphicbooksandbaubles]

She smiles warmly and sincerely. "Pleasure to meet ya." she states back automatically but honestly. She tries her head a little with a happy squint. "That's a lovely name." She murmurs complementary.

She blinks, listens, and then nods a little as she begins to clarify. "Ah, well it's more a bit o'f both." She pauses for a moment to search for the right words as she moves a finger like a gas gauze going from right 'full' to left arcing empty' ." Tis more the latter causes the former in most cases..Unless..certain citzens are just being more than their usual brand of frustrating on a very long etc sort of day." She murmurs wryly, part fond..But well still.

Trying to help those who just kept doing the same things over..and over and over again without much change..Or avoiding things altogether if..they'd just listen to her for two lousy seconds..Ahem. Well, one can imagine maybe one or two of the reasons she came back after finding a said spot. Though originally she'd been on the hunt for an old friend of her's that had a knack for being a magnet for trouble. Albeit usually well-intentioned. Or least curiosity..Usually of the scientific variety.

He'd hardly be called an angel (by most though an avenging sort he sometimes might be ) but he was on the side of such so to speak.

[telekinesis_kills]

Danny nods. Constantly fighting, constantly being in danger... it contributes to feeling worn down and stressed. He smiles, though it's more sardonic than truly amused, at the mention of some people having their own 'brand of frustrating'... he's had similar descriptions applied to him, for one thing.

"You seem to have it handled," Danny comments. He gestures toward Mary and Elizabeth in their stroller, and elaborates, "At least, enough to settle down a bit and start a family. A lot of my old friends... they were so busy trying to save the world that they never really had a life outside of that responsibility. And I guess I'm the same way... my work is my life."

[delphicbooksandbaubles]

She tilts her head slightly in a diplomatic way and makes a wry sound. "Mmh, some days." She murmurs sincerely. Her smile turns softer at that reminder as she eyes two of her most precious 'gifts' "Wella ahem aye..we'd been planning such for a while..Unforeseen circumstances got in the way." She murmurs, trying to give a short summary..Unless he requested a longer tale..It was quite a one after all.

She hums and nods in understanding though. "Balance can be hard..but if things are worth the time and effort." She tilts her head again. "Though everyone has their own pace of course." She knew stress and pressures of various sorts never helped with such either.

Her eyes soften, like they might round one of the critters who didn't like being mothered etc. She had to reel back the urge for the moment. No no grooming.