[ Kids. How long has it been since he's really been around them like this? It would have been before the War. He thinks of the neighborhood boys running around long after he and Steve had outgrown it, thinks of his sisters and then his smile isn't so forced. There'd been a time when he'd been really good with kids. He just has to tap into that.
He sits on the ground with the kids, answering their questions patiently with some self-censoring as he chooses the broccoli car.
No, he's the only part-metal man he knows. No, he doesn't have other powers. Yes, they can touch it if they're careful. Yes, it hurt a little at first, but that was a long time ago and he's not in pain now. ]
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He sits on the ground with the kids, answering their questions patiently with some self-censoring as he chooses the broccoli car.
No, he's the only part-metal man he knows. No, he doesn't have other powers. Yes, they can touch it if they're careful. Yes, it hurt a little at first, but that was a long time ago and he's not in pain now. ]
Does playing with a vegetable car count?