["Normal." What's normal for a psychic from 2017 New York who's counting every hug he gets like rations, and a boy from 1958 small town Maine at war with fear itself? When everything's flipped upside down, you take what you can get.
And perhaps this is the best Jake can expect--an agreement the other will do his best. For all his power, he can't stop death like the Reset Room allegedly can, which he has his own severe doubts about.]
(I should make you promise if you have to keep it...)[He won't, though.](But that's all I want.)
[For Eddie to give himself a fighting chance.
Eddie's hesitation in the matter of his affection feels like another tip to an iceberg Jake suspects he's only seeing a small picture of without probing deeper--and if he did, he'd be taking away Eddie's ability to bring it up in his own way, in his own time. Eddie had accepted his powers without question--he can do the same. He returns the smile. What matters is that--]
(I didn't mind it. You should stick with being bold.)
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And perhaps this is the best Jake can expect--an agreement the other will do his best. For all his power, he can't stop death like the Reset Room allegedly can, which he has his own severe doubts about.]
( I should make you promise if you have to keep it... ) [He won't, though.] ( But that's all I want. )
[For Eddie to give himself a fighting chance.
Eddie's hesitation in the matter of his affection feels like another tip to an iceberg Jake suspects he's only seeing a small picture of without probing deeper--and if he did, he'd be taking away Eddie's ability to bring it up in his own way, in his own time. Eddie had accepted his powers without question--he can do the same. He returns the smile. What matters is that--]
( I didn't mind it. You should stick with being bold. )
[And honestly, he'd needed that, he thinks.]