Library, Thursday

[genesishero]

Sure, it was the break. That wasn't going to stop Evan from coming in to the library, though. After all, there were so many things that needed to be done! Shelves that needed straightening! Books that needed shelving! Um. Dusting!

It was possible that Evan was reaching pretty far, about halfway through the day, for more things to do. Break was slow, he knew that when he came in, but that didn't mean he wanted to sit around all day to just read. Besides, the next books on his reading list were the novelizations of the original Space Battles movies, and after the prequels went and broke his heart, he wasn't in any hurry to press on.

That space knight was supposed to be the hero!

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Re: Talk to Evan!

[genesishero]

"I've kind of noticed," Evan agreed. "So I'm trying to take it one day at a time... Kind of learn how the world really works before I try to do something big in it. There's not much I can do unless I actually understand it, right?"

Re: Talk to Evan!

[arsenicmauls]

"If you're thinking about going into heroing? Yeah, I'd say it's pretty important to have a decent grasp on reality," Gert agreed. "A lot of the big names back in New York don't."

Re: Talk to Evan!

[genesishero]

"... Don't they?" If you were going to pique Evan's curiosity, Gert, you were definitely going to have to elaborate. "How do you mean?"

Re: Talk to Evan!

[arsenicmauls]

Gert leaned back against the bookcase and stretched out her legs. Somehow this conversation was never a short one, and she'd had it lots of times. "Like, the ability to see the world in more than black-and-white extremes? I could name a bunch of Avengers for you that don't have that. The kind of conceited white guys who think you punch people who are different without finding out the facts first, and that kids can't be heroes because they're kids, and who get all their validation in life from asserting their authority over people with less power than them."

Seriously, it was not that shocking that this conversation always took a while, considering how much she tended to rant about this particular topic.

"If you're gonna go into the heroing business, probably better to get a more comprehensive worldview first."

Re: Talk to Evan!

[genesishero]

Took a while or no, Evan was thankful for the answer. The fact that he was smiling at her, looking relieved, could probably attest to that.

"Well... in that case, I'm going to have to figure it out, so that I can be a hero."

The greatest there ever was. The sort that did the right thing always, no matter how hard it was, in spite of where he came from and who had hurt him, and...

Well, he had to. Because he didn't want to ever be another Fantomex or Daken or Apocalypse. He was Genesis.