[ They're exactly the words K wants to hear, and for that reason he's forced to wonder how true they may be, and if it's only an attempt to comfort him. But there's no easy way of asking for proof that his belief does anything for Tech Boy without it sounding an awful lot like, show me. Prove yourself. And he'd never seek to resolve his own pain by knowingly hurting Tech Boy in turn.
Maybe this isn't a case of aging magic gone awry, like he'd first thought. Maybe it's a physical manifestation of how he usually feels: small and powerless.
He doesn't try to avoid the eye contact, but it's several moments before he responds. ]
It feels like I'm even more useless than usual, to answer your question. [ Delivered in a conversational manner as though commenting on the weather. ]
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Maybe this isn't a case of aging magic gone awry, like he'd first thought. Maybe it's a physical manifestation of how he usually feels: small and powerless.
He doesn't try to avoid the eye contact, but it's several moments before he responds. ]
It feels like I'm even more useless than usual, to answer your question. [ Delivered in a conversational manner as though commenting on the weather. ]
Who were you, before? In 1912.