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[Richie's steps slow a moment while he processes this unfortunate information.]
Really?
[Sadistic parents those had to be. Rather than pile onto what must be a long and storied history of jokes about Doc Ock and loving Mary Jane (who didn't?), Richie takes a bypass for the other, equally obvious drawbacks.]
It can't have been a fun time on the playground with initials like that. I'm Rich Tozier. I'll do my best to stay normal for you if you promise the same. Apologies about coming in hot off the top, by the way, nothing to do with you. It's just...shit, it's just plain galling. I'd forgotten what the bottom of the food chain felt like.
[His smoke is lit. Engines ready. The first puff already works a little magic. It'll feel disgusting in a minute, like he'll never want to touch the stuff again, like he's sucking back on rot and filth but baby, in those first few seconds there's nothing more heavenly.]
You're new too, though, huh? [And, as it occurs to him exactly how long ago little Pete would have been on the playground, his brows knot and he gives the kid a sidelong glance.] You're not alone out here, are you?
[He was basically begging to be led to food. That's not a good sign.]
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[Richie's steps slow a moment while he processes this unfortunate information.]
Really?
[Sadistic parents those had to be. Rather than pile onto what must be a long and storied history of jokes about Doc Ock and loving Mary Jane (who didn't?), Richie takes a bypass for the other, equally obvious drawbacks.]
It can't have been a fun time on the playground with initials like that. I'm Rich Tozier. I'll do my best to stay normal for you if you promise the same. Apologies about coming in hot off the top, by the way, nothing to do with you. It's just...shit, it's just plain galling. I'd forgotten what the bottom of the food chain felt like.
[His smoke is lit. Engines ready. The first puff already works a little magic. It'll feel disgusting in a minute, like he'll never want to touch the stuff again, like he's sucking back on rot and filth but baby, in those first few seconds there's nothing more heavenly.]
You're new too, though, huh? [And, as it occurs to him exactly how long ago little Pete would have been on the playground, his brows knot and he gives the kid a sidelong glance.] You're not alone out here, are you?
[He was basically begging to be led to food. That's not a good sign.]