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[hostage]

[From what's visible behind him, Jesse's seated at the nurse's desk of the Xavier School infirmary. That's not really relevant to anything, just that he's at work and he's bored and out of anything useful to occupy his time. He's currently wrapping a gauze bandage around an empty soda can. An art piece, maybe. Or just keeping his hands busy.]

What's up? Anything exciting going on?

[He's talking to the comm device, but his eyes are on his "work".]

We got new guys coming in, right? How 'bout you? Freaking out about this superhero thing? It's pretty wild...

[That might be touching on sardonic. He knows it's no fun to be new here.]

You guys wanna talk or anything, I got nothing better to do.

[As thrilling as it is to keep winding this bandage around a soda can.]

Comments

[redplainsrider]

Too bad you weren't around to give 'em such sage advice.

[hostage]

Yeah, they'll have to do this one without me.

[redplainsrider]

Too late now, you ain't got nothin' to worry about.

So, I take it the hero thing doesn't thrill ya much?

[hostage]

My power hurts a little more than most people's.

[redplainsrider]

[Quirks an eyebrow.] Got me curious: what's yer power, then?

[hostage]

I heal people by taking whatever's wrong with 'em. So if they got a broken arm, I get a broken arm instead.

[redplainsrider]

[Her stoicism is broken by a deep grimace.] Dang, really?? That's ain't a power, that's a curse!

[hostage]

[It is a curse. He deserves it, though.]

I'm used to it, but I ain't thrilled about it.

[redplainsrider]

So you use it even though that hurts? Reckon you are a hero, then.

[hostage]

That's what my tattoo says, so it must be true.

[He's being sarcastic.]

[redplainsrider]

Ya dun sound too convinced, but I ain't one to argue.

[hostage]

Hero's a big word. I just do what I'm made for.

[redplainsrider]

[She thinks this over for a moment, then grins a little.] Reckon I like that idea better than bein' called a hero, too. [Though, she may be suffering more from false modesty than whatever keeps him from using such a word, but she's never done what heroics she's done in the past just for the honor of being called a hero]

[hostage]

It's a little less heavy, right?