[That actually drags out a small huff from Scott, a grin twitching at the corner of his mouth before he lets himself smile.]
Yeah? That's a surprise.
[Maybe it shouldn't be. Scott's well-aware of all his friends and even some adults that he managed to leave a good impression on. It will always just be a little funny to him, given his status back in Ohio. Just a teenager with an attitude with no goal or anyone thinking too highly of him. With the exception of Alex.
His smile almost drops completely at the thought of his brother. It barely holds, although he turns more serious with Altius's question anyway.]
It is. [That's one thing he can't forget, not with Raven and the Professor reminding him and the others time and time again.] But I won't be alone.
[He has to remind himself this, sometimes more often than not. But it helps when he's really feeling stressed or frustrated with training, that his new friends and family are by his side. Of course there's also the added stress of losing any of them like he lost Alex--]
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Yeah? That's a surprise.
[Maybe it shouldn't be. Scott's well-aware of all his friends and even some adults that he managed to leave a good impression on. It will always just be a little funny to him, given his status back in Ohio. Just a teenager with an attitude with no goal or anyone thinking too highly of him. With the exception of Alex.
His smile almost drops completely at the thought of his brother. It barely holds, although he turns more serious with Altius's question anyway.]
It is. [That's one thing he can't forget, not with Raven and the Professor reminding him and the others time and time again.] But I won't be alone.
[He has to remind himself this, sometimes more often than not. But it helps when he's really feeling stressed or frustrated with training, that his new friends and family are by his side. Of course there's also the added stress of losing any of them like he lost Alex--]