[ for a moment —too long a moment, really—, larry is caught up in his thoughts, in his desire to look different. for a moment, he's caught up, but with maine reacting like that, the twitch of surprise and the widening of his eyes, the remark about power, it's impossible to stay ignorant that there's something going on.
plus, the glow is kind of a give-away.
larry glances down at himself, at his hands. unscarred skin. ]
What-
[ it flickers, scars coming to the forefront, panic surging up in larry. for a moment, it's just skin again, like any regular person —and then it's gone, the glow dying down, every scar visible again.
the breath larry lets out is shaking. he thinks his hands might be, too. ]
That's never happened before.
[ he looks at maine, wanting to hide, wanting to do it all over again, needing to know: ] You saw that, too, right?
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plus, the glow is kind of a give-away.
larry glances down at himself, at his hands. unscarred skin. ]
What-
[ it flickers, scars coming to the forefront, panic surging up in larry. for a moment, it's just skin again, like any regular person —and then it's gone, the glow dying down, every scar visible again.
the breath larry lets out is shaking. he thinks his hands might be, too. ]
That's never happened before.
[ he looks at maine, wanting to hide, wanting to do it all over again, needing to know: ] You saw that, too, right?