[FIRST OF ALL AND ALSO SECOND WHY ARE ALL OF YOU BALDURS FUCKS A STEP AWAY FROM DEATH
That's a lot to take in, though, and Lucas stands still and quiet like a startled deer as the vestiges of someone else's thoughts and feelings fade. When he turns to look at Gale, his eyes drop to his chest first, and tragically not because he thinks Gale has nice pecs.
Another beat, and then:]
...It isn't like that now, is it?
[A dormant bomb waiting to go off. With the way they've all had their abilities stripped from him, he can only imagine - hope - that the same can be said of the detriments that bind them.]
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That's a lot to take in, though, and Lucas stands still and quiet like a startled deer as the vestiges of someone else's thoughts and feelings fade. When he turns to look at Gale, his eyes drop to his chest first, and tragically not because he thinks Gale has nice pecs.
Another beat, and then:]
...It isn't like that now, is it?
[A dormant bomb waiting to go off. With the way they've all had their abilities stripped from him, he can only imagine - hope - that the same can be said of the detriments that bind them.]