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[wearingthestars]

I'm sure some of them are good people. I know there's a lot of bad ones. I know.

Can we not do this? Not right now?
We can talk about this, I wanted to learn, just...later? When we're both a little calmer?

I just want to believe there's good people out there, Tommy.

[doubled_speed]

Good people that try to be cops get driven out in the academy, or shamed. There's plenty of records of cops killed in 'training accidents' after they've reported their fellows for abuse of power. So maybe there's a small number of them that are good, but that's like saying 'well the Thunderbolts are trying to be good people, so ALL people that have ever been super villains are good'.

It's not one bad apple and all that shit. It's one or two good eggs in a whole damn store.

And if you don't want to hear that, then I don't even know what to say. Maybe congrats on being comfortable. Because maybe there's good people out there, but you won't see them among that sort of crew.

[wearingthestars]

I do want to talk about it. I want to hear it. Just not now. Not over text. Okay?
We'll talk later. I'll listen, I promise.

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, whatever. I'm going to go poke that Reeve dude, see if he can tell me where I went wrong on the oven.

[wearingthestars]

You promise you're not hurt? You'd tell me?
I'll talk to Wesker (that's his name).
Love you, kay? Be safe.

[doubled_speed]

Wesker is a shit name.

And no I'm not hurt. If I was I'd seek you or that kid Omega out. Don't trust that lady doc that arrived.

[wearingthestars]

Tommy.

She seems good. And she's a proper doctor. But I'm always here to help you. Or Omega, whoever you trust.

[doubled_speed]

Don't you Tommy me.

You think I trust a 'proper doctor' with the sort of thing I am? I'm barely human in the ways they care about, B.

[wearingthestars]

I'm gonna Tommy you.

You can trust whoever you trust, I'm just saying, I think she's all right. If you needed your appendix out or something I'd recommend her over me.

[doubled_speed]

Acting like you're the older one. Just be careful B.

Oh, I don't have an appendix.

[wearingthestars]

Little bros can still worry, T.

You don't?

[doubled_speed]

I know.

Yeah, it's gone. It went sideways when I was only about seven, and during the school day. I got sent to the ER before the Shepherds could complain, and once there the docs weren't going to take 'no we don't want to spend the money' as an answer.

[wearingthestars]

<3 I'm sorry.

[doubled_speed]

Dude, not even that bad. I got SO MUCH ice cream.