That actually made his face go red. Look at her face and how shiny and admiring her eyes were!
"...ah. Well. I'd not go quite that far."
He cleared his throat, sad that he had to shatter that illusion for her but knowing it was the right thing to do.
"One thing you can always count on from me, Chiyo, is honesty. I wasn't in it for entirely altruistic reasons. I defeated the Pyron, the Sun alien, in hopes that surpassing my physical limits would cure my Werewolf's curse. And it did... for a time."
He remembered greeting the rising sun, feeling like a new man. Clean and bright and like he might make a place for himself in the world of Humans again.
An illusion. A pleasant one. But temporary.
"The second? Jedah. Well, he decided my soul was worthy of joining the others he'd hand picked inside his merged soul. I wasn't interested in losing my individuality, so, I thrashed him. Saving everyone else in the world's souls was a pleasant side effect."
He shuffled uncomfortably in place. "So, a self-interested fellow who happened to do some good while serving himself? Yes. Superhero? Nothing quite so noble."
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"...ah. Well. I'd not go quite that far."
He cleared his throat, sad that he had to shatter that illusion for her but knowing it was the right thing to do.
"One thing you can always count on from me, Chiyo, is honesty. I wasn't in it for entirely altruistic reasons. I defeated the Pyron, the Sun alien, in hopes that surpassing my physical limits would cure my Werewolf's curse. And it did... for a time."
He remembered greeting the rising sun, feeling like a new man. Clean and bright and like he might make a place for himself in the world of Humans again.
An illusion. A pleasant one. But temporary.
"The second? Jedah. Well, he decided my soul was worthy of joining the others he'd hand picked inside his merged soul. I wasn't interested in losing my individuality, so, I thrashed him. Saving everyone else in the world's souls was a pleasant side effect."
He shuffled uncomfortably in place. "So, a self-interested fellow who happened to do some good while serving himself? Yes. Superhero? Nothing quite so noble."