[Tucker never knew him before Epsilon rewired his memory into stark, painful perfection, so it's an easy card to play. It's also dragging the metaphor back into the real, but it's not like they haven't had weirder conversations.]
That's not the same thing. [It's the You Are An Adult and You Should Damn Well Know This tone, and he hasn't had to break it out in a while. Turns out the Legion is a different kind of team, and most of the people who don't know better are teenagers.]
[And then that tone dies, because Tucker is still talking and it takes a fucking turn. The silence after his words lingers for a moment too long. When Wash speaks again, his tone is very carefully controlled.]
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[Tucker never knew him before Epsilon rewired his memory into stark, painful perfection, so it's an easy card to play. It's also dragging the metaphor back into the real, but it's not like they haven't had weirder conversations.]
That's not the same thing. [It's the You Are An Adult and You Should Damn Well Know This tone, and he hasn't had to break it out in a while. Turns out the Legion is a different kind of team, and most of the people who don't know better are teenagers.]
[And then that tone dies, because Tucker is still talking and it takes a fucking turn. The silence after his words lingers for a moment too long. When Wash speaks again, his tone is very carefully controlled.]
Fuck it up more?