[Childe didn't think anything of Casper asking--- it was just normal curiosity, really.]
Oh, uh. I'm kind of... well. Different from most people.
['Corrupted' was what most people would call it, the fatuus thinks. Changed, altered by an environment inhospitable to most natural life. He keeps the information short and brief. He was fine and this was very normal.]
I can transform. It's a whole thing. I try to save it for really dire situations, because it takes a lot out of me. You'll know when you see it. Probably.
[Tall, monstrous, and near-inhuman. Frightening to most people who happened to catch a glimpse.
For all Childe knew, the legacy he'd come to inherit was shortening his lifespan. That wasn't something he needed to speculate on with a stranger, or where anyone could be hearing them.]
I'm not a bad guy. Er... I'm kind of a bad guy. But I mean well.
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Oh, uh. I'm kind of... well. Different from most people.
['Corrupted' was what most people would call it, the fatuus thinks. Changed, altered by an environment inhospitable to most natural life. He keeps the information short and brief. He was fine and this was very normal.]
I can transform. It's a whole thing. I try to save it for really dire situations, because it takes a lot out of me. You'll know when you see it. Probably.
[Tall, monstrous, and near-inhuman. Frightening to most people who happened to catch a glimpse.
For all Childe knew, the legacy he'd come to inherit was shortening his lifespan. That wasn't something he needed to speculate on with a stranger, or where anyone could be hearing them.]
I'm not a bad guy. Er... I'm kind of a bad guy. But I mean well.
[Usually.]