[Barry mostly gets himself to his feet, but he gives the kid a look when he returns the comment with some clear misunderstanding on his side. Was it really so weird? His whole business was tracking down adults, and everything else coincided with that. The last time he'd spent any time at all with a kid was at the fair with a former brother in the Marines.
Even that was fleeting, uncomfortable for him in a myriad of ways he wasn't ready to own up to just yet.]
Yeah? Am I off? Sure, you're kind of small - thought that was normal. I wasn't much to look at around your age either.
[Which is true.] Yeah, Dr. Doogie Howser, he was a savant, medical genius, doctor type. It's a TV show, a young kid doing medicine.
[Horrorville 2.0 was a good way of putting it but it begged the question.] What was 1.0?
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Even that was fleeting, uncomfortable for him in a myriad of ways he wasn't ready to own up to just yet.]
Yeah? Am I off? Sure, you're kind of small - thought that was normal. I wasn't much to look at around your age either.
[Which is true.] Yeah, Dr. Doogie Howser, he was a savant, medical genius, doctor type. It's a TV show, a young kid doing medicine.
[Horrorville 2.0 was a good way of putting it but it begged the question.] What was 1.0?