"I haven't had the best luck in life, so every bit I get from him is a blessing. But one day he'll come up with an excuse. Probably something like Surge had, a problem with my mortality, even if we have the Five to deal with that right now."
Right now. Yes, David is a pessimist. He understands that Krakoa, while so good and so good for him, wasn't something fated to last. His faith in the very idea of hope was killed so long ago.
"You know what we're having right now, Jean-Paul? A friendly conversation. I think I'm taking that title you scoffed at earlier, and running with it."
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"I haven't had the best luck in life, so every bit I get from him is a blessing. But one day he'll come up with an excuse. Probably something like Surge had, a problem with my mortality, even if we have the Five to deal with that right now."
Right now. Yes, David is a pessimist. He understands that Krakoa, while so good and so good for him, wasn't something fated to last. His faith in the very idea of hope was killed so long ago.
"You know what we're having right now, Jean-Paul? A friendly conversation. I think I'm taking that title you scoffed at earlier, and running with it."