I'm not like most people. Like...the ones that grow up in a family. And do normal things like go to school.
So I didn't start making any friends my age until a few months ago.
[And also it turns out he wasn't born, anyway, is a thing he doesn't say.]
[Birthdays would've just been another lie, for something freakish that wasn't born, that was made of parts (some dead) and twisted magic, that clawed its way out of the earth.]
[He goes back to meal prep because he can talk about some of these things, but not while meeting Dylan's eyes. Still, despite feeling like he needs to busy himself while talking about it, despite needing to look away, he can still do it. He doesn't realize it, but it's a testament to his resilience that talking about his past doesn't make him just cave in on himself.]
It's not even a "my world is different from Earth thing." It was weird compared to the way my friends grew up too.
So no birthday parties. It wasn't like I didn't celebrate, though. I couldn't take off from work - we only had one day off a year, and always the same day, but I still carved out some time. I usually made a birthday pie for myself.
It's nice to finally have been able to do it for someone else.
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I'm not like most people. Like...the ones that grow up in a family. And do normal things like go to school.
So I didn't start making any friends my age until a few months ago.
[And also it turns out he wasn't born, anyway, is a thing he doesn't say.]
[Birthdays would've just been another lie, for something freakish that wasn't born, that was made of parts (some dead) and twisted magic, that clawed its way out of the earth.]
[He goes back to meal prep because he can talk about some of these things, but not while meeting Dylan's eyes. Still, despite feeling like he needs to busy himself while talking about it, despite needing to look away, he can still do it. He doesn't realize it, but it's a testament to his resilience that talking about his past doesn't make him just cave in on himself.]
It's not even a "my world is different from Earth thing." It was weird compared to the way my friends grew up too.
So no birthday parties. It wasn't like I didn't celebrate, though. I couldn't take off from work - we only had one day off a year, and always the same day, but I still carved out some time. I usually made a birthday pie for myself.
It's nice to finally have been able to do it for someone else.