Oh it doesn't stop there. He hated it, but the story goes on. Just a bit longer. But it also serves to explain how much he distances himself from others. And possibly reveal a little bit about how precious this thing with Balthier is.
"Josh regrew my heart. Brought me back. The distraction caused by my death helped some get away, and while Josh passed out from the power he used to save my life, I figured out how to stop Belasco. We all got home and... And part of that was because my girlfriend at the time, Noriko, got us help. But to get a message out one of our number had to escape, and she did it as she saw me dying. She didn't see that I was brought back. Nori was shocked to see me alive, and after she asked questions."
IT was great, how so mnay of them tried to cover for him. For the danger he'd been in. For what had happened. Too bad everyone had been too traumatized to talk and thus talk out a good story.
"Someone told her what happened. How I had died. How I had been injured. How Josh saved me. Noriko decided that I wasn't safe among mutants. Got it in her head that if she left me, I would leave and be safe. It was stupid. But she kissed another guy in front of me and the whole group, told me she didn't love me and loved him, and that I should really just leave. I was so horrified that I went to go do it. Except some telepaths I had at that point saved the lives of twice stepped in. The offered to give me all the knowledge my powers had given me, to break the unconscious barrier. I agreed."
It had been so much, to suddenly have everything instead of nothing. To be all of myself in a way I had never been before. Nori came to try and drive me away when I told her I wasn't leaving. The guy she kissed came in when she started to shout at me, hoping to protect her. He didn't love her, but he still didn't like me. I kicked his ass actually, told them I wasn't leaving, and told Noriko that I knew she had been lying, but it didn't matter. I went to the head of the school, told them I had my knowledge and was recruited as a substitute teacher for the school. I knew more than anyone else there more or less anyway, I could train them when the teachers weren't around. I was a genius and wise in ways other people can't be. But felt like the only choice I had at that point was to be alone. Because no one would accept me otherwise."
And so had come David's period of isolation, punished for the fact that he'd died.
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"Josh regrew my heart. Brought me back. The distraction caused by my death helped some get away, and while Josh passed out from the power he used to save my life, I figured out how to stop Belasco. We all got home and... And part of that was because my girlfriend at the time, Noriko, got us help. But to get a message out one of our number had to escape, and she did it as she saw me dying. She didn't see that I was brought back. Nori was shocked to see me alive, and after she asked questions."
IT was great, how so mnay of them tried to cover for him. For the danger he'd been in. For what had happened. Too bad everyone had been too traumatized to talk and thus talk out a good story.
"Someone told her what happened. How I had died. How I had been injured. How Josh saved me. Noriko decided that I wasn't safe among mutants. Got it in her head that if she left me, I would leave and be safe. It was stupid. But she kissed another guy in front of me and the whole group, told me she didn't love me and loved him, and that I should really just leave. I was so horrified that I went to go do it. Except some telepaths I had at that point saved the lives of twice stepped in. The offered to give me all the knowledge my powers had given me, to break the unconscious barrier. I agreed."
It had been so much, to suddenly have everything instead of nothing. To be all of myself in a way I had never been before. Nori came to try and drive me away when I told her I wasn't leaving. The guy she kissed came in when she started to shout at me, hoping to protect her. He didn't love her, but he still didn't like me. I kicked his ass actually, told them I wasn't leaving, and told Noriko that I knew she had been lying, but it didn't matter. I went to the head of the school, told them I had my knowledge and was recruited as a substitute teacher for the school. I knew more than anyone else there more or less anyway, I could train them when the teachers weren't around. I was a genius and wise in ways other people can't be. But felt like the only choice I had at that point was to be alone. Because no one would accept me otherwise."
And so had come David's period of isolation, punished for the fact that he'd died.