( it's not an it's fine, because it's not and it never will be, but it's about as nonchalant as he's going to be able to get here. jason turns to press his back against the alley wall, leans in against it. it's clearly disgusting, gum sticking to it in multiple places, spray paint spelling out every expletive, chalk drawings down lower, scratches where objects had been dragged across the walls and broken chunks of glass over the cement just in front of it. jason ignores it.
keeps his attention on accelerator instead, eyes narrowed as he watches him. )
's nothing a kid like you should be worrying about.
( should be, he says, because he knows he was younger than accelerator when he found her. he knows kids shouldn't worry about this shit, but a lot of 'em end up stuck in situations where they have to. where they're left with little choice, because the world doesn't give a shit if they're six, sixteen, or sixty--it takes regardless. )
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( it's not an it's fine, because it's not and it never will be, but it's about as nonchalant as he's going to be able to get here. jason turns to press his back against the alley wall, leans in against it. it's clearly disgusting, gum sticking to it in multiple places, spray paint spelling out every expletive, chalk drawings down lower, scratches where objects had been dragged across the walls and broken chunks of glass over the cement just in front of it. jason ignores it.
keeps his attention on accelerator instead, eyes narrowed as he watches him. )
's nothing a kid like you should be worrying about.
( should be, he says, because he knows he was younger than accelerator when he found her. he knows kids shouldn't worry about this shit, but a lot of 'em end up stuck in situations where they have to. where they're left with little choice, because the world doesn't give a shit if they're six, sixteen, or sixty--it takes regardless. )