[An exhale through his nose, relaxing his shoulders and letting his head sink fully into the questionably fluffy (flat) pillow it rests upon.]
Being careful is easier when I'm using my powers to protect myself. I spared a shield for Connor instead, and took a bullet as my reward.
[And he'd make the same choice a hundred times over if he had to. Still, he's suffering for it now; but at least he's alive. Being dragged to the safehouse soon after his injury, bleeding out from his side, the whole world a haze? His fate had been a bit more vacillating then.]
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Being careful is easier when I'm using my powers to protect myself. I spared a shield for Connor instead, and took a bullet as my reward.
[And he'd make the same choice a hundred times over if he had to. Still, he's suffering for it now; but at least he's alive. Being dragged to the safehouse soon after his injury, bleeding out from his side, the whole world a haze? His fate had been a bit more vacillating then.]