[ It's been a while since he watched any soap operas, but yeah, he knew what they were. He's into other kinds of old TV shows and movies more, but he can still enjoy an old soap opera every so often. Why not, right? ]
Ah— especially when they seem hopeless. [ He smiled and tilted his head. ] Hope is the last one to go, after all. And as long as you have hope, it'll never be really gone.
[ It didn't seem right to him that a child wouldn't be hopeful. Lucy should be hopeful, and there had to be something wrong with the place she came from that it could make her feel so hopeless when she was so young. Hope wasn't something he could just willingly give her, but he could still try to help her see it, and find it even in the smallest of things.
He nodded at her surprise, giving her a moment to process that bit of information. He didn't get into a lot of detail, but this was still the first time he told anyone about his childhood or Frank while in the Quarantine. Granted, there was Bones, but he already knew about it well before they both came here. ]
Well... not all step-parents. I guess I just wasn't very lucky. [ He shrugged. There was a time when this conversation would be more emotional and heated on his end, but he'd worked past it now. He didn't hold that grudge so close to his chest, and he certainly had no feelings whatsoever left for the man. He'd been gone from his life for a long time, anyway. ]
I'm glad to hear that. [ His smile softened, growing a little wider as he nodded. ] And I'd like that very much, too.
I'll start making a chart then....and maybe flash cards. It gets complicated very quickly and easily. [And maybe she could use some of the drawings Victor gave her.]
Mmm...that's...also a long story.
[A very long one that she told Victor about, and it's still too raw for her to discuss to someone else. How she tried to break the curse and failed. She still had hope, it was there, but when it came to her own family, that's a different story.]
It has nothing to do with luck. It has to deal with the step-parents themselves.
[Their choices, and the consequences of those choices...but there isn't much time to think about it. Not when they're trying to start over.
She holds out her hand to him.]
I'm Lucy Mills, pleasure to meet you. [See? Starting over and reintroducing herself.]
Guess it's a good thing that I'm really very smart.
[ Said partly as a joke, partly as him bragging playfully. He felt a little more at ease around Lucy now, and hoped she wouldn't think he was just being smug and full of himself. ]
Yeah, you're right there, too. [ He smiled and huffed, shaking his head. ] Some people just suck, if you ask me.
[ Was that a curse word? Did that count as a curse word for an eight year-old? Well, too late to worry about that now.
His smile softened, a little more endeared, as she offered her hand. He took it promptly, shaking it briefly before letting go again. ]
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[ It's been a while since he watched any soap operas, but yeah, he knew what they were. He's into other kinds of old TV shows and movies more, but he can still enjoy an old soap opera every so often. Why not, right? ]
Ah— especially when they seem hopeless. [ He smiled and tilted his head. ] Hope is the last one to go, after all. And as long as you have hope, it'll never be really gone.
[ It didn't seem right to him that a child wouldn't be hopeful. Lucy should be hopeful, and there had to be something wrong with the place she came from that it could make her feel so hopeless when she was so young. Hope wasn't something he could just willingly give her, but he could still try to help her see it, and find it even in the smallest of things.
He nodded at her surprise, giving her a moment to process that bit of information. He didn't get into a lot of detail, but this was still the first time he told anyone about his childhood or Frank while in the Quarantine. Granted, there was Bones, but he already knew about it well before they both came here. ]
Well... not all step-parents. I guess I just wasn't very lucky. [ He shrugged. There was a time when this conversation would be more emotional and heated on his end, but he'd worked past it now. He didn't hold that grudge so close to his chest, and he certainly had no feelings whatsoever left for the man. He'd been gone from his life for a long time, anyway. ]
I'm glad to hear that. [ His smile softened, growing a little wider as he nodded. ] And I'd like that very much, too.
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Mmm...that's...also a long story.
[A very long one that she told Victor about, and it's still too raw for her to discuss to someone else. How she tried to break the curse and failed. She still had hope, it was there, but when it came to her own family, that's a different story.]
It has nothing to do with luck. It has to deal with the step-parents themselves.
[Their choices, and the consequences of those choices...but there isn't much time to think about it. Not when they're trying to start over.
She holds out her hand to him.]
I'm Lucy Mills, pleasure to meet you. [See? Starting over and reintroducing herself.]
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[ Said partly as a joke, partly as him bragging playfully. He felt a little more at ease around Lucy now, and hoped she wouldn't think he was just being smug and full of himself. ]
Yeah, you're right there, too. [ He smiled and huffed, shaking his head. ] Some people just suck, if you ask me.
[ Was that a curse word? Did that count as a curse word for an eight year-old? Well, too late to worry about that now.
His smile softened, a little more endeared, as she offered her hand. He took it promptly, shaking it briefly before letting go again. ]
It's nice to meet you too, Lucy. I'm Jim Kirk.