alec (𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦) brennan⚡ (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
striketwice) wrote2022-10-02 07:47 pm
striketwice) wrote2022-10-02 07:47 pm
I bet they were.
[ Speaking of cracking eggs, he does that easily too. One-handed even. Not like he's trying to show off, it's almost automatic, the way he does it. ]
... I did a lot of the cooking growing up. Now I do it to unwind. I guess I have had a long time to practice.
[ Speaking of cracking eggs, he does that easily too. One-handed even. Not like he's trying to show off, it's almost automatic, the way he does it. ]
... I did a lot of the cooking growing up. Now I do it to unwind. I guess I have had a long time to practice.
A little. I wasn't much good at it back then.
[ He skirts over to the fridge, grabbing a small container of milk from inside. ]
You ever think about learning some of that mundane, everyday stuff now that you're a free bird? Well, "free" relatively speaking.
[ He skirts over to the fridge, grabbing a small container of milk from inside. ]
You ever think about learning some of that mundane, everyday stuff now that you're a free bird? Well, "free" relatively speaking.
[There wouldn’t be much point to it, if they ever find a way back “home” — to the same location and time in which they left. What use would mundane things to him be?]
Here? I’ve already re-learned how to make coffee. They did allow that at the lab.
[Another little shrug, this time his eyes looking at what Alec has already prepared, the stove, any pots or pans out.]
For anything else, I’d need someone to teach me.
Here? I’ve already re-learned how to make coffee. They did allow that at the lab.
[Another little shrug, this time his eyes looking at what Alec has already prepared, the stove, any pots or pans out.]
For anything else, I’d need someone to teach me.
[ Well, he's not going to actively teach Henry anything, because that's far too much far too soon even for him, but he won't try to hide what he's doing either. Which right now is adding some milk to the eggs and whipping them up. ]
Golly, Henry, they let you have coffee? Sounds like a real fun place.
Golly, Henry, they let you have coffee? Sounds like a real fun place.
Time is money, after all, right?
[ Just assume omelet making is happening while they're talking. ]
[ Just assume omelet making is happening while they're talking. ]
[ WELL I'M NOT GONNA. ]
Just a hunch I have, but did they treat you guys like lab rats there?
Just a hunch I have, but did they treat you guys like lab rats there?
And more of the "make coffee and mop floors" treatment?
Suddenly, seeing "actually terrible with kids" on your registry makes a whole lot more sense.
[ The Warden isn't wrong on that, as far as Alec is concerned, but it still touches a nerve. He very, very carefully keeps it from showing, shrugging in that nonchalant way of his. ]
Just because some of mine are fake doesn't mean they all are. Doesn't mean all yours are, either.
Just because some of mine are fake doesn't mean they all are. Doesn't mean all yours are, either.
Maybe when I was a kid. I'm still not sure how that counts as a crime.
[ Another shrug ]
Maybe you and the kids saw it differently.
[ Another shrug ]
Maybe you and the kids saw it differently.
Come on, buddy, be honest. Did you like or trust anybody in that lab?
[ Casually, as he folds his omelet over in the pan, ]
I really hate to break it to you, but you're an adult too.
I really hate to break it to you, but you're an adult too.
I'm not. I'm just saying a frightened twelve-year-old might.
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