Lady Photon – Photon Mom to Brockton Bay residents and the local news media – bent down by Armsmaster.
I suppose the evident heartbreak she’s dealing with is one reason for the change in how Taylor refers to her in the narration. This is a newly widowed and, uh, de-sonned and de-brothered woman, and Taylor is painfully aware of that fact. Least Taylor can do in this situation is mentally refer to her by her proper name rather than the nickname she doesn’t care for.
She created a shaped forcefield tight against his shoulder, lifted him with a grunt.
Not sure what that’s supposed to accomplish. Stop the bleeding, I guess?
“Take him,” Lady Photon’s voice was strangely hollow, though firm.
“No. I’m a better flier, and more likely to hurt that thing in a fight. I’ll take the girl and help against Leviathan.” Laserdream had a little more life in her voice than her mother did.
Makes sense. Besides, it might be a bit less awkward for Taylor to be carried by someone closer to her own age.
The girl. Like I didn’t warrant a name, or it wasn’t worth the effort to remember.
To be fair, they haven’t actually asked what it is yet. Which, alright, is kind of rude, and there are better ways to refer to someone whose name you don’t know. All I’m saying is she might not be using your name because she doesn’t actually know.
A part of me wanted to stand up for myself, a larger part of me knew this wasn’t the time or place.
After a long few seconds of deliberation, Lady Photon nodded. She looked like making that decision aged her years.
Poor Photon Mom doesn’t want to lose the one child she has left. 😦
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