And just like that, her resistance crumbled. “I’ve never felt like that. Never felt carefree. Not since I could remember. Not even when I was a kid.”
Amy is pretty much the perfect target for Jack, short of someone who actually wants to be a villain.
“I see. From your earliest memory, what was that? In Marquis’s home? No? Being taken home by the heroes and heroines that would become your false family? Ah, I saw that change in expression. That would be your earliest memory, and you found yourself struggling to adjust to your new home, to school and life without your supervillain daddy.
And later, having her trigger event and beginning to heal people all the time…
By the time you did figure those things out, you had other worries. I imagine your family was distant. So you struggled to please them, to be a good girl, not that it ever mattered. There was only disappointment.”
😦
“You sound like Tattletale. That’s not a compliment.”
He really does, yeah.
“My ability to read people is learned, not given, I assure you. Most of the conclusions I’ve come to have been from the cues you’ve given me. Body language, tone, things you’ve said. And I know these sorts of things and what to look for because I’ve met others like you. That’s what I’m offering you. A chance to be with similar people for the first time in your life, a chance to be yourself, to have everything you want, and to be with me.
Jack is a lot better at sales pitches than Taylor.
I suspect you’ve never been around someone who actually paid attention to you.”
Well, there was one, but she kinda secretly hated that guy due to jealousy.
“Tattletale did. And Skitter.”
Oh yeah, that too. I’m glad to see her acknowledge that. 🙂
Trust me, Amy, if you’re gonna join a supervillain team offering to genuinely pay attention to you and care for you, the Undersiders are a much better choice.
(And thus my hopes are reinvigorated. Slightly.)
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