No offense, dude, but you totally dress like my dad. It's not like, a bad thing, though.
[And hey, at least he's not hanging up on her, so that's a good sign.]
We're what you'd call "developmentally atypical humans," [she says, with a roll of her eyes and finger quotes,] and I know basically nothing about comic books 'cause I ain't a nerd, so I couldn't tell you if that's what we're like. Basically, it just means I can change shape sometimes and do weird shit that most people can't. We all look different, I guess - me, I look like this weird old doll, like the kind you'd see in antique stores. But I don't hurt people.
[And that's important to stress, because that's one of the things that's helped Nick accept her monstrous lineage - knowing that she has a choice, and that choice is to help people instead of causing harm.]
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[And hey, at least he's not hanging up on her, so that's a good sign.]
We're what you'd call "developmentally atypical humans," [she says, with a roll of her eyes and finger quotes,] and I know basically nothing about comic books 'cause I ain't a nerd, so I couldn't tell you if that's what we're like. Basically, it just means I can change shape sometimes and do weird shit that most people can't. We all look different, I guess - me, I look like this weird old doll, like the kind you'd see in antique stores. But I don't hurt people.
[And that's important to stress, because that's one of the things that's helped Nick accept her monstrous lineage - knowing that she has a choice, and that choice is to help people instead of causing harm.]