At any point we can make the choice to turn things around and do the right thing. Yeah, he knew it, better than most. His life was what it was because of one of those choices. Could have taken after his grandfather. Instead...
Instead he moves to the cabinet, shaken up enough to move at speed. Wanda of course would be used to that sort of thing from her brother, so he knows it won’t distract her. For a long moment he considers the bowls, because it would be rude to eat as much as he wants. So he just pulls down a normal sort of size. He has takeout waiting for him after all. Could fill him up the rest of the way.
His response to her is considered just as carefully. Considers and discards quite a few in the time it takes to lower the bowl and turn to offer it.
“I can see why you’re Billy’s favorite,” he says as he does. Which wasn’t what he meant to say at all.
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Instead he moves to the cabinet, shaken up enough to move at speed. Wanda of course would be used to that sort of thing from her brother, so he knows it won’t distract her. For a long moment he considers the bowls, because it would be rude to eat as much as he wants. So he just pulls down a normal sort of size. He has takeout waiting for him after all. Could fill him up the rest of the way.
His response to her is considered just as carefully. Considers and discards quite a few in the time it takes to lower the bowl and turn to offer it.
“I can see why you’re Billy’s favorite,” he says as he does. Which wasn’t what he meant to say at all.