"No! No, dinner sounds great." She replied quickly. "Seven o'clock?"
"Sounds good." I said.
I won't lie- I squee'd just a little. They were adorable and awkward and I really hope that this works out for them.
I had returned to the workshop to find out Aisha had handed out incredibly dangerous items of literally incomprehensible power to the entire team with limited concern for the consequences. I'd complain, but the magnitude of the hypocrisy would be more than I could endure. I wonder if this was how Tattletale felt whenever she learned of some new initiative or invention I was ready to deploy? Maybe I should be a bit gentler when we had our daily check-in.
And yet, this won't change how Joe goes about doing things xD
Looking around, Garment was the only member of the team who hadn't selected a color. Or maybe it was better to say she hadn't selected a single color. She was helping to coordinate the experimentation and use of the other colors and stood ready to integrate any application that was discovered into her work. She was reasonably well protected from the secondary effects of the colors, so was probably the best to manage things.
Does this mean that Garment is now an even bigger fashion apocalypse than she was before?
He'd seen the impact on Weld from what Apeiron regarded as a partial and incomplete treatment. Hearing the boy talk about food with enthusiasm for the first time in his life, with the kind of passion and excitement he usually reserved for new album releases. Even setting aside the impact on his powers, that single fact had been life changing.
It's heart warming to see Armstrong not just being a morally good and competent authority figure but also being a good and loving father to Weld.
Was that meant to be voice?
It was a grim thought, but such challenges would likely come from Director Piggot's own allies within the wider PRT. In truth, the critical nature of the situation in Brockton Bay had been only half of what had kept that woman in her position. There were other officials that had been supported by her and had lent their support in return. As much as the PRT at large had tried to paint both her and her situation as extreme outliers, there were many who had voiced support for her actions and positions, even throughout the developing crisis.
I'm reminded of the first 'season' of the Revolutions Podcast where Mike, the presenter, finds it funny that a particular lord and the king's own bishop are so despised by almost everyone and yet friends with each other, I believe he describes it as "So of course the two most friendless men in the kingdom were friends with each other."
That was all up in the air now, but not for any reason that Armstrong would ever hold against the boy. In fact, it could well be an even greater answer than he had dared to hope.
The eternal war between Armstrong, the director and Armstrong, the father.
"I see, and my apologies for any offense. If you would forgive my asking, would that be 'they' in the neutral sense, or the plural?" He asked.
His question got a slight smile from Apeiron. "A bit of both, actually, though any other questions of a personal nature would be best directed to the Matrix."
"Of course." He replied. A notice sprang up on his laptop, informing him that Palmer had begun the registration process. And neatly bypassed any questions of gender by registering the Matrix as an organization. Which may have been more accurate than not and also simplified the use of the plural.
I feel as though "Body Corporate" or "Direct Democracy" would work, too.
He'd heard a story about a grandmother who had received Apeiron's treatment injuring a PRT agent when they tried to take her into custody, but that was probably an exaggeration.
I don't know man, nonna's are known to be among the most vicious ambush predators known to man.
Armstrong checked the document and nodded. "That's the main thing, and more than worth the cost. Next to that, this 'G.E.C.K.' is just a bonus."
Bwahahahahahaha!
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As an aside to all of this, I find that I have to keep reminding myself that Garment, Fleet and Survey aren't canon characters because they're worked into the story so well.
