[He can't know that normal is a difficult word for her, and she barely bats an eye when he says it. She started it, after all, so she can hardly hold him accountable.
(One day, maybe, she will realize that she is much easier on near-strangers than she is on her own family, but that day is not likely to be in the near future.)
Vanya smiles in response; it's small, still a little unsure. But that's a reflection of herself, of the doubt that exists in every social interaction she enters, and less of the small ways his actions and words overlap with Leonard's.
(Okay. They don't feel that small. They feel very big, and they're going to start a fight in her head. But she can save that for later.)]
Extremely fucked up.
[She wonders how he does that so easily, laughing at himself like it costs nothing.]
But I guess we were kidnapped by some possessed AI, so it seems kinda fitting?
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(One day, maybe, she will realize that she is much easier on near-strangers than she is on her own family, but that day is not likely to be in the near future.)
Vanya smiles in response; it's small, still a little unsure. But that's a reflection of herself, of the doubt that exists in every social interaction she enters, and less of the small ways his actions and words overlap with Leonard's.
(Okay. They don't feel that small. They feel very big, and they're going to start a fight in her head. But she can save that for later.)]
Extremely fucked up.
[She wonders how he does that so easily, laughing at himself like it costs nothing.]
But I guess we were kidnapped by some possessed AI, so it seems kinda fitting?