Audio - UN: TheBetterTwin

[doubled_speed]

[It's been eating at him. A lot. For years. And the compulsion results in him talking. He has to talk, has to say it, and he definitely has to say it now. So here it is, and his stomach is roiling.]

When I was fifteen I blew up half my school. Because it turns out that I wasn't just fast. I wasn't even remotely just fast.

Molecular acceleration and a chemistry lab? Fucking problematic.

[His voice starts shaking, because he doesn't want to keep saying it, but the people here have to know what the fuck he did. They have to UNDERSTAND. The why doesn't matter. Just the what.]

Last I heard there was still a kid in a coma from it. There were a lot of injuries, chemical and fire burns and all that. But I blew up my fucking school. The trial? Not even a half a day. In and out and they threw away the fucking key.

I deserved it. All those people I could have killed.

I fucking deserved it.

[Because he believes it. So much. With that, he cuts off the recording. And flees back to his dome because fuck, he doesn't want to interact with anyone right now. And no doubt, they don't want to deal with a teenaged psychopath that blew up his school.]

Comments

[gristle]

Yeah. That much I got. I’m glad he got to pet a dog though.

[doubled_speed]

Yeah. I... I always wanted a dog growing up.

[gristle]

I know you have Speedy now, but you can always share Thor too.

[doubled_speed]

Nah, Thor's your boy. I just... I just wanted something like a pet that would love me when I was litle.

[gristle]

Yeah, I get that. I did too. That's why I'm really glad Wanda gave me Thor.

[doubled_speed]

Mom gave you Thor?

[Wow, Wanda was super kind. It makes him smile.]

She's going to spoil her kids someday, when she goes home and has them.

[gristle]

She definitely is. I don’t know how she did it. I don’t know if she knows how she did it. But she just said she was going to get my a puppy and it was here.

[doubled_speed]

Well, Mom is magic. I believe in her being able to do anything she puts her mind to.

[Except fixing him.]

[gristle]

[Bev just agrees with a nod.]

She totally can.

[Tommy.]

[doubled_speed]

Ain't you glad you're part of our family?

[gristle]

You know, I really, really am!

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, I like that. I mean, I've never actually met my half-sister. So how about you're just my whole sister?

[gristle]

I'm already your whole sister, dork. Just because we aren't technically related doesn't mean we don't count!

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, the people I'm actually related to tend to suck.

[gristle]

Well fuck em. So do mine. We don't need 'em. Just Wanda.

[Look, Bev will fucking throw down for Wanda any day or time, even if she doesn't need Bev too. She'd do it anyway.]

[doubled_speed]

[He hates to have said that about Billy, but... Yeah.]

Wanda and us? Yeah. That works for me.

[gristle]

Yeah good.

We should like tell her. Or make her a cake or something.

[doubled_speed]

I... I dont' know how to make a cake.

[gristle]

I can teach you. Eric taught me.

[doubled_speed]

Then let's do that. Teach me to make cake.

[gristle]

Sounds good. What kind?

[doubled_speed]

Uh... Maybe something with a fruity frosting? What tastes good with that?

[gristle]

Uh. Lemon or strawberry? Or orange I guess. I don't know if they make orange caked. Vanilla would work with any fruity frosting.

[doubled_speed]

Vanilla with strawberry frosting then?

[gristle]

That sounds good. I can do that. We can add rainbow sprinkles into the batter too.