[Of course it wasn't going to last. The easy banter and disagreement had to turn into a conflict. Because nothing can be easy. Nothing can stay simple. Not with Jinx. And now here she is, pouting like a child. They haven't been kids in years and she's never fully grown up. Trapped some kind of limbo.
Sometimes Ekko feels old. He's not even 20 yet. But it's hard not to feel like he's lived enough for ten lives and overstuffed by everything. Not that it's going to change anything. None of this will help him get shit done. Thinking about it doesn't change the past or help him live in the now. And that's what matters. He's let himself get caught up in the past lately, of the what-ifs and the could-have-beens. Ever since Vi came back. Ever since she reminded him his past wasn't as dead as he thought.
...Or maybe he needs to stop thinking like the two have nothing to do with each other.
Powder always hated to lose. Always hated when someone else beat her at anything. She wouldn't be as loud and whiny about it as Mylo every time Powder beat him, but she still never liked it. She'd stew and pout and grumble and Ekko would often be the person trying to cheer her up if Vi wasn't around. Because losing to her was just another sign that she wasn't good enough.
And Jinx was all of the best and worst traits of Powder grinded up together and stuffed inside a grenade.
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Sometimes Ekko feels old. He's not even 20 yet. But it's hard not to feel like he's lived enough for ten lives and overstuffed by everything. Not that it's going to change anything. None of this will help him get shit done. Thinking about it doesn't change the past or help him live in the now. And that's what matters. He's let himself get caught up in the past lately, of the what-ifs and the could-have-beens. Ever since Vi came back. Ever since she reminded him his past wasn't as dead as he thought.
...Or maybe he needs to stop thinking like the two have nothing to do with each other.
Powder always hated to lose. Always hated when someone else beat her at anything. She wouldn't be as loud and whiny about it as Mylo every time Powder beat him, but she still never liked it. She'd stew and pout and grumble and Ekko would often be the person trying to cheer her up if Vi wasn't around. Because losing to her was just another sign that she wasn't good enough.
And Jinx was all of the best and worst traits of Powder grinded up together and stuffed inside a grenade.
Ah.]
I think it's your turn for the next question.
[It's not but he'll give her that.]