He has two friends--both out of commission at the time of the Leviathan battle--who help out at Lysithea's shop. Weeping Wafers have been a staple in the variety box Midoriya purchases for friends going through the roughest of patches.
He smiles for the first time, reflecting back a wan, understated version of Paul's, but however small it is, it does not waver. He follows quietly with less spring in his step, socks padding a little softer than they usually do. He nods to the humanoid shape clinking past out of habit, taking his cue from Paul, then remembers with a jolt that this is one of those real skeletons he saw on the ship and outside the house--up close. There is something so terribly authentic about the very human imperfections in proportion, the bump of healed bone here or there--quite different from the fake plastic things they put in science classrooms.
He doesn't ask how he's been, like rubbing salt in the wound. He can see for himself. Midoriya will let his friend have this, the usual motions of puttering in a kitchen and getting someone something to drink in an attempt to find an equilibrium.
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He smiles for the first time, reflecting back a wan, understated version of Paul's, but however small it is, it does not waver. He follows quietly with less spring in his step, socks padding a little softer than they usually do. He nods to the humanoid shape clinking past out of habit, taking his cue from Paul, then remembers with a jolt that this is one of those real skeletons he saw on the ship and outside the house--up close. There is something so terribly authentic about the very human imperfections in proportion, the bump of healed bone here or there--quite different from the fake plastic things they put in science classrooms.
He doesn't ask how he's been, like rubbing salt in the wound. He can see for himself. Midoriya will let his friend have this, the usual motions of puttering in a kitchen and getting someone something to drink in an attempt to find an equilibrium.