[For a moment, Teddy just looks down at the table, then at Billy's face, then down at the table again, doing that thing again. Lost in thought, but not saying them out loud.
Really, even if they finished "high school" here, there's no college here. And the life and experiences they had here won't matter once they go home. They'll be living with the Kaplans again, depending on them as parents once more, and be flying out to do hero work once more. All this thought about high school and college might not even occur to them back at home. So what was the point discussing it now?
Quickly, Teddy buries that thought into the never-ending chasm of worry that he has in the back of his mind. That could turn depressing very quickly, and he'd rather not have that on his birthday. So he blinks a couple of times, then looks at Billy with a smile.]
I'm totally getting rusty, though. There's not even a team here, unless you count AIs who keep running against the walls. [Yes, there, that's a much better thought. Teddy nods to himself as he fully unwraps his pastry and pulls it closer to himself.] Someday, somehow, I'll get them to cooperate with me. Then I'll have an awesome, completely made up team. Like super-fantasy basketball. [He nearly takes a bite out of the pastry, but then he has to add something on to it.] I'll make them all look like video game characters, too. [Aaaand bite. Yes, he is totally thinking of Link the basketball player.]
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Really, even if they finished "high school" here, there's no college here. And the life and experiences they had here won't matter once they go home. They'll be living with the Kaplans again, depending on them as parents once more, and be flying out to do hero work once more. All this thought about high school and college might not even occur to them back at home. So what was the point discussing it now?
Quickly, Teddy buries that thought into the never-ending chasm of worry that he has in the back of his mind. That could turn depressing very quickly, and he'd rather not have that on his birthday. So he blinks a couple of times, then looks at Billy with a smile.]
I'm totally getting rusty, though. There's not even a team here, unless you count AIs who keep running against the walls. [Yes, there, that's a much better thought. Teddy nods to himself as he fully unwraps his pastry and pulls it closer to himself.] Someday, somehow, I'll get them to cooperate with me. Then I'll have an awesome, completely made up team. Like super-fantasy basketball. [He nearly takes a bite out of the pastry, but then he has to add something on to it.] I'll make them all look like video game characters, too. [Aaaand bite. Yes, he is totally thinking of Link the basketball player.]