Yes. You can get used it. But then, you can get used to almost anything.
[He's gotten unnervingly used to being what he's been turned into, and that almost scares him. If he reaches the life expectancy for his time period, he's got another fifty years or so of being a radioactive freak. And he can't. He can't look to a future that has that waiting for him.
Denial; it has so many useful applications, really.]
Restlessness is easier to put up with when you have ways of being productive. [His voice drops briefly to a frustrated murmur. And there's a small pause before he continues.]
No. I haven't asked. [He hesitates, but only because he feels he probably doesn't need to spell it out for her, really.] I don't like the idea of admitting that weakness to anyone I can think of, currently, who'd be in a position to do something about it.
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[He's gotten unnervingly used to being what he's been turned into, and that almost scares him. If he reaches the life expectancy for his time period, he's got another fifty years or so of being a radioactive freak. And he can't. He can't look to a future that has that waiting for him.
Denial; it has so many useful applications, really.]
Restlessness is easier to put up with when you have ways of being productive. [His voice drops briefly to a frustrated murmur. And there's a small pause before he continues.]
No. I haven't asked. [He hesitates, but only because he feels he probably doesn't need to spell it out for her, really.] I don't like the idea of admitting that weakness to anyone I can think of, currently, who'd be in a position to do something about it.