Because most people would get the joke as a joke, because they know the reference, and maybe some of them know that I can raise up skeletons and zombies.
so you can do skeletons and zombies but you can't bring anyone back to life
right?
[He thinks he saw something about zombies on the hotel TV once - he's still not great with human media, and there'd been a lot of screaming so he'd turned it off - but the idea of dead body walking was easy enough to retain, especially when paired with Hunter's initial explanation.]
[ So it was a worry. Nico still swears he can see it in some of the other kids - that he’s bad because his powers are. That death is evil; therefore so is the god of the Underworld and his kids. The hood guys never have skeletal armies. ]
A lot where that you don’t get? I’m not from here. I’m not going to be any help if you’re trying to figure out what people here are like.
[ There’s a lot of assumptions in that, and maybe Nico wouldn’t mind them, if they didn’t make him feel like everything he’s had to struggle with was small and inconsequential. ]
My world doesn’t have superheroes, humans don’t know about magic, and I had to figure out how phones and the internet work because demigods can’t use them without attracting every monster in ten miles. And I don’t have a lifetime of movie references and music. I don’t even have my lifetime of memories.
[ Why is he telling Huvrye this? He doesn’t owe him anything. Just because he knows what it’s like to play catch up? He’s Hunter’s friend, or Jason’s, but he hasn’t told them much of it either. ]
Just listen more than you talk. You’ll figure it out.
[Huvrye had said he wasn't like most people; evidently Nico isn't like most people either, and Huvrye had just run roughshod over that. Good job. Way to hurt people, again.]
[It's a few minutes, and a few attempts drafted and deleted, before he sends a reply.]
I'm sorry about your memories
and I'm sorry if I hurt you
I didn't mean to but that's not an excuse
thanks for explaining anyway
I won't tell anyone about what you said unless you say it's okay
[He's keeping his own secrets, and Hunter's; he can keep Nico's as well.]
I’m not hurt. I didn’t say I was hurt - Hunter got hurt.
[ Which is a very narrow definition of hurt, and Nico knows that this isn’t going to fly. Huvrye’s not Will; he’s not even Mr. D, and so how does he know if Nico’s been hurt? Or if he’s upset that people just shot Hunter for no reason?
There’s supposed to be a reason when kids get hurt. Even if it’s just that’s what gods and monsters do. ]
[He's honestly not sure whether Nico doesn't know what he meant or if he's just being obtuse, but since this entire awkward conversation came from Huvrye not understanding, it's probably better to clarify.]
[Well, that answers the question as to whether Nico gets it. There's an argument to be made there, a conversation that should probably happen, but Huvrye is in no way qualified to have it and he damn well knows it. Plus, he'd just gotten checked for pushing Nico's boundaries and not knowing it; probably not a good idea to keep pushing.]
I can't promise we won't have another one, but I can promise I'll stop if you ask me to
[Conversations go weird, unpredictable places, but he can at least lay out a boundary for Nico to enforce if he chooses.]
Adults don’t talk to kids unless they want something. Maybe this time it wasn’t, but you said you can’t promise there won’t be more. Why would there be?
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Happy?
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so you can do skeletons and zombies but you can't bring anyone back to life
right?
[He thinks he saw something about zombies on the hotel TV once - he's still not great with human media, and there'd been a lot of screaming so he'd turned it off - but the idea of dead body walking was easy enough to retain, especially when paired with Hunter's initial explanation.]
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[ Easier to find, easier to pilot. They're just less effort, so it's what he sticks with. ]
Why all the questions? I'm not the one who hurt Hunter.
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you saved his life
[He hadn't expected this to become an interrogation; he'd thought they were just talking, and then it took a turn.]
there's a lot here I still don't get and I'm trying to understand
that's all
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[ So it was a worry. Nico still swears he can see it in some of the other kids - that he’s bad because his powers are. That death is evil; therefore so is the god of the Underworld and his kids. The hood guys never have skeletal armies. ]
A lot where that you don’t get? I’m not from here. I’m not going to be any help if you’re trying to figure out what people here are like.
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even humans who aren't from this world sound like they have a lot in common
there's a lot of similarities in human worlds even if magic or technology or whatever are different
I don't have that
my world is completely different from everyone else's
most people here have a lifetime of knowing this stuff and I've been here for six weeks
even if you're not from here you still know more about it than I do
I'm just trying to catch up
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My world doesn’t have superheroes, humans don’t know about magic, and I had to figure out how phones and the internet work because demigods can’t use them without attracting every monster in ten miles. And I don’t have a lifetime of movie references and music. I don’t even have my lifetime of memories.
[ Why is he telling Huvrye this? He doesn’t owe him anything. Just because he knows what it’s like to play catch up? He’s Hunter’s friend, or Jason’s, but he hasn’t told them much of it either. ]
Just listen more than you talk. You’ll figure it out.
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[It's a few minutes, and a few attempts drafted and deleted, before he sends a reply.]
I'm sorry about your memories
and I'm sorry if I hurt you
I didn't mean to but that's not an excuse
thanks for explaining anyway
I won't tell anyone about what you said unless you say it's okay
[He's keeping his own secrets, and Hunter's; he can keep Nico's as well.]
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[ Which is a very narrow definition of hurt, and Nico knows that this isn’t going to fly. Huvrye’s not Will; he’s not even Mr. D, and so how does he know if Nico’s been hurt? Or if he’s upset that people just shot Hunter for no reason?
There’s supposed to be a reason when kids get hurt. Even if it’s just that’s what gods and monsters do. ]
It’s not okay. I’ll know if you say anything.
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[He's honestly not sure whether Nico doesn't know what he meant or if he's just being obtuse, but since this entire awkward conversation came from Huvrye not understanding, it's probably better to clarify.]
okay
I won't say anything
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[ You can do something about physical hurt. Sometimes even keep it from taking people away. ]
Good talk. Can we not do it again?
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I can't promise we won't have another one, but I can promise I'll stop if you ask me to
[Conversations go weird, unpredictable places, but he can at least lay out a boundary for Nico to enforce if he chooses.]
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[ Why else would he feel entitled to talk? ]
You didn’t sign the papers so you don’t have a say.
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what
I just meant that conversations go weird places sometimes
what are you talking about
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Because conversations go weird places sometimes.
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wait when did I tell you what to do
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I gave you an out
and all I asked for was an explanation
I didn't tell you to do anything
where is this coming from?
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that's what I meant
but like I said I promise to stop if you ask
I think the only way to avoid it completely would be to never talk again?
but that'd be hard since we both know Hunter
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