He wasn't used to being around kids. He kept forgetting to watch his fucking mouth.
Somebody else might ask if the Mars family had pissed off any gypsies lately, but Blake knew plenty of nasty shit happened all on its own.
They came into the center followed by a trail of animals. Fortunately there weren't that many people around besides the clone nurse at the counter. Her standard obnoxiously cheerful greeting turned to alarm when she saw the state they were in. It might have been the same one from the other day, who the hell knew. Oh. Judging by the dirty look she shot Blake as she rushed over to fuss over the kid, probably. Like it was his fault.
"Mutant jellyfish," Blake said shortly. The welt on his face had to be pretty self-explanatory. He showed her where it got Shaun, too, and she rushed off to get something. They must have had some kind of standard mutant squid procedure.
So far, Shaun hadn't reacted real well to being the center of attention. Not hard to understand. Nobody likes being rubbernecked at. They were attracting a few stares, so Blake tried distracting him.
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He wasn't used to being around kids. He kept forgetting to watch his fucking mouth.
Somebody else might ask if the Mars family had pissed off any gypsies lately, but Blake knew plenty of nasty shit happened all on its own.
They came into the center followed by a trail of animals. Fortunately there weren't that many people around besides the clone nurse at the counter. Her standard obnoxiously cheerful greeting turned to alarm when she saw the state they were in. It might have been the same one from the other day, who the hell knew. Oh. Judging by the dirty look she shot Blake as she rushed over to fuss over the kid, probably. Like it was his fault.
"Mutant jellyfish," Blake said shortly. The welt on his face had to be pretty self-explanatory. He showed her where it got Shaun, too, and she rushed off to get something. They must have had some kind of standard mutant squid procedure.
So far, Shaun hadn't reacted real well to being the center of attention. Not hard to understand. Nobody likes being rubbernecked at. They were attracting a few stares, so Blake tried distracting him.
"Your weasel looks different."