( He bristles, glances over his shoulder with something almost like reproach, if Donny were capable of making such an expression at anyone at all, let alone Anne.
I'm Atlas, he wants to tell her, I'm something, but he knows it's not true and much as some spark rises. He helps people, he changes things, and he is not harmless. Sometimes he's destructive without ever meaning to be. )
I t-try to-- I k-keep people safe from um, from other m-magic.
( Softly, but with something stronger in it than most of his speech. ) N-not harmless. C-careful.
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I'm Atlas, he wants to tell her, I'm something, but he knows it's not true and much as some spark rises. He helps people, he changes things, and he is not harmless. Sometimes he's destructive without ever meaning to be. )
I t-try to-- I k-keep people safe from um, from other m-magic.
( Softly, but with something stronger in it than most of his speech. ) N-not harmless. C-careful.