howsmashing | Vol. 1 #106 -- [Voice/Action]

[Voice]

[The feed starts with Bruce staring down at the journal, resting his head on his hand as he taps on the journal with the eraser part of his pencil. This goes on for a couple moments before he readjusts and finally speaks.]

Oh, sorry... [He kind of zoned out for a moment there.] It seems like everyone has been getting into the Valentines Day spirit lately. I guess Cupid's been busy this year... [Actually he’s more than positive that this must be an experiment of some kind, but hey, he won’t spoil anyone’s fun.]

But to fit in with the season I figured I’d ask a fitting question: What is your definition of love?

[Action]

[Bruce is not the happiest of campers on Valentine's Day. The Holiday reminds him far too much of the time he's spent with Betty. And the life he had that used to be relatively normal. It was something that he knew he could never get back again. And being stuck in Luceti only made that realization that much harder.

He'll be moping on a bench somewhere, doing theories and mathematical equations in his notebook.]

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[Well, Rogue just so happens to have an opinion on this that she's not too insular to share due to the experiment messing with her.]

Love doesn't mean much at all - the feelings, I mean. Love's all about what ya do... an' sometimes, it's about why you do it.

That's... actually a pretty mature opinion. I'm not sure many people share it.

[And that coming from Rogue actually surprises him a bit. It seems like the girl has a good head on her shoulders.]

[Yeah, well, knowing that your mother loves you while watching her completely betray you and try to kill everyone you care about tends to make you a bit. cynical. about feelings.

So she snorts softly.]

No need ta be so shocked. I ain't like most people.

Yeah. I guess that kind of comes with the territory when you're... not like most people.

[Or mutants and mutates basically. Yeah, he's terrible at small talk isn't he?]