( well if the scary skull face paint is for his account, consider her cleared of all expectation. Steve does not think wearing crazy face paint in this heat sounds fun or comfortable, though he vaguely remembers getting a flag painted across his face for the 4th of July once and it didn't kill him or anything. still, look, she shouldn't bother on his account! he clearly didn't dress up for this encounter, unless not being covered in gore and grime counts. actually, maybe it should count. )
Yeah. Hard to battle without people, I guess. ( unless the two of them are supposed to have at it, Rhodos seems entirely peaceful. too peaceful really.
so, weirdly? Steve is used to the polite population of the Midwest being too socially repressed to point out his bruises and recent maulings or that he looks like someone didn't quite manage to murder him. so Gideon calling him out, time and time again, is just super weird. he coughs into his gelato, awkwardly. another reason the big dumb idiot should have used a spoon. usually Steve feels obligated to keep pretty mum on Upside Down stuff. and he still does, really, he's not gonna open a dialogue on Demobats and sentient tentacles right now.
still, it's a fair concern to worry that he got torn up here, and at least on that front he can assure, ) No. Not here. ( a true wordsmith. and because he can't not ask, ) What the hell, I changed the bandages a few hours ago. ( he doesn't just... does he really smell like blood?? Steve tucks his nose to his shirt, like... like that would grant him any smell besides his own skin and a bit of sweaty armpit activated deodorant. he sure doesn't smell that he smells like blood, is the point. )
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Yeah. Hard to battle without people, I guess. ( unless the two of them are supposed to have at it, Rhodos seems entirely peaceful. too peaceful really.
so, weirdly? Steve is used to the polite population of the Midwest being too socially repressed to point out his bruises and recent maulings or that he looks like someone didn't quite manage to murder him. so Gideon calling him out, time and time again, is just super weird. he coughs into his gelato, awkwardly. another reason the big dumb idiot should have used a spoon. usually Steve feels obligated to keep pretty mum on Upside Down stuff. and he still does, really, he's not gonna open a dialogue on Demobats and sentient tentacles right now.
still, it's a fair concern to worry that he got torn up here, and at least on that front he can assure, ) No. Not here. ( a true wordsmith. and because he can't not ask, ) What the hell, I changed the bandages a few hours ago. ( he doesn't just... does he really smell like blood?? Steve tucks his nose to his shirt, like... like that would grant him any smell besides his own skin and a bit of sweaty armpit activated deodorant. he sure doesn't smell that he smells like blood, is the point. )