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GENERAL OVERFLOW
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[beaconed]

R-really? You don't look that much older than me... you must've been training since you were three, right?

[reenacted]

[Oh, that's cute. True, in a way, but not nearly specifically. More like how every kid grows up wanting to move through the ranks of prestige to heroism or fame (or both).

Zack laughs. This guy sounds so much like Cloud, it's almost painful.]

Would you believe me if I said no?

[beaconed]

Wh-- no way!! It can't be...!!

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Since you were two?

[reenacted]

Try three years ago, man.

[The athletic inclinations might have started earlier. Play fighting. The occasional (disastrous) run-in with a monster out in the backwoods. But nothing he'd call training, or real work.]

If I can do it, who says you can't? It just takes work, I promise, there's nothing else to it!

[Aside from company-sanctioned implants and minor modifications, but he'd had to work for those glowing eyes, alright?]

[beaconed]

Me too? I-I dunno, I mean, I tried...

[ He occasionally hears from others that he has the potential, but there's still a giant gap between him and where his classmates are at. Sneaking into a prestigious combat school with fake credentials might have something to do with it. But how else is he going to become a great hero?! ]

What if hard work just isn't enough? How do I protect people if I can barely protect myself?

[reenacted]

Woah, one thing at a time!

[Says the puppy with an attention-deficit. But if anything, Zack's always been great with pep talks when it comes to other people, even if he lacks self awareness, and often refuses to see any more than he wants to in people. (It's a road heading largely toward disappointment, but those roadsigns too are part of that denial.)]

How about I make you a deal? You help us out of here, doctor, and I'll maybe think about giving you a few pointers when we're not stuck in a creepy hospital simulation?

[beaconed]

N-No way, are you serious?! I-I couldn't! I mean-- no, you got it. I'll find a way outta here even if I have to blow a hole in the wall!!!

[ which he hopes he doesn't have to, because... he doesn't know how to do that. ]