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[bedeviledspider]

H- Hey.

[ The wheel of a motorbike comes into frame. It'd be cool, if it wasn't also on fire. Just like the rest of the vehicle, seemingly, which Reilly is sitting on. With an expression that's somewhere between resigned amusement and suppressed panic. ]

On a scale of one to ten, how much should I be freaking out right now? I mean, I've never even ridden a motorcycle before. I just thought they looked cool! And it wouldn't hurt to have a ride, but, as soon as I touched it--

Fire. Everywhere.

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[bedeviledspider]

[ no miles even your magicial emoting-through-a-mask powers can't save you now ]

Uh-huh. Or you'll stay stuck here learning absolutely nothing.

[remake]

Well I'm still learning things, just not, I don't know, book things. More like not-dying-horribly like the last-- [ oh shit Spider-Woman told him not to talk about that ] uh, like- like...

[ super lamely: ] N-never mind.

[bedeviledspider]

Book things are still important! You can't ignore them just so you can—

[ Then the rest of that - the subject even he's been dancing around Jess with - sinks in. ] Never mind. We can talk about this later.

[ Now's not the time for a lecture. ]

[remake]

[ He's quiet for a split second. He feels bad - it's like he has the superpower to make literally every conversation awkward. ] Um-- okay. Later is... good.