( I can protect you. It's a wonderful thought. Still a novelty, still one she isn't used to — though she's adapting now to the concept that people seem to think she needs it, or they want to do it for her even if they know she doesn't. Logan had protected her, albeit begrudgingly, disdainfully. Erik had protected her from the dragon, and so had John — and she'd been furious at them for putting themselves at risk on her behalf. Stupid, stupid, stupid of them when they don't heal the way she does.
It's nice that El is offering, but perhaps unfair to her, because she doesn't understand yet what Laura is. So she slips her hand away from El's while sayng, )
You don't have to. Watch.
( She holds her forearm up. From the opposite hand, two razor-sharp claws emerge in a flash. When she drags them over her arm deep enough to cut, to bleed, the skin knits closed again right behind them instantly. You see? )
I heal. I don't die.
( Nobody needs to protect her, especially not the ones who do die. She is getting so, so tired of losing everyone she meets and learns to care about. She would hate what happened to Nate to happen to El. )
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It's nice that El is offering, but perhaps unfair to her, because she doesn't understand yet what Laura is. So she slips her hand away from El's while sayng, )
You don't have to. Watch.
( She holds her forearm up. From the opposite hand, two razor-sharp claws emerge in a flash. When she drags them over her arm deep enough to cut, to bleed, the skin knits closed again right behind them instantly. You see? )
I heal. I don't die.
( Nobody needs to protect her, especially not the ones who do die. She is getting so, so tired of losing everyone she meets and learns to care about. She would hate what happened to Nate to happen to El. )