He says it in an attempt at levity, but ends up just sounding atypically tender. Miguel seems to sink as he lets the silence drag. Although he had asked first, it was a struggle to unscrew his own figurative bottle to meet Dan where he is.
"Gabriella was... similar. She was from a different world." he begins. "Her real father was an alternate of mine. No powers or anything. They lived a much different life."
That short-lived version of him seemed happier with his life than he'd ever be.
"He was killed in a robbery, so I took care of her in his stead. I was hoping to explain all that when she was a little older, but I have a feeling that she could already tell. She had a sharp eye."
There would be natural differences between her parent and the man-shaped monster he felt like after the metamorphosis. He'd worked so hard to conceal it all then. Try to leave as little a trace of a disruption in the girl's life as he could.
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He says it in an attempt at levity, but ends up just sounding atypically tender. Miguel seems to sink as he lets the silence drag. Although he had asked first, it was a struggle to unscrew his own figurative bottle to meet Dan where he is.
"Gabriella was... similar. She was from a different world." he begins. "Her real father was an alternate of mine. No powers or anything. They lived a much different life."
That short-lived version of him seemed happier with his life than he'd ever be.
"He was killed in a robbery, so I took care of her in his stead. I was hoping to explain all that when she was a little older, but I have a feeling that she could already tell. She had a sharp eye."
There would be natural differences between her parent and the man-shaped monster he felt like after the metamorphosis. He'd worked so hard to conceal it all then. Try to leave as little a trace of a disruption in the girl's life as he could.