Schlemmer: ...And it just leaves me to vonder vhat I actually contribute to zhe team. Silver's a titan of psionic might. Gold is blessed with seemingly boundless potential. And zhen you have me, some kooky nutterbar vith a hand for gadgets and not much else.
Yellow: (Reassuring beeps and boops reminding Schlemmer that it was his tech that allowed Silver to do the heavy lifting when fending off that Second Devourer, and about how he has just as much room to grow as Gold does so long as he's willing to keep learning.)
Schlemmer: Ha, zhat's a fair point! It's zhe skills of zhe people in it zhat makes a team strong, I suppose. Zhank you, little friend.
Yellow: (Not so surprised beep that the super genius can interpret binary by ear, but still telling him to keep these things in mind)
Gold: And it's just... really hard to feel like I should even be here, I guess. I don't have anything close to the kind of grip Silver has on his powers, and if it weren't for the Professor, we'd have no hope of actually getting anything done. They're basically hanging a time bomb around their necks, keeping me around. I didn't even have the guts to do anything about The Council until Silver came along by pure chance! What right do I have to think I can save anything?
Red: (Heartening string of 1s and 0s telling Gold not to sell herself short, reminding her she took the chance to act the moment it presented itself, and that the fact that she worries about getting a handle on her powers proves she can be trusted to put in the work to attain that control.)
Gold: Heh. I don't know why I didn't think of it like that. Looks like I've got some things to reconsider. Thanks, little guy.
Red: (Slightly surprised 1s and 0s that forgot she had that techno thing going on while still telling her to go easier on herself)
Silver: ...And that means having to admit I'm not nearly as equipped for this stuff like they are! It's probably only a matter of time before the Professor cobbles together some doodad that'll fix everything, and that's assuming Gold doesn't discover she can just think everything better first. What am I compared to that except some glorified doorman who's good at throwing things around?
Blue: (Perfectly aware bleeping that Silver won't actually understand it, but still reminding him that he can do the leg work the others need done but can't do themselves, which is just as important as actually being able fix the issues they face, while also being the one packing a big enough punch to keep them safe from most anything that might come their way.)
Silver: I'm... gonna assume all that was you telling me not to underestimate what I bring to the table. So, thanks for that! I guess....
Blue: Thumbs up.
(Wondering if I've been putting too much emphasis on Gold having a talent with tech in these, but I think the wholesome team interaction evens it out this time, so whatever. You know, the Bits would have had actual dialogue here that I was going to convert to binary, which is how I learned that binary can actually get pretty dang long! Still want to do something with that gag, though...
I'll be the devoting the next couple weeks to a particularly big project I'm making some actual headway on, so this will be the last time I pop in here until that's done. Hopefully I'll be back with something to actually show for it! 'Till then, to whoever it might be that's reading this, thanks for stopping by!)
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like can you imagine if you, as a housed person, said "oh man im really struggling financially right now I can't pay my bills- my electric is going to be cut off, my car might get repossessed, and I definitely can't afford to get a new laptop after mine broke"
and someone who had a lot more money than you said "I can help you!" and you were like"oh my god great thank you so much-" and then they just offered to take you to olive garden. and you say "hey man that's really nice but I'm actually okay on food right now, I really just need to pay some of these bills. I already got food somewhere else (foodstamps, friends, food pantries) and I really just need money. if you can't do it that's fine but I don't need food"
and the rich person said "you must not really need money or be poor then or else you'd take me up on my offer. I bet you were going to use that money on drugs anyway"
that's what yall sound like when you refuse to give homeless people money & just offer to buy them food
food is great! if you need it and that's what you're asking for. unfortunately food doesn't buy clothes, hygiene products, shelter, pay a phone bill, or yes even buy drugs or alcohol if you're going into detox and can't do so safely without literally dying
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