Sometimes, but not because of their first date. They actually spent hours just walking around, having coffee and learning all about each other. According to legend, at least.
[No, he doesn't laugh any longer. Only performatively, to mock someone he feels needs it. There aren't any belly laughs he can't control, where tears pour out and panting results. He's too tightly coiled now, or perhaps when he rebuilt himself using makeshift parts, that bit of scrap just hadn't made the cut. He's wondered sometimes when seeing his friends laugh in passing whether he's still capable of it at all. Ultimately he always lands on it not being a priority either way.
He sips his drink, tasting the bitter fire that burns down and ends with a sweet aftertaste. He never drinks enough to get properly drunk any longer. The most he allows himself is a slight tipsiness, a faint softening at the edges that doesn't blur his vision beyond functionality. He doesn't like not being in control.]
Sometimes there's a lot to carry. It's an easier weight to bear if you refuse to consider the alternative, though. People give themselves an out so they can take it. I don't know if gods and cosmic beings are any different.
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