Well, typically they do. If it were any other man with the symbiote, there might be some serious worries to be had about the immediate future. Flash doesn't fool himself that he'll control the thing forever, but for now, if he can't lose its reputation, at least he can make use of it to his advantage.
"Oh, hey."
The words come out slightly wrong, a small drag on the consonants. But the teeth retract up and the tongue retreats and the line of what was five seconds ago a gaping maw closes back up and leaves only the ordinary cover of his mask, and he can shift his weight back on his feet and sit up against the wall. A seamless, totally bizarre transformation from horror to guy in spandex. If it were really spandex.
"It's just a shape-shifting trick. I'd rather scare the shit out of a couple of punk kids than kick the crap out of them. See if they take the hint." He explains this like it's totally an ordinary thing to do, like that wasn't weird, at all. It's technically true. It is a trick, as he's using it. And she's not wrong. He is human. It's just that it's all something else, too. "Anyway, what's up?"
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"Oh, hey."
The words come out slightly wrong, a small drag on the consonants. But the teeth retract up and the tongue retreats and the line of what was five seconds ago a gaping maw closes back up and leaves only the ordinary cover of his mask, and he can shift his weight back on his feet and sit up against the wall. A seamless, totally bizarre transformation from horror to guy in spandex. If it were really spandex.
"It's just a shape-shifting trick. I'd rather scare the shit out of a couple of punk kids than kick the crap out of them. See if they take the hint." He explains this like it's totally an ordinary thing to do, like that wasn't weird, at all. It's technically true. It is a trick, as he's using it. And she's not wrong. He is human. It's just that it's all something else, too. "Anyway, what's up?"