Mm, I getchu. He seems like the kind of guy that's less talky and more showy and then he would end up doing the whole thing himself instead of helping you.
[ gwen shifts around a bit, moving her phone with her. she's laying on her back now, holding the phone up above her with two hands. she will most likely end up dropping it on her face at some point, but for now it's just a waiting game ]
Plus, there's probably something reassuring about it being your own tech and your own web fluid. You know it's gonna work, because you made it. Might be cool to have the cartridge-less option that mine does, though. Like, as a backup. If you're in a pinch.
[ not that she thinks he needs training wheels, per se, but the idea of him running out of webfluid mid-swing or mid fight is. well. horrifying. ]
Yeah, that's kinda - [ No, no, no, Peter doesn't want to sound ungrateful. Because he isn't. Really, he isn't. He's just - it's weird? It's weird. Sometimes he isn't sure whether Spider-Man is really his identity at the end of the day. ] - Yeah. I mean.
[ It's so complicated. Ughhh, why is being a superhero so complicated? ]
Exactly. [ He sits up straighter. ] That's totally true. It's why I kinda just used my own webshooters, even with the super cool new suit. They're just ... I know how they work. I know exactly how they work.
So - yeah. About your cartridge-less webshooters. How do they work?
[ eeehehehe, it's fun intentionally making peter groan like that by being obtuse. she's laughing and not even hiding it. ]
I don't know, she said that they suck the moisture [ she makes a face after saying the word ] out of the air and it turns into webbing. So I basically never run out, considering even on the hottest days here in the city it's gross and humid.
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[ gwen shifts around a bit, moving her phone with her. she's laying on her back now, holding the phone up above her with two hands. she will most likely end up dropping it on her face at some point, but for now it's just a waiting game ]
Plus, there's probably something reassuring about it being your own tech and your own web fluid. You know it's gonna work, because you made it. Might be cool to have the cartridge-less option that mine does, though. Like, as a backup. If you're in a pinch.
[ not that she thinks he needs training wheels, per se, but the idea of him running out of webfluid mid-swing or mid fight is. well. horrifying. ]
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[ It's so complicated. Ughhh, why is being a superhero so complicated? ]
Exactly. [ He sits up straighter. ] That's totally true. It's why I kinda just used my own webshooters, even with the super cool new suit. They're just ... I know how they work. I know exactly how they work.
So - yeah. About your cartridge-less webshooters. How do they work?
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Science.
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Thanks, Gwen. Couldn't figure that one out myself.
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I don't know, she said that they suck the moisture [ she makes a face after saying the word ] out of the air and it turns into webbing. So I basically never run out, considering even on the hottest days here in the city it's gross and humid.