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[sublimating]

[Bruce has skipped his jog in the morning to sleep in a little; there's no point in going on a long run to work himself up and wear himself out when the whole day is basically a long expanse of serene idling and keeping active. he's always tired when he goes to bed, which is the goal.]

[and he wakes up with a start at what sounds like a cannon going off, and then another, and there's sounds of alarm all around him; and his heartrate shoots up, so fast and so hard that he thinks he might lose it, and he thinks: use it, don't get used by it.]

[which is why a giant green manlike figure comes bursting out of what used to be one of the shelters, tearing it apart; the Hulk roars, earth-shaking though the earth is already shaking, arms wide and in a ready stance for whatever may come at him. and then pauses.]

[there's nothing to fight but a volcano.]

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[sublimating]

[he crouches down and then flings himself easily over a hundred feet in the air, swinging one massive fist to smash a flaming rock right out of the sky. welcome to consciousness!]

[antiapocalypse]

[ thanks! she'll just be flinching like crazy, and only realizing after a beat that he not only didn't hit her but apparently wasn't aiming for her.

it's a weird realization that doesn't do a lot to help with the sick feeling in her stomach.

she's been around so many monsters before, and she's been in over her head, too -- but this feels different.

she doesn't need him to effortlessly catch a punch to know that he is so, so, so much stronger than Adam. ]

[sublimating]

[he lands again with a huff of air, far more harmless debris skittering into the sand around him, and he hunches on all fours, glaring up at the volcano. he doesn't seem to notice her]

[antiapocalypse]

[ that must be nice, because she can't notice anything but him. she flinches and -- comes up behind him, maybe, just. watching. cautious and nervous ]

Do you -- I don't mean to interrupt...

[ and then she stops, because this is ridiculous, she can't talk to you when there's a volcano erupting in front of both you and her ]