Ha, like I don't know. I might not be Peter, but it all comes back to the same place. Some things I'm not going to throw away just to be individual. Can't even conceive of it.
"My uncle," I say, pausing only slightly to consider the term, but I'm going to keep it. How else to describe Uncle Ben? He's Uncle Ben. "said once -- right before he died, actually -- that if there's things in this world that you can do to help people, to make things better for them in whatever way, that if you have something to offer... that's it's not just a good idea to do it, it isn't just a bonus. It's a responsibility."
I pause, to give myself a second, take off my hat and run my hand through my hair. "He said that with great power comes great responsibility. Now, I don't exactly have great power. I don't have a suit of flying armor or a medical degree. Just some smarts. And I've got a couple of projects I'm working on, but in the meantime... I do what I can, where I can. I can maybe help some people at those parties not get into trouble or danger, and as soon as I realized I could..."
I put my hat back on and put my hands up to the side, palms upwards, shrugging faintly. "I pretty much had to."
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Date: 2012-04-15 07:23 am (UTC)Ha, like I don't know. I might not be Peter, but it all comes back to the same place. Some things I'm not going to throw away just to be individual. Can't even conceive of it.
"My uncle," I say, pausing only slightly to consider the term, but I'm going to keep it. How else to describe Uncle Ben? He's Uncle Ben. "said once -- right before he died, actually -- that if there's things in this world that you can do to help people, to make things better for them in whatever way, that if you have something to offer... that's it's not just a good idea to do it, it isn't just a bonus. It's a responsibility."
I pause, to give myself a second, take off my hat and run my hand through my hair. "He said that with great power comes great responsibility. Now, I don't exactly have great power. I don't have a suit of flying armor or a medical degree. Just some smarts. And I've got a couple of projects I'm working on, but in the meantime... I do what I can, where I can. I can maybe help some people at those parties not get into trouble or danger, and as soon as I realized I could..."
I put my hat back on and put my hands up to the side, palms upwards, shrugging faintly. "I pretty much had to."