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Spoilers: Looming Thunder
Author's note: Since "Looming Thunder" is so Dustin-heavy, I'm adding in this interlude that covers the events of that episode.
The Practical One: Interlude: Biking Fool
It all seems like a blur.
I mean, Shane, Dustin, and I, we're a *team*. A Ranger team, a group of superheroes that exist only to save the world.
And yet, somehow, we're not. Case in point, Dustin over the last day or two. Dustin's not exactly the most reliable guy I've ever known - a comic book geek, a rider, a mechanic for Kelly, yes. Reliable all the time, no. You'd think he'd get the point about showing up on time, especially after Sensei made him do the one hundred pushups.
All I can say is that Dustin's going to have *really* nice abs by the time we finish being Rangers. I mean, Blake and Hunter. Not that they're not nice to look at or anything, but Shane's right. We have a world to protect now.
Of course, Dustin forgets. Dustin forgets big time. And he's not bad at lashing back. He's like the personality thing we covered in school last year. Laid back, but if you get him upset, he'll lash out at the person who's hurt him, using things that aren't true. Like he did to Shane.
But at least he knows who his friends are. I think. Maybe what Shane said was true - maybe Blake and Hunter do think that I only hang out with Dustin because I feel sorry for him. But I know it's not true. Shane knows it's not true.
And that's what matters in the end. Dustin might care for his bikes and his riding a little bit too much sometimes, but I know that in the end, he's no fool.
I feel sorry for Blake and Hunter when they figure that out. And in the meantime, I'd like to figure out why they wanted to hang out with Dustin too, even before they met me and Shane.
I have a feeling that mystery's never going to be solved. Instead, I should turn back to my friends, my teammates.
In the end, despite everything, they're not going to let me down.
Spoilers: Looming Thunder
Author's note: Since "Looming Thunder" is so Dustin-heavy, I'm adding in this interlude that covers the events of that episode.
The Practical One: Interlude: Biking Fool
It all seems like a blur.
I mean, Shane, Dustin, and I, we're a *team*. A Ranger team, a group of superheroes that exist only to save the world.
And yet, somehow, we're not. Case in point, Dustin over the last day or two. Dustin's not exactly the most reliable guy I've ever known - a comic book geek, a rider, a mechanic for Kelly, yes. Reliable all the time, no. You'd think he'd get the point about showing up on time, especially after Sensei made him do the one hundred pushups.
All I can say is that Dustin's going to have *really* nice abs by the time we finish being Rangers. I mean, Blake and Hunter. Not that they're not nice to look at or anything, but Shane's right. We have a world to protect now.
Of course, Dustin forgets. Dustin forgets big time. And he's not bad at lashing back. He's like the personality thing we covered in school last year. Laid back, but if you get him upset, he'll lash out at the person who's hurt him, using things that aren't true. Like he did to Shane.
But at least he knows who his friends are. I think. Maybe what Shane said was true - maybe Blake and Hunter do think that I only hang out with Dustin because I feel sorry for him. But I know it's not true. Shane knows it's not true.
And that's what matters in the end. Dustin might care for his bikes and his riding a little bit too much sometimes, but I know that in the end, he's no fool.
I feel sorry for Blake and Hunter when they figure that out. And in the meantime, I'd like to figure out why they wanted to hang out with Dustin too, even before they met me and Shane.
I have a feeling that mystery's never going to be solved. Instead, I should turn back to my friends, my teammates.
In the end, despite everything, they're not going to let me down.