He can't help but wince when he sees the butterfly bandage on Lori's arm and think that it's his fault. Every time some new monster attacks, both she and Merton diligently join him in the fight with no thought for their own lives. Just another day in Pleasantville.
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They've all been hurt before. Some times no worse than in need of a band aid, some times blood gushing everywhere as one of them quickly begins to stitch. And no one asks where these wounds come from. When he showers after a game, there are no questions to the what the wraps and bandages and gauze are covering. Boys are rough, they play rough. The same goes for when it's noted that the skin above Merton's eyebrow has been carefully stitched back together, almost making him resemble Frankenstein's famous monster. Just T'nT again, with their bullying. Bloodshed made nerds tougher, after all, right? So why does Lori get off the hook as well, never questioned about her wounds? Is it because she takes karate and fights like a boy? Or is it part of Pleasantville's 'magic', that no one notices things are wrong but them?
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Merton joins them at his and Tommy's lockers, gothic attire striking as always. The only change is the beige Ace bandage wrapped around one hand. In an effort to break Lori's fall after the demon threw her, he twisted his wrist. It was Lori herself who applied the bandage herself, winding it carefully as the spike haired teen let out small whimpers of pain. It hurts to see his friends suffer and to know that they would give their lives to save his.
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Tommy knows without their joint effort, something bad would have happened to many of the citizens long ago. They keep it safe and send every monster running with their tails between their legs. They are heroes and even heroes aren't immortal. Some day, there will be a wound they can't tend to and then there will be two left to protect the streets. Possibly culminating in one someday, until eventually, he is gone as well. Until that day comes, they just stock up on antiseptic and bandages, and hope for the best as they head out into the dark.
