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Crowdsourcing this one since I haven't found the answer myself.

My mother was a tree and a needle, as well as being who she was. My father was lightning and a thread. Who am I?

[ooc: Someone might be a tad retributive, in a very low-key way, about someone else's intrusive interest in his lack of a sex life. ]

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Grudges on your behalf as well, or only his own?

He holds all the grudges, even the ones I pretend I don't have.

It must get tiring for him, being so angry all the time.

For him? No, it's energizing for him.

Is it? That's interesting. I remember sulking. [Hulk-Him wanted his fire to work.]

[He gives a surprised laugh]

I rarely remember much, but a surprise transformation doesn't result in sulking.

Oh, not initially. You saw what happened when I first transformed. But after that, there was definitely a prolonged period of sulking.

Yeah, it comes on fast, but it takes a while for the hormonal surge to abate once things calm down. [Barring little shocks like falling a few miles out of the sky.]

And yours never gets tired of breaking things?

Even he can wind down, but have you ever been really, blindingly furious? There's kind of a hangover after that.

It's better when I change intentionally.

Is he less angry because you started out less angry? Or does he just appreciate being let out?

[Siiiigh.]

He's me. If I'm controlled, he's controlled. [Ish.] If not... then I add to my list of things to make amends for.

Your life seems a very long set of self-imposed rules. [Thoughtfully:] There are an awful lot of things new to you, here. Maybe one of them can fix your problem.

You mean the ones meant to avoid rampant destruction?

My main problem is being here, and everyone tells me that there's no fixing that.

I didn't say it wasn't a useful list.

[Bruce, you are an INTRIGUING MYSTERY.]

You don't want to prevent your berserkr?

You said it like it was somehow extraneous.

[He's just this guy, you know?]

I spent years trying to cure my... [son, you got a condition] ...condition. If I'd succeeded, my world would be in even worse shape than it's already in and people I care about would be dead. So do I want to prevent it?

I want to control it.

Not extraneous, just something you'd probably rather not have to have. Anyway, even better. I did think he was useful, but it sounded like you didn't like him. So why not find a way to control him here?

[What did Luke think he did with his life other than orchestrate sensor planting parties and "waste his time" volunteering his medical skills, such as they were?]

Luke, you should have seen me five years ago. My control's not perfect, but it's not something I'm expecting a quick fix for. We're in this for the long haul.

Just because you've resigned yourself to there not being a way to sort all of this instantly, doesn't mean there ISN'T one.

[His expression goes very calculating. Uh oh.]

[Uh uh, hold it right there you.]

So, when the Other Guy breaks the City, will you be paying the repair bills?

[Luke is utterly unconcerned.]

I shall just bargain to have it all repaired. I do clean up my messes, you know, when they're my fault. [When he can.] Anyway, it doesn't matter. I intend to fix it, not make it happen.

[Bruce's level of concern can easily compensate for Luke's lack.]

You also want to arrange my sex life. I'm already seeing a problem.

Are you really? Where? One begets the other, in my mind.

Your mind should be on other things. Go get yourself laid for instance.

I already do. You don't. Which is where my concern comes from.

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