Connor looks at a point on the wall behind Angel's shoulder.
"That enhancement drug the guy who was framing Harry slipped him in small doses. That doesn't just provide superpowers and makes you crazy. It's actually what the Goblin died of. He took the full dose, of course, but Harry has it in him now, too, and that means he could die of it."
Before Angel can say anything, Connor rushes on:
"Anyway, that means no Spider-man because Peter is busy looking for an antidote" -
- he has forgotten for the moment Angel doesn't know about Peter Parker's secret identity -
"and I can't much patrol, either, because I have to take care of Harry. But someone has to protect the city, Dad."
Desperately, he hopes the moniker and that appeal will make Angel concentrate on that aspect, rather than on the Harry dying part, because conversations about that, and conversations about Harry in general with Angel, are just a minefield with Connor.
And of course, given his luck with keeping secrets from his parents, it might just be that Angel upon seeing Harry with the bandaid immediately deduces the rest, and from there the fact Connor now has a minimum of poisoned blood inside him, too. Which is something no one else, including Harry, has figured out yet, and Connor would like to keep it that way.
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"That enhancement drug the guy who was framing Harry slipped him in small doses. That doesn't just provide superpowers and makes you crazy. It's actually what the Goblin died of. He took the full dose, of course, but Harry has it in him now, too, and that means he could die of it."
Before Angel can say anything, Connor rushes on:
"Anyway, that means no Spider-man because Peter is busy looking for an antidote" -
- he has forgotten for the moment Angel doesn't know about Peter Parker's secret identity -
"and I can't much patrol, either, because I have to take care of Harry. But someone has to protect the city, Dad."
Desperately, he hopes the moniker and that appeal will make Angel concentrate on that aspect, rather than on the Harry dying part, because conversations about that, and conversations about Harry in general with Angel, are just a minefield with Connor.
And of course, given his luck with keeping secrets from his parents, it might just be that Angel upon seeing Harry with the bandaid immediately deduces the rest, and from there the fact Connor now has a minimum of poisoned blood inside him, too. Which is something no one else, including Harry, has figured out yet, and Connor would like to keep it that way.