Her excitement was contagious, but at this point, Jack was sure he had enough excitement for himself tucked away. A chance for everybody to see him – they didn’thave to believe, they didn’t have to know who he was, they would just see him. Even the thought was exhilarating – and he still had his powers, that – well, that was just an added bonus. It would have been disappointing for him to end up without them, they were a big part of who he was – he wouldn’t be a Guardian without them, after all.
“I can tell – See? I told you you’d love it, you just
had to take that first step. A whole new world is
opening up right at your fingertips, Punz! I think
what we can take away from this is that Jack is
always right.”
It was nice to see she hadn’t changed, but he supposed it might have only been a few months for her, compared to his.. many..many years. Time travel. Took a lot of getting used to, really. He leaned his staff against his shoulder and frowned as she began to lose that cheer. Thinking about her mother again, he assumed. Tch.
He blinked, startled as her hands grasped his, and marvelled at the warmth radiating from them. That was a new feeling. He’d never felt warmth before – well, not for a long time, at least.
“Oh, uh, yeah, I am. See – You’ve been gone for.. well, a long time, I mean, I haven’t seen you like years, maybe.. like a hundred years or something? A LOT’s happened since you’ve been away, I mean, you just.. vanished one night, couldn’t find you, the tower was abandoned completely. Assumed you’d kinda moved with Gothel. Never found you again. I guess you came here, though..” He trailed off, and shook his head slowly.
“Uh, anyway. Turns out that I was actually human a long, long time ago, I.. well, I saved my sister and kind of fell into an icy lake, but The Man in the Moon saved me and gave me my powers. So, now I’ve got a whole tragic backstory going on. There’s a lot moreto it, but I guess this is how I looked before I went all frost spirit.”
He flashed Rapunzel an idle grin, shrugging a shoulder casually.
“Oh, you’ve got no idea how much fun this is gonna
be, Punz. Fun is really my thing, now.”