Shield Puny Banner: A Short Story

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Split like his identity, perhaps a self-fulfilled wish, two brain wavelengths occupied the ragged man. The descent into shame dampened any defenses Bruce would’ve had since the transformation lacked completion; however, his frantic mental state allowed his other half access to his side of the brain – leaving the physical form a human flux between the two borderline personalities. Rather than shield puny Banner in a cocoon of darkness, an inkling of green lingered ever so possessively; a lack of the human’s hysteria preventing him from succeeding entire control. Banner’s self-destructive thoughts came to no surprise, but if he didn’t want it, the stronger half would’ve gladly taken the role as the core personality.

As of right then, however, the aggressive rage reveled in its limited freedom and leeching, unbeknownst, off of puny Banner’s intelligence, and listening.
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A lifetime of trying to master the frustrations enabled it to be his default mood. When he has lived with its presence always present, he gave up trying to change it and used the constant emotion as an advantage in controlling the Other Guy. It was what he was doing then, feeding natural-born enmity to his guilt. It was how he made sure never to cross that line, the line Loki blurred gray with his presence… With his words…

A rough laugh answered his first response. The irony of it amusing Bruce to no end. “Like your opinions?” he joked in disbelief that Loki said what he did without realizing its unique analogy. What had the prince (ex-prince?) expected if his world domination came to fruition? A fair democracy between him and the willing participants of Earth? If that’s what he predicted than Bruce suspected the guy had a lot more to learn about humans. “If I remembered correctly, that’s how you planned to rule us, right? Your opinions being the laws of the

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