[He rarely tells his life story, or at least details of from before he became Sandman. Verity Willis, prepare to join an exclusive club alongside Benjamin J. Grimm and Silver Sablinova. Because he wants to learn more about her, but he knows it's give and take.
Besides, he's sure she'll appreciate honesty which he has in spades.]
My lousy bum dad ran out on my ma and me when I was barely walkin', so by the time I was walkin' I was stealing too, 'cos how else could I take care of her? Lords know I didn't have the smarts to learn too much, so I learnt 'bout power. Learnt you whip the guys who made your life hell, suddenly you got a lot of it. Suddenly them guys that smashed anything you had just to see the look on your face is your best pals. Then later, learnt that if you knock someone down in the hallway you're a jerk but if you do it on the football field, yer a hero!
[He throws his hands up a bit at that, as if asking the universe at large why that is.]
I was amazin', world class even in high-school! My first good break in life... A scholarship, go to college, go pro. Finally be able to take care of my ma, have a proper life. But my life is a wheel! Faster up I go, harder I come down! Turns out pals you make 'cos you're strong are your pals 'cos you can carry 'em. Vic used to beat me black and blue when I was a kid, but by that time he was the closest thing I'd ever had to a friend. The moron was even dumber than me! Owing money to mob, on his knees begging... the big idiot convinced me to play for crap in a couple games, shave points. I figured, what's a couple of games compared to a guy's life?
Except it cost me my life, when coach found out. 'n I got angrier than I'd ever been, hurt him real bad. If I weren't going to get expelled for rigging games, I was after that. So there was me, out in the cold. Ain't nobody hirin' a disgraced kid with no high school diploma. So back to stealin', but bigger now. Big enough a slap on the wrist weren't gonna cut it when I got caught and refused to roll over on my accomplice, Vic again! So Vic got off scot-free and I get tossed in the slammer hard.
First time in prison, you know what he said to me? [Apparently irritated badly enough his story has fractured a little, the image in his head of his father so complete to him it feels like everyone should know exactly who he means.]
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[He rarely tells his life story, or at least details of from before he became Sandman. Verity Willis, prepare to join an exclusive club alongside Benjamin J. Grimm and
Silver Sablinova. Because he wants to learn more about her, but he knows it's give and take.
Besides, he's sure she'll appreciate honesty which he has in spades.]
My lousy bum dad ran out on my ma and me when I was barely walkin', so by the time I was walkin' I was stealing too, 'cos how else could I take care of her? Lords know I didn't have the smarts to learn too much, so I learnt 'bout power. Learnt you whip the guys who made your life hell, suddenly you got a lot of it. Suddenly them guys that smashed anything you had just to see the look on your face is your best pals. Then later, learnt that if you knock someone down in the hallway you're a jerk but if you do it on the football field, yer a hero!
[He throws his hands up a bit at that, as if asking the universe at large why that is.]
I was amazin', world class even in high-school! My first good break in life... A scholarship, go to college, go pro. Finally be able to take care of my ma, have a proper life. But my life is a wheel! Faster up I go, harder I come down! Turns out pals you make 'cos you're strong are your pals 'cos you can carry 'em. Vic used to beat me black and blue when I was a kid, but by that time he was the closest thing I'd ever had to a friend. The moron was even dumber than me! Owing money to mob, on his knees begging... the big idiot convinced me to play for crap in a couple games, shave points. I figured, what's a couple of games compared to a guy's life?
Except it cost me my life, when coach found out. 'n I got angrier than I'd ever been, hurt him real bad. If I weren't going to get expelled for rigging games, I was after that. So there was me, out in the cold. Ain't nobody hirin' a disgraced kid with no high school diploma. So back to stealin', but bigger now. Big enough a slap on the wrist weren't gonna cut it when I got caught and refused to roll over on my accomplice, Vic again! So Vic got off scot-free and I get tossed in the slammer hard.
First time in prison, you know what he said to me? [Apparently irritated badly enough his story has fractured a little, the image in his head of his father so complete to him it feels like everyone should know exactly who he means.]