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[likemichael]

[Dean's sitting on the hood of the Impala, grease and sweat on his grey t-shirt and on his face, and a few other cars in surprisingly good condition can be seen parked up a short distance behind him. He's got a bandana wrapped and tied around his left bicep, and a small trickle of blood can be seen dried on his sweaty, dirty skin but it doesn't

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[softenedbyme]

Voice

Using your real name makes you feel dirty?

[Remarkably telling, Dean.]

[likemichael]

[Aw crap, that bit was recorded. Lame.]

No, using it in public makes me feel dirty. It's nobody's business what my name is but this place forces us to use the damn things.

[softenedbyme]

[At least you weren't forced to reveal your mutation immediately upon arrival, Dean.]

I like Winchester better than Young.

[likemichael]

Yeah? Me too. Just don't use it much. [He frowns a bit and it's heard in his tone.] It's a kind of gun, you know. A rifle. And a kind of ammo.

[softenedbyme]

[She laughs quietly.]

I may not be that good with them, but I have heard of Winchester guns.

[likemichael]

I figure if you ever wanna know what me and Sam are really about, you just look at our name. That's all there is to it.

[softenedbyme]

I have trouble believing anyone can be so easily summed up.

[likemichael]

There's not much else to say about me and Sam. We're freaks, we're okay with that.

[softenedbyme]

It's good that you're okay with it.

[But you're still human, so...Not too much of a freak in Raven's mind.]

[likemichael]

I guess it is. Can't deny who you are, in the end. You can try, but people don't change. We can pretend, but it doesn't make it true.

[softenedbyme]

You don't believe people can change?

[likemichael]

Not really, no. People change in little ways, but you'll always be the person you were gonna be. It's not a destiny thing, just a fact that like makes people who they are, and what they are. Can't change what you are, not really.

[softenedbyme]

[She has to believe people can change. She has to.]

...I don't agree.

[likemichael]

You don't have to. I've just seen enough crap to know what I know.

[softenedbyme]

You've changed since you arrived here. Would you have gone after someone who killed a shape-shifter before?

[likemichael]

Might have, if I gave a crap about who the shifter was. I nearly died for a baby shifter once, and I'd do it again. It's not me changing, it's me knowing who's a dick and who's not.