Johnny smiled and snuggled into the blankets. "I'll do my best, Alex. I'll make lotsa friends and make you and Painite real proud. Get stronger and all that... it'll be a good goal for me I think." He nodded, more to himself than to Alex, and nestled in for the night. "Then maybe I can be more help to you guys. Be all fast and maybe help you with some scoutin' cuz you're much stronger than I am. I'm just fast but..."
Yawn. "I'll put that to good use, you know? And then maybe with some trainin', I can beat down anybody that gets in my way."
And protect you, Alex. 'n protect everybody else in the Negaverse too.Tomorrow. Tomorrow sounded good. For now, he just wanted to lay here and forget about all the responsibility the world had placed on him. Instead, all he cared about at that moment was helping the family he'd been indoctrinated into. "It'll be great, Alex. Just you wait. I'll be the best--"
Yawn. "--ninja ever. You'll see. Even Zinkenite'll see. He'll be proud too."