eighteen. voice.

[afeatherpillow]

I've been here for well over a year now, and I still don't understand this place.

You know how-- [Pause.] You know those questions people like to ask sometimes, like 'if you could bring one person into the City, who would it be?' I wouldn't bring in anyone I really cared about. Sometimes I think about bringing in people from my old workplace,

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[incywincyhero]

Eh, I just assumed I'd been kidnapped by mysterious forces beyond my ken to do battle in their name on a world that's both like and unlike the one I grew up in.

You'd be surprised how often that's happened to me.

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[afeatherpillow]

Ha. The way some people take it in stride, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a relatively common occurrence. Cross-dimensional kidnapping.

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[incywincyhero]

It's one of the standard hazards of a superheroic career, honestly.

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[afeatherpillow]

That's what it sounds like. I guess I never really asked, but you were probably a hero for a long time back in your old world, too. Weren't you?

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[incywincyhero]

Would you believe me if I said I was at a costume party when I got 'ported in and decided, hey, why not make the most of it?

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[afeatherpillow]

With you, I wouldn't be entirely surprised.

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[incywincyhero]

... Okay, you got me there.

[Beat.]

Fourteen years, almost.

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[afeatherpillow]

Fourteen years. [A long pause. Then quietly:]

That long?

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[incywincyhero]

I'm not a very good Twelve Stepper.