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[There’s a crackling buzz of white noise and the screen burns white. The microphone picks up the sound of someone cursing, and the device is given a quick, forceful shake. The screen flickers and comes into focus, displaying a close-up of a pale face decorated with piercing blue eyes and an extremely irritated expression.]
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[Bearing in mind that they know a guy whose head is always on fire, and another guy who literally has no skin.]
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Weirdest one I heard 'bout was the kid that pukes raw sewage. Bu' there's probably weirder ones.
Only thin' we gotta do is keep our heads down, don' get caught by the comp'nies, an' we can do anythin' we wanna.
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Oh. Ew. Okay that is weirder. Man, what kind of...I feel sorry for whoever the hell that kid is.
...When you say get caught by the companies? I mean, after talking to Xavier I want to go nowhere near them, but they seemed...friendly? Why are they trying to catch us?
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didn't say he couldn't control it, jus'... he could do it.
[Kevin finally turns around, stripping off the latex gloves he'd put on over his gloves for cooking.]
I dunno. But considerin' ones got slaves an' t'other's got scientists, ain't the kinda people we wanna mess with, but we cain't jus' ignore 'em either. I mean, slavery ain't right, an' neither is doin' stuff t'people without their permission. An' it's still our job t'step up an' do what's right. No matter what dimension we're in.
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Yeah, I had the same thought too, soon as Xavier told me about them. S'why I'm going to see him in a few days. Looks like he's fighting against them, and I want to help. These SERO people, they seem like Weapon X, and that doesn't sit well with me. And the others, the slavers? I can't even believe that's legal. So no, I'm on the same page, Kev. We're still X-Men, and that means standing against them.
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[Lost in thought for a moment. Will they even try? Are they trying now? But he had never known Kevin was gone. After that mess with the Kingmaker, he couldn't remember Kevin having gone anywhere, not until after M-Day. And yet here he was. Thinking about that, he talks half to himself.]
Man, this is such a head trip.
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There's one more thin', Julian. When ya show up here, 'pparently time stops back home. They ain't gonna be missin' us or even know we's missin'. Which is a good thin', considerin'.
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...you...just about read my mind, man. They...
[They won't know. Okay, sinking in. Any minute now.]
Yeah. I guess that's a good thing. ...Kind of implies we get back some day too.
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Yeah, it does. But I dunno if'n that's a good thing or not.
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It's...how it is. 'Sides, we can't just stay here forever. The rest of the team're gonna need us. [...well, there'd hardly be harm in this, right?] Cess, she'd miss you if you didn't go back.
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Cess'll git over it.
I ain't sayin' stay here forever. Jus' gotta be careful Don' think bustin' in an' blastin' is the way t'go this time.
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Blasting? [Julian smirks] As if I would. Come on, I'm like the King of subtlety here. I just find, sometimes you get sucked into another dimension, fighting's the best thing to do. Or the only thing. But I get it. Not just enemies here.
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King of Subtlety? How ya manage t'say that with a straight face?
Ain't made any friends neither, but no reason t'go makin' enemies if'n we don't gotta.
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