pc catchall for dick (heh) (unpredicktable)

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So you’re the superhero team sort, not the I work alone sort. Good to know.

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[ he... falters, a bit. ]

Kinda. Or, I... used to be. I'm kind of on a sabbatical from teams. [ he shakes his head ] I started when I was nine, so, I had a partner back then too. I graduated from that a couple of years ago.

[ use your words and say you were a sidekick, dick ]

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Flying solo after all, then?

[The ‘why’ is evident in her tone, but she doesn’t ask it outright.]

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Heh, yeah. It's... It's been a pretty long year.

[ he clearly does not seem like he wants to talk about it ]

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[She hears that, so she lets it rest, choosing not to pry. All the same:]

Offer's still open. [To talk to her, that is. Anyways!] I'd bet it goes quicker now. Missions, and all that.

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Yeah, I know.

[ but the wound's still very raw and he talked about it not long enough ago that he's willing to poke at it again, so! moving on! ]

It's a lot less coordination, that's for sure. Just me patrolling the one city.

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Hopefully the city isn't that big... But I guess my perspective on that is a little skewed. New York is pretty huge.

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It's a decent size. [ but... more importantly: ] New York, huh? Mine's in Connecticut.

[ young justice is the funniest universe because for once gotham isn't in new jersey ]

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Well, I grew up in Massachusetts, so... Not that far off at all. You'd almost think we were from the same world, if not for the whole superhero thing.

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It's a very slight difference.

[ he's smiling, though. ]

There's a couple of us from different "Earths". It makes it a little hard to distinguish.

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Yeah. Especially since... If they're similar enough, how specific do you have to get before you've realized they branched off at some point?

[She doesn't have an answer for that, but it brings her to her next point.]

It's tough to navigate. But - what year was it for you?

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2016. [ he's quick to answer with this FAR OFF FUTURE YEAR, and pauses ] It was July back home. You?

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2018, so... Not too far off in the scheme of things, I guess. It was September.

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Wow. The far-off future where I could legally drink.

[ dick, please. ]

Honestly, the differences between our two Earths have to date back by at least-- ... Well, way further back than you'd think. It's amazing they're even that similar to begin with.

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Yeah. I don't think I would have missed the whole superhero thing, at least. How long has that been going on...?

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The first recorded superhero became active in 1938. Maybe a dozen or so more heroes started up in the years after. After the second world war, superhero activity died down and most of them retired until a boom of superhero popped back up in the late nineties. The numbers have only gone up since then.

[ it's a good thing... dick knows his superhero history ]

There have been records of people with supernatural abilities going a lot further back than that, though. But for "classic" superheroes, that's about it.

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[She seems pretty interested in this history lesson, tilting her head.]

Do you all have different abilities?

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[ first off, important: ]

I don't have any powers. [ uwu ] And... yes and no. There is a wide variety of abilities and powers out there, but there are some definite repeats. There are a lot of people with superspeed around, for example.

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[A pause for a few seconds, and then:]

Wait, really? Then... Can I ask why you're doing it?

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Well, for one, it's the right thing to do, and I like doing it.

[ he says it with a grin then. very clearly hesitates, but sighs and continues, more somber: ]

My family was murdered when I was nine. [ he's not quite looking at her when he says it. it's never easier to remember?? haha weird ] The man who took me in after that helped me bring the culprit to justice and offered to train me. I've been doing it ever since.

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[She! has a lot of concerns about that, but the moment after he tells her his parents were murdered doesn’t really seem like the time to bring them up. Instead, she’s moving forward to put a hand on his shoulder, a little like the gesture he gave her after she got out of the recording studio.]

I’m so sorry... I can’t even imagine.

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It's... well, I won't say it's fine, but-- I am.

[ he shrugs, not knowing what else to say. so. uhhh. ya ]

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[She gets the feeling that now is an ideal time for a subject change, so as she takes her hand away—]

It's pretty impressive. I never would have done something like that when I was a kid.

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[ he smiles at her, a little grateful ]

Heh. Well, I did have a little bit of an advantage to start with. Circus kid. It helps your superhero career if you've already got training doing stunts on a trapeze.

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...Huh. I kind of thought circus kids weren’t a thing anymore, except in books. That’s cool, though! How’d you get into it?