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[She gives a low whistle, nodding along.]

Sounds like it must have been... interesting to learn about, to say the least. Did you get it figured out? The whole alien thing, I mean.

Yeah. We fully beat back the invasion... [ god. time. ] About two weeks before I got here. Earth's under galactic protection now. Impulse is there for good, though.

[ and because she knows this beck can probably do the math on dick saying his best friend died right before he got here and the invasion ending on her own ]

[She does, but she doesn't comment on it.]

Well, I'm glad. Alien invasions don't really sound like my idea of a good time.

Try and imagine an alien invasion where the UN personally invited them because they've got good PR. That was the real nightmare.

[ dick can joke about it now but god he hates the reach ]

[After a brief, surprised pause:]

...And here I thought politics were bad where I came from.

Something I've learned from actively staying away from them-- politics are bad wherever you are.

Yeah. As a matter of perspective, though, I can safely say we haven't reached the 'UN actively invites an alien invasion' level yet.

Hey, like I said. Good PR. They didn't exactly know it was an invasion. [ ... ] And didn't believe the League when they accused those aliens of human trafficking.

[ IT WAS A TIME ]