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a couple things:
what kinda gig did you run back home? the 9-5, you know. humor me, i got a theory.
also, what's the worst ever happened taking the kitchen up on all that chow? anything?

fine, make that a FEW things, here's the one more:
if anyone got spare chicken, or animal training tips, pipe up. i'll take them all.

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[ there's a pause on this reply, but it comes eventually. she's so glad this is text. ]

yeah? got a favorite category?

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I liked restaurants best.

[ He liked the smell of food and people all around him. Nobody looked if he did his job well. ]

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[ a disbelieving 'you've worked in restaurants' almost makes it out, and suddenly it's a little less cool that this is text. thanks a lot,
thought-to-text. ]

sure, quick places, good for keeping busy.
ever done any of them long term?

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Not really. I prefer to keep moving.

Have you seen a pattern with everyone yet?

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responses are all right here, feel free to take a look.

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I am, thanks.

What was your job at home?

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student. glamorous, right.

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Oh, what year if I may ask?

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2031. you?

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2013.

Where are you from?

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[ here's another one of those pauses. gotham could be totally coincidental, but she's met enough people here from there so far to raise the odds on that just a little too much. so, instead: ]

earth. [ another pause, quicker. ] us east coast. i can safely report no flying cars yet.

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Oh, bummer. I was really hoping for those.

I'm on the East Coast as well. Do you know of Metropolis?

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who doesn't? skyscrapers, nice bay, prominent alien population.

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[ this takes him a while to type out before sending because it's a jumble of thoughts of "what?" and "what does that even mean?" ]

What kind of population?

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come on, you know. that one was for your benefit, he's not real active anymore in 2031.

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I'm not? But that's not even twenty years.

What happened?

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"i'm"? there's a jump.

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We are talking about Superman, right?

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sure, i was.

[ there's another pause, then all at once like a striking revelation: ] wait, seriously?

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Yes. My name is Kal-El.

[ Clark's sure he'll get used to the other name, but right now, it's a little awkward for him.

Though, he's more upset at the idea that something might have caused him to stop. He expected to be doing this for the rest of his life. ]

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wow... that's kind of awkward, me accidentally talking about you. what are the odds?

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It's okay, don't worry about it.

May I ask what happened, or are there rules against telling people from the past what's going on?

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if there's rules, looks like there's no one enforcing them here. all i can say is what i got from my parents and the soc teacher though.

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I'd appreciate anything you could tell me.

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according to them, the heroes just left. all of them. according to them they never should have been around anyway, just lawless idiots thought they knew better than the government.