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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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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.

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[ He tries to imagine a world of people like him running around like cowboys. So much that public opinion has turned against them, and they've turned away from the world.

It's not a mental image that sits comfortably with him. ]

Oh, okay.

Thanks. It's still in the future for me, so we'll have to see if it works out the same way.

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[ ugh. she can't just leave him with that note, even if it is superman, who is terrifying.

after a moment: ] not all of them ACTUALLY left. but anyway, i talked to a couple other people from my (our?) world and their now looks a lot different from my then, so no guarantees on anything.

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[ He's a worrier and he's going to Worry about all of it. ]

Good to know, thanks.

You can call me Kal, if you want.

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robin.

[ she writes it with a wince, but it's already in the username directory, and fair game for anyone who looks. but hey, it could be a coincidence, right? ]

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Nice to meet you, Robin. You can call me Kal.