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[ strolling down streets as she talks, occasionally glancing around in interest, bright and cheerful. it's a sunny day, everything looks bright. ]

Not that I'm not flattered, and I mean, the job is great and all that. It's nice to know I have a way to support myself. But I think they got the wrong Gothamite. I can do computers, but I'm not really the hero type.

I'd say about how I was in the middle of stuff but that doesn't seem to be an actual concern to them.

Which is actually a little unsettling in people who want me to hero it up for them. And I've got to say, handing out powers to people you don't really know all that well yet and who just got sort of kidnapped? Not actually seeming like a bright idea from over here.

It's probably a long shot, but anyone know Terry McGinnis? [ just in case! you never know. ] Or know anything more than they've told us? It'd be nice to get more of the lay of the land.

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I looked around a lot before I asked. Knew it was a long shot. Thanks, though.

Can I ask how long you were in the other place?

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[gevurah]

Two and a half years. I arrived in late 2011.

[ It feels so much longer. ]

If it helps, you might not be here more than a month. People come and go.

[ If this Porter is similar. ]

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So I'm hearing. But I also hear this place is different, so who knows I guess.

[ thoughtful ] Did anyone do statistics on like, arrivals and departures before?

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[gevurah]

If there was anything, it may have been lost when we were ported here.

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[forwardcompatible]

Sounds like it was a pretty thorough - apocalypse? Thing.

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[gevurah]

I'm not sure what I'd call it.

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Not fun?

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[gevurah]

Definitely.

That's a whole planet -- universe -- gone in the blink of an eye.

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Are you positive it's gone?

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[gevurah]

We don't have a way of knowing right now.

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That feels like a diplomatic way of saying you have no idea.

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[gevurah]

Can't it be both?

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[forwardcompatible]

Yeah, I guess. I don't have to like it though.

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[gevurah]

No.

[ Nobody does. ]

But it's true: we don't know. The old Porter has disappeared since.

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It sounds like the Porter was really powerful before this. I don't know if it's really comforting that it doesn't seem to have any power here.

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[gevurah]

If it's anything like Lachesis, only the scientists studying it might know.

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I wonder how you can get an in with them? Seems like it would be a good idea right about now.

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[gevurah]

Asking politely?

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That seems way too easy.

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[gevurah]

[ This would be the part she warns her against breaking into an Air Force facility, but that might also be letting on more than Max wants her to know.

Damn it, does she remember or not? ]

I doubt there's information available to the public about the Porter. Lachesis is still a mystery as well.

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[ not even sort of sorry kate. this means she gets to figure your identity out over like. MONTHS and months of work all over again.

damnit. ]

You'd think they'd give us at least some access, since it's so important to us. Or at least they should pretend to, right?

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[gevurah]

Too unstable?

[ She makes it sound as if she's genuinely unsure, but she's got her suspicions. ]

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[forwardcompatible]

If it's too unstable they should have a way of vetting people and giving access to those who pass.

Something.

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[gevurah]

I couldn't tell you what goes on behind closed doors or in their minds.

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Sounds like no one can quite yet.