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[ Kitty's voice is a little strained. ]

Right, so...Hullo, Kitty here. And we've already had a bit of input on glorious-war and glorious-war-but-do-be-careful-about-it-because-the-Russians-are-a-bit-scary, and at this point everyone's probably like shut it won't you. But for anyone who's still out there and still listening, just...

This is hard for us. We've lost our friends. That's scary. But remember that no real harm has been done yet. They've been kidnapped, but no one's been killed. The situation right now is not that bad. But it has the potential to get so much worse if we let loose our anger. Remember, the weapons in the Russians' possession - and in the Americans' - can scorch the earth. Kill everyone. Everyone. It won't just be us who go if we escalate this war: it'll also be the little kids in the school down the street from you, and the girl who always remembers your order at the malt shop, and the bloody...puppies in the animal shelter.

So those of you who are thinking that it's time to go burn down Russian cities, or join up with the army as they march to destroy our enemies - close your eyes and think of the entire baskets of puppies and kittens that'll get scorched into nothing but atoms when this war gets stepped up and the bombing starts. Okay? So instead, maybe let's give thought to negotiation. Forgiveness. Stepping down the violence. Some of the kidnapped have gotten word out - I bet you anything they'll agree.

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Does that mean, shock and horror, Kitty Jones actually knows how to shut up?

Of course I know how to shut up. You're aware that people who come from a home like mine sort of have to know how to shut up, don't you?

Conversely, you're aware that free speech doesn't mean you have to keep speaking, don't you?

But it means I can. And that's nice.

For you, maybe.

Oh, whining cause I don't care about your feelings?

I'm simply trying to get it in your head that this is the reason why most people find you annoying!

Right. And I can't quite figure out why you think I care.

Everybody cares what people think of them.

What some people think, yeah. No question of that. The people who matter to me.

What matters is what everyone thinks about you. The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Speaking as someone who faked her own death and lived underground for three years...Disagree.

[ Okay, that's not exactly how that happened, but that sounds a little more dramatic than someone who had the benefit of a sort-of-friendly spirit who covered her arse. ]

Dystopian hellholes don't count.

In spite of the fact that worlds like mine seem, frankly, to outnumber worlds like yours.

Not here, though. Superhero worlds outnumber us both.

Oh, I don't know. We've got magic. That's not so different from superpowers.

But in the application? It makes all the difference. My world's got magic as well, and yet I wouldn't compare it to a superhero world.

[ She grunts. ]

Where I'm from, magicians were essentially superheroes, once upon a time. Until they turned their fame and respect and power into a dictatorship.

Smart magicians.

[ A loud scoff at that. ]

Don't start.

[ said with the grin of someone who knows EXACTLY what he's going to start, ] Don't start what?

Don't start in with praising that lot of - emotionally crippled slave-owners just to make me angry.

If I existed in your world, I'd more than likely be one of those emotionally crippled slave-owners to begin with! I can't help it if I admire their opportunism.

Well, that depends. Would your parents have sold you?

What the hell does that have to do with anything? If you expect me to go on some tangent about how mummy never loved me or anything cliche like that, I'm afraid you'll have to at least buy me a drink.

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