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[ When the feed comes to life, Hemali is seated on a couch, her legs drawn up and shoulders and neck hunched over. On the coffee table is a small bottle of nail polish, which she goes about applying with precision over her toe nails.

She doesn't glance at the camera right away, letting the silence linger until she's finished painting the nail the way she wants. Then she finally looks up and smiles, but it isn't one offered up in apology for making anyone wait, not that she believes she has anything to apologize for. ]

Isn't this all interesting? I've never seen a device like this or heard of one that could shuffle people from across the universe.

[ Her eyes light up at the thought, masking any concerns she has about the fact there's something with far greater power than she might ever have. ]

Nor have I heard about machines that could grant people power. What I find most strange having looked over this network, is that so many people would give up these powers if it meant leaving this place? I had always thought people preferred being special and having that kind of security. Does your power not provide that?

[ A contemplative pause. ]

Maybe I am a little excited to travel for once, personally.

[ Not completely, but who needs to know behind a calm affect is a woman who feels threatened by the Porter? She goes back to painting her nails, interested in hearing what these other imPorts have to say in response. ]

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Foolish or afraid.

Maybe both, but I've never cared for wars anyway.

Not even wars over power?

I've never been involved in one like that. I had everything I needed at home.

[ Sort of. ]

Really.

[He raises his eyebrows.]

And you're still happy to be here?

For now. I have food, a roof and a job.

[ And if Dooku is right, she won't have to do anything she doesn't want to. ]

It's all interesting, to say the least. Do you not think so?

Sure, it's interesting, yeah. But I don't wanna stay. I've got food, a roof, and a job waiting for me in London, too.

They won't let you go if you ask?

[ Or demand, she guesses. ]

You haven't heard? They say they can't control it.

Do you believe that?

I think it's a convenient explanation.

[But he doesn't completely disbelieve it, either. He hasn't decided yet whether he thinks this government is malicious or just incompetent.]

You seem a smart man.

[ Too smart, perhaps. ]

And you're a smart woman. How are those nails coming along?

[Just a little hint that he thinks he knows what she was doing there.]

[ She flashes her leg to show him her nail as best she can. ]

Pretty well.

I don't believe I got your name.

[Oops he's from the 1920s and is not actually used to seeing this much skin. But he keeps his poker face on.]

Alfie Solomons. London, England. And yourself?

[ A little leg never hurt anyone. ]

Hemali. [ A beat. ] I'm from India.

[ If he's from the 1920s, then he knows of India well enough, she thinks. ]

Yeah.

[He'd figured it was somewhere around there.]

What year?

It is 2016. Same year as here, surprisingly.

[ Or unsurprisingly? She's not sure what she should have expected here. ]

Yeah? That's lucky for you. Same universe too, or a different one?

I... think so.

The technology is a little different.

You should be able to contact people you know, then. Go back to India and live as normal, if you get tired of the hero life.

[ Haha, hero. ]

Is that what imPorts do here? Be heroes?

You didn't get the explanation when you arrived?

I did. [ She paid attention to some things. She hasn't read the pamphlet yet, though. ] I didn't think people took it so seriously.

[ Do they? ]

They register themselves, don't they? Swear their allegiance to this government? That's serious enough.

You can lie about that.

[ Not everyone is so altruistic. ]

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