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I can't believe this! Audio and video in one small device! This is so much better than our radios back home!

[ This kid is definitely excited over his new toy; it makes his Nicaraguan accent a little more pronounced. He's chipper despite the rough shape his face is in. Looks like someone clocked him across the forehead real good. ]

So this really is America? I have always wanted to come to the country where the infamous Big Foot lives! [ He looks around the sunny neighborhoods of Heropa. ] You know, it's a lot warmer than I imagined... Humid, too. Not as hot as Costa Rica, though. But you don't even have a rain forest! Where does it all come from?

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The America I'm from was different. We didn't have powers or porters.

[She frowns.]

And they didn't heal you when you got here? That sucks.

Edited 2017-03-08 03:16 (UTC)

Really? That sounds boring. I mean, we don't have porters back home either, but some people do have "powers."

[ No frowning, it's fine!! ]

No, I told them it was okay. Really. it's healing on its own.

[ It's penance for his complete failure to break Paz out of her prison. ]

Boring isn't the word I would use.

[She looks at his injury again. It's not like the cut throat she had back when she arrived. But she doesn't understand living it with if he doesn't have to.]

It doesn't bother you? Walking around with a reminder of something bad on your face?

No. [ Injuries don't faze a real soldier. ] Once it heals, I'm sure it'll leave a nice scar.

[ Because injuries are a badge of honor to a boy like Chico trying to pass as a man. ]

[Abigail shakes her head and gingerly touches the scarf hiding the scar on her neck.

Scars aren't nice. They're signs that we've been hurt.

No, no, they're signs we survived. It makes us stronger!

Surviving can make us strong. It can do all kinds of things.

Yeah...

[ It can also break you down, but he would rather not talk about his weaknesses. Not in front of a girl! ]

How old are you?

Thirteen.

[ And the way he says it, it's almost a dare. Come tell him he's a kid and see what happens, missy! ]

We're both too young to know what it's like to be survivors.

[She still thinks of herself as a kid.]

How old are you?

I'm eighteen.

[Too young to have had her throat cut twice. Not that there's a good age for that.]

Oh. [ So she's much older than Chico. ] What's your name?

I'm Abigail.

Ah, it's... nice to meet you.

[ Sorry, he sucks at being normal around girls. ]

It's nice to meet you too. What's your name?

Ricardo, but everyone calls me Chico...

Do you like being called Chico?

I guess. I'm used to it.

[ Chico shrugs, not all that concerned by it or its connotation. ]

That's good. You could pick a new name for a new place if you didn't.

[She smirks]

But I guess you wouldn't have told me your nickname if you didn't like it.

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