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Hello, fellow imPorts.

[The feed displays a young man, around 17 or 18-- but the air he gives off is somehow older, more self assured than you'd expect from a teenager. He's dressed sharply in an expensively well-tailored suit; his concession to the heat was to forgo the tie and leave the top button undone. In his breast pocket, a neatly folded handkerchief square peeps out. The overall image is painfully British.]

Having seen a few young people discuss their worries about being ready for schooling in September, I would like to offer my services as a tutor to those in need. Though the history and geography of my own world is rather different, I'm quite proficient in most areas of mathematics and science, including algebra, statistics, geometry, trigonometry, physics and chemistry.

Additionally, I'm fluent in French, Czech, Hebrew and Latin should anyone desire to learn another language-- not that it is strictly necessary, here.

I admit though, that is only one part of my inquiry.

In fact, I'm eager to continue here some of the work that I performed back home. I have consulted with the police department on numerous occasions to help with their investigations, have a working knowledge of the law such as it exists in my own world, and have also some experience liaising with the press. If anyone knows of any available job openings that could make use of my abilities, I would be in your debt.

Thank you.

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Yeah, I'm Hawkeye.

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Impressive indeed. And what do you do exactly, as Hawkeye?

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What needs to get done. Going undercover, archery, fighting, and generally anything that people need.

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Oh? Why not join the police, then? Or a government agency?

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Many do, but it's really not something I'm interested in.

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No? Why's that? You could do your work legitimately...

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My work is perfectly legitimate.

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[He blinks. That gives him pause, for a moment.]

Is vigilantism not illegal where you come from?

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It wasn't for a while, but it's perfectly acceptable at the moment.

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... That sounds ... rather chaotic. If you do not mind my saying so.

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Oh, but see, I'm rather fond of chaos.

Both in my life and somehow I ended up teammates with the god of it.

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... I beg your pardon? "The god of it"?

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Loki. Do you know Norse mythology?

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Of course I'm familiar with the mythology. ... You don't mean to say that such a person actually exists, do you?

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You just got pulled from your dimension into this one, where the entire world is entirely different from what you know, and that's what you're questioning?

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Well-- I suppose, but... I mean, string theory is an actual theorem with a pseudo-scientific basis. Gods on the other hand...

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Well, when Loki is filling the volume of a room, isn't that pseudo-scientific enough?

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... I ... suppose.

[It is grudgingly admitted though, and there's a definite pout to his features.]

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Actually, I'd say it's not pseudo-scientific, since he'd be there. Tangible. You can test it with your senses.

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[He purses his lips.]

All right. I understood well enough the first time.

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Yeah, let's just say that you probably wouldn't want to pull the "he can't be real" with him around. So good thing you got it.

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... I'm not the kind of person who needs things repeated twice.

I'm just... taken off guard by this place, I suppose. It's so very... different.

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Honestly, it's different for all of us.

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... Yes. Just... some more-so than others.

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Hey ... at least you know what Earth is?