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So, who all here is into racing?

[simple, direct, to the point. she's smiling as she says it, though. It's about equal parts mischievous and competitive.]

Oh! And for anyone working on or interested in Mr. Kent's newspaper, I'm going to be writing a section on automotives. If anyone has any information on any of the vehicles or mechanics here, I'd love to talk shop. Thanks.

[She gives the camera a little wave, and disconnects.]

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Ancient, powerful beings that ... I can't say they created the world, but they shaped it. Gave us everything they thought we needed to survive, but it took us a long time to decipher any of their messages.

['us'. it was all eddie, really, but - she scowls briefly and brushes her hair back over one shoulder dismissively.]

Almost gods. Powerful enough, anyway.

That sounds fascinating. I wish I could see one!

[ANCIENT GOD-CARS? APPARENTLY THEY'RE A THING.]

No luck there. The Titans left ages ago. The cars never even got put together, except for the few we got lucky with. Mine and one or two others.

'Left'?

[Her concept of deities and spirits is a little less legend and a little more 'oh hey Korra have you visited the spirit world this week'.]

Ascended. Got too powerful and wandered off to whatever higher plane there is, leaving behind metal and demons and a whole lot of mysteries.

[Her smile is a bit rueful, and she shakes her head.]

Everything about your world just seems so mysterious.

That's what makes it interesting.

[the idea of a car is still on her mind, so she hums a bit before bringing the conversation back around.]

What else can you build?

Oh, all kinds of things, if I had the material and the time. I'd probably have a few false starts before I could build anything more complex than a sa-- than a car or a motorcycle, but... I could do it.

I'd like to see those some day, then. Maybe just the blueprints, if you can't actually build them.

[says the woman with a memory of gate-crashing destroyers laden with spiked wheels and devices powered entirely by pain and her own long-lost but beloved zeppelins. small ones, but.

imagine what she could do with one of those rebuilt.]

Anything skyworthy?

Mm. Planes aren't that difficult, I've been around enough of them. And airships, too.

[Though those are a little more... outdated.]

Never heard of a plane. They're not like airships?

Not exactly. Planes are smaller and more manoeuvrable, their propulsion engine is-- actually, give me a moment?

[She tugs a pad of paper over to her console and starts drawing. Her lines are quick and sure, not the least bit of hesitance to them, and in just a few strokes of a pen, she's drawn a little sketch of both a plane and an airship, approximately to scale.]

See, the airship's usually a transportation unit, with people mostly being carried here. [she points to the underbelly of the ship, an oblong metal box.] Planes are built for one or two people, they're quicker and more efficient but they don't have the range or the overall stability.

Does that make sense?

[technology isn't ophelia's strongest suit, with the age of metal being somewhat less technologically inclined ... but she's a quick study, if her last few months were any evidence. so while she doesn't know quite what asami's talking about, she can see it with the sketches, and leans in to get a better look even through the video feed.]

Yeah. So if the planes don't carry transport, then what use are they?

[real curiosity, not dismissive. she can already sort of predict what people might be using them for. or what she could use them for.]

Well... right now they have a focus on aerial combat. But I'm hoping that'll change in the future.

Sounds handy, though.

[battle planes dropping jars of black tears, moving too fast to be stopped by projectile or flying axe-wielder ... it's an appealing thought.]

What would you want it to change to?

I'm... honestly not sure yet. Something good.

[Like bringing relief supplies to villages that are cut off or isolated somehow, maybe...]

I'm sure if you can build it yourself, you can make it do whatever you want.

[ew, doing good things. but she doesn't want to really antagonize asami, so ophelia keeps that opinion to herself.]

[She's touched, Ophelia. No, really, she genuinely would be if she knew.]

That's true. I want to do something with my father's legacy that... can put a bit of a positive spin on some of the things he did.

[He didn't start out as a bad man, he just... became one.]

Why try to fix his legacy? He made his mistakes, did what he did. People aren't going to remember you trying to fix it. Make your own. Surpass him and leave him in the past while you take the world by storm.

[in either a good or bad way. ophelia knows what it's like to fall, and what it's like to be saddled with someone else's mistakes. to be someone else's mistake.]

Mm, it's-- more than that.

[Her expression is solemn, her eyes flicker downwards.]

I still... believe in what my father did for Republic City. He wasn't always the way he is now, and that... I think what he built is still worth honouring. I want to show the world that sometimes good things can still come from-- [her brow furrows] evil actions. But I'm not going to live in his shadow, either. I'm going to put everything I have into Future Industries, as soon as I'm home again.

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