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[sharpes]

[Brandon looks, for all intents and purposes, bored as hell.]

You know what this place really needs?

[Bit of a pause. Purely for dramatic effect, you understand. He is an actor.]

Twitter.

And if you have to ask me what that is, you're seriously dead to me. Like. Don't even try.

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[wholenewstory]

[Her smile is downright devious.] So dead - three times over.

Can...live with that.

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[sharpes]

... Is that a joke?

[NOT SURE IF...]

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[wholenewstory]

Yes.

Not lying, though.

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[sharpes]

... Wait, you've died? Twice?

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[wholenewstory]

Not as bad as it sounds. [Yes it is.]

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[sharpes]

How is that not as bad as it sounds?

[SLIGHT NOTE OF PANIC

Brandon's opinion on dying? It's so low it's practically permafrost.]

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[wholenewstory]

[Her answer would have been flippant, but after talking with Steph her expression softens.]

It - was quick. I got better. ...Or, um, I will.

It's - why I'm here. But I, um, wake up.

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[sharpes]

[STILL.]

... Right. And who are you?

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[wholenewstory]

Cassandra. Cass.

[She tilts her head slightly, thoughtful.] Maybe I'll know it - after I wake up. [Twitter. It sounds like a bird call.]

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[sharpes]

[He pretty much has no idea what to do with this girl. help.]

You mean away from here?

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[wholenewstory]

Yes.

I was told I - meet people. In the future. So I...have to go back, right? [She looks uncertain, now.

This is all weird.]

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[sharpes]

[uh.]

I mean. You know best, right? I'm sure you'll go back. People drop dead like every few weeks where I'm from and they come back like weeds, pretty much.

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[wholenewstory]

[After a moment, her eyes go wide. For she is totally surprised, things like this don't happen in her world!] Really?

[Okay it's not very convincing, Cass doesn't really do deceit.]

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[sharpes]

... Why is it so hard to believe? You just said that you come back.

[NOT BUYING IT EVEN A LITTLE.]

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[wholenewstory]

...Yeah, but it's not - normal. [There's...more sincerity behind that one. Everything about death feels coldly final - that's the way it usually goes, the way it's supposed to go. It's still a rule even if it keeps getting broken.]

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[sharpes]

Yeah, so? I control lightning. That's not 'normal' either.

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[wholenewstory]

So - surprised.

[And then her face lights up.] Lightning? Can you - make it?

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[sharpes]

[He conjures a little ball of it obligingly. Brandon's a show-off. And ever since Steph's reaction to his ability...

He's... actually been a little proud of it. In a more honest way than he used to be.]

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Be gentle.

[because Brandon and his issues, but her tone is light]

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[wholenewstory]

[Her eyes widen, slightly, before she smiles, nodding.]

...Trust him? [How much can she say?]

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[No Cass don't look at her like that she'll blush.

But she has to shake her head at the question.] I do, but - he doesn't know I'm from Gotham. [from somewhere with superheroes]

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[wholenewstory]

[Another nod, slightly confused but accepting.]

...Should tell him. One day.

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I will. [Secret identities are complicated and she hates them.]

Just... be careful, yeah? [He doesn't like death, and she doesn't want him upset]

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[wholenewstory]

Good. [She's still trying to wrap her head around them, honestly.]

Will. [And there's that little smile again.]

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Thanks, Cass. Have fun. [and with that she's going to end this message, because she's a little flustered by having Feelings where Cass can see them]