004 ✞ (AUDIO)

[unetrustworthy]

[The morning everything first went crazy, Midii was unaffected.  She checked, just to be sure.  There were no bodily changes, no strange new abilities, and she felt like herself.  But there were Network posts advertising those less fortunate, and from the sounds of things, it wasn't going well for many.  So she decided to stay put.]

[Today, however, she wasn't so lucky.  From the moment she woke up, she knew something was wrong.  The kind of wrong that actually required her to ask for help:]

I need clothes.  Please.  I have money, and can pay you back.

[There was a momentary pause, and a low groan could be heard in the background.]

...is my stomach supposed to hurt like this?

[Her voice might sound familiar to the select few who were around her enough.  Only deeper.  Older.  By nearly ten years.  And if that wasn't enough to hint as to who this was over the Network, she didn't block her address.]

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[demon_brat]

[Damian blinked, then nodded, his own eyes lightening slightly.]

Yes. I believe you can.

I do not doubt that you will be able to see what many would miss.

[unetrustworthy]

[It was rare for somebody to acknowledge her abilities as more than just clever for her age. She knew Damian well enough by now to know they were mere words, either.]

Thank you. Really.

I know this is probably going to sound ridiculous...but it means a lot to hear you say that.

[demon_brat]

[That, in turn, took him by surprise.]

... Less ridiculous and more - unexpected.

[It wasn't something that people often said to him. After considering it for a moment, Damian nodded.]

I am... glad.