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[spiderkid]

[Hey there, network! Have a Spider-Man!]

So, those of you who know Spider-Man know how he's -- I'm-- always swinging around on webs, right? Well, truth of the matter is, I'm running short on the stuff and not entirely sure how to make more, so I need the help of some of our resident geniuses. I dunno, Tony Stark maybe? Somebody who's good with chemicals and technical stuff.

Let me know, I'd owe you big time.

Thanks!

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[spiderkid]

Um, sort of? Like, Spider-Woman brought me in when I first started and I met Fury and stuff, and they gave me this suit. Then I went out to Wyoming with them. Since then, this crazy black sludgy monster guy came after my dad and... I haven't really had a chance to work with S.H.I.E.L.D.

[Oh great, now he misses his dad. With his mom gone, Jefferson would need Miles around even more. And even if time stops while he's here or continues with him still there or whatever, that doesn't change how he feels.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

[And here are some more questions in need of answers. As well as a brief flickering of "Hey, they never took me on field trips to Wyoming."]

How'd- uh- Spider-Woman take to meeting you? And--

[Wait.]

Wait, did you just-- A black sludgy monster?? Did it have like, shark teeth?

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[spiderkid]

She was pretty pissed at first, I think. But she's gotten used to me once I proved I was serious.

Yeah, Gwen called it Venom?

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[nerdylilspidey]

[… Okay, that's a fair enough reaction, all things considered.]

Yeah. Venom's, uh- He's a real piece of work... Why would he go after your dad?

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[spiderkid]

He thought my dad was Spider-Man. So I guess he was really after me.

[He gulps, thinking about following his dad to the hospital, about running into Venom there, about... about his mom.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

Oh, my God…

[Peter drops his head into his hands, shaking his head. He feels like this is his fault. He'd basically created Venom, in a way. And now because he hadn't been able to clean that mess up properly, he was going around hurting people who had nothing to do with him at all.]

I'm-- Sorry you had to deal with him. That- That shouldn't have landed on you.

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[spiderkid]

[Okay so he's definitely not telling him about his mom. Not going to lay that kind of extra guilt on him. Not now.]

It's alright, man. I mean... It comes with the territory. I chose this. I could always quit, if that's what I wanted.

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[nerdylilspidey]

[Peter hears him on that. Completely. He did the same thing, after all. But still…]

It's funny. No one ever really tells you what you're really getting yourself into with the super heroics. Or if they did, we just-- didn't really listen. Not really.

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[spiderkid]

Yeah, but really. Are you the type to listen to that? 'Cause I don't think I am.

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[nerdylilspidey]

... Not really, no.

[He laughs a little, but there's no mirth in it at all.] If I had listened, I probably wouldn't have gotten shot...

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[spiderkid]

Hnn. [Miles doesn't really know what to say to that.]

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[nerdylilspidey]

[At length he sighs, turning toward Miles again.]

Sorry. Didn't mean to get all super downer on you.

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[spiderkid]

S'ok. I think it kinda comes with the territory.

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[nerdylilspidey]

That's a sad thought on multiple levels.

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[spiderkid]

Well anyway... [CHANGING THE SUBJECT] ...what Sector did they put you in?

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[nerdylilspidey]

[SO JUMPING RIGHT ON BOARD WITH THAT.]

Metal. What about you?

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[spiderkid]

Earth. It's pretty cool. Very... Earth-y.

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[nerdylilspidey]

Earthy as in… dirt? Or Earth-like??

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[spiderkid]

Like, stone. I dunno, I'm not good at describing it.

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[nerdylilspidey]

Stone? Like everyone's in caves?

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[spiderkid]

No, nobody's in caves. They're buildings, they're just... stone buildings. Which I guess isn't that weird, if you think about it.

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[nerdylilspidey]

... So it's sort of like The Flintstones.