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[hisbabygirl]

Hello..?

[Have yourself a twelve year old girl testing the water on the shiny new thing and mumbling to herself a little as she does.]

...I hope I'm doing this right.

[Oh right. The people can hear her. Sarah takes a deep breath and gets to talking.]

I uh, gotta say, this is some real crazy stuff going on. I don't even know where to start makin' sense of any of it. The Kedan people, the ones that work here? I think they work here. Live here? I dunno. They explained a lot of stuff but I'm still trying to wrap my head around even being here.

[Sarah pauses. When she speaks again it's with a little less certainty.]

Do they ever make mistakes with who they bring here? I'm not sure I'm the monster fighting type.

[Not real ones anyway.]

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[hisbabygirl]

Neat? Man, you really know how to understate things. That's AWESOME!

[Sarah beams at him and rests her chin on her hand.]

I so wish I had powers.

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[oyaji]

[ Pretty sure Kotetsu is more childishly gleeful than you are, Sarah. ]

Yeah? [ He's kind of surprised to hear this, although plenty of people pine for greener fields. At her age all he wished was that someone would take this power away from him so he could be normal and fit in with everyone else. ]

Well, what would you pick? I mean, if you could have any power...

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[hisbabygirl]

Hmm...

[Now that gets her thinking.]

I'm not really a fighter, I don't think? So probably something like flying. Oh! Or super speed!

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[oyaji]

Hmm, no. You're too cute to be fighting. Leave the that those of us who can spare a punch to the face!

[ After you break your noses so many times, you just stop caring what it looks like. ]

Ooo! Flying would be awesome! So'd speed... Man, you wouldn't have to get on a plane anymore. You'd just zip on over to wherever you wanted to go!

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[hisbabygirl]

They can try to hit me, but if I had either of those I'd be too damn fast for them to catch me!

[Sigh, if only it could happen.]

It'd be so cool! I wish I really did have powers.

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[oyaji]

Oh, yeah! Exactly! You'd be undefeated! They'd call you Speed Demon: The Endless Traveler.

[ As much as his wife side-eyed at his super hero names, he has to say they are seriously imaginative! People just don't get the beauty of them, and that's their own damn loss! ]

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[hisbabygirl]

Aw man!

[Her eyes light up at the name and Sarah sighs wistfully.]

That name is perfect too!

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[oyaji]

It is! Totally fits you!

Hmm, maybe we need to get you a cape...

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[hisbabygirl]

Nah, that'd slow me down. It'd be like a parachute behind me when I run.

[Though it does make her wonder.]

Where's your cape?

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[oyaji]

Oh, uh... Well I used to have a cape, but my new costume is all armor.

I'll have to show you sometime! It's no cape, but it's still pretty cool! Comes with a motorcycle too! Or... well... did. I don't really have it here. My partner's got his, though!

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[hisbabygirl]

Aaahh, motorcycles are so cool! And whoa, armor too!

[That mask though.]

...Is that the mask you wear out there?

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[oyaji]

Oh, this one? No--Well, it's... kinda? I wear a face plate, but if it gets broken or if I'm out on the street without my armor, I wear this just for anonymity.

It's, like, a back up! Always be prepared!

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[hisbabygirl]

[She squints at that.]

Does it work? I mean, it doesn't reaaaally cover much.