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[public video;]

[Say hello to Peggy, sitting at a console with what looks like the designs of a Fire Sector suite in the background. For the tech savvy, the console address is traceable to Steve Rogers.]

I hope those displaced from the Earth Sector fire have found a place to stay until the suites can be rebuilt or new homes. Fortunately, it looks as if the damage was contained before it spread too far. I think this situation is exactly the sort of thing a council for us ‘foreigners’ would be good for, and I mean in the sense of checking the damages, injuries, and helping people find temporary lodgings.

[Not necessarily hunting down perpetrators. And she has her suspicions on what might have started it, but that is not going out publicly. So on a different note!]

Though we can all understand the spoken word and each other here, I’ve found that’s not the case with the written. I’ve started making efforts to crack the kedan language, as it were, but there’s very little to help along these lines. Picking up words on signs is one thing, but a grasp of the grammar and structure is another.

Has anyone else been trying to do the same? I’m not sure much more will be possible unless we find the kedan version of a Rosetta Stone, to be honest.

[video; filtered/locked 30% to Favrielle nó Eglantine]

[she’s not worried about it being hacked, but she’s not interested in attempting to publicly ping someone for a one-on-one conversation either.] Favrielle, I’d like to commission you once more. Would you prefer discussion in person?

[And then text;]

[written in German, because testing the feature:] If you can understand this, please respond.

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Codes I know, cyphers not so much. But I do prefer private conversations to be held in person regardless.

Do you speak more than one language?

Good point. [Except superhearing but at least Superman is polite about that.]

I speak bits and pieces of other languages. I'm best at French, but I learn that in school.

Even that's not perfect, but it's a little more reliable.

I started learning French in school myself. It seems a common language in that vein.

Probably because it's pretty widely-spoken in North America.

How did you come to learn German?

And Europe and beyond. It's a rather international language. [English accent whoo]

I began teaching myself in secondary school, but it's my most used beyond native English, for work related reasons.

That too, though English is popular internationally where I'm from.

What kind of work?

Likewise. But it's more useful to speak the local language when you're in another country. It makes it possible to fit in.

I'm in the military.

True. Though I usually stick to words and phrases I know, just to be safe.

I can see it, now that you mention it. You sound like you have rank too.

That does tend to work out well, unless they ask for more.

Quite the observation. You must know some military men or women already.

Luckily, we usually have a translator.

I've met a few. You just have that posture and confidence.

Fortunate, though not always an option.

[She grins a little bit] Everyone must carry themselves a certain way. Civilians do so quite differently from soldiers.

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If all else fails, I usually at least try charades.

[Smiles back] That's true. What do you do in the military, if I may ask? I know you probably can't give me details.

So long as gestures don't have different meanings. The outcome could prove dangerous above innocent.

Intelligence work and special forces.

Luckily, I've avoided that so far. Then again, I'm usually just asking where the bathroom is.

Cool. Is that what you've always wanted to do in the military?

[She tilts her head in amusement] It's a little hard to make a mistake there, it's true.

I knew from quite a young age that I wanted to military work. The exact nature of what came later.

[...she doesn't necessarily mind talking about this. The kid's young, and she's used to people questioning why the military in a more negative tone.]

[Grins.]

Was it because you wanted to travel?

[Pshh he actually doesn't have any issues with the military. Actually they're allies to superheroes back home. Well. Most are.]

Not exactly. My father was a soldier.

[It's less military issues and more woman in the military why issues. Which she's half surprised about the lack of - but she doesn't get the same reaction via people from the future.]

And you wanted to follow in his footsteps? I get it.

[Yeah, the future's nice that way. Plus, women serving in the military-slash-being superheroes is a non-issue where he's from. They're heroes and they deserve respect, same as anyone else.]

A little, but doing my own thing was important as well.

[Peggy loves worlds like that she really does. The future is good that way.]

I know the feeling.

[Just not in the way you'd expect.]

It's important, I think, to find your own place in the world, as best you can, with your own aspirations.

[Thoughtfully:] Yeah. Sometimes it's hard to figure out how. But I'm glad you've found your way.

Thank you. I do hope you manage the same -?

[Asking for his name because how has that not happened yet?]

Dick Grayson.

Peggy Carter. It's a pleasure. Is there anyone else you know here?

[Because child. Or at least still pretty young.]

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