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[lostundercover]

[Costigan sounds detached from the subject matter right now, but those attentive may notice a very slight slur on some words. He may or may not be intoxicated.]

Abigail Hobbs is gone, as are Walter Bishop and Rebecca Holiday.

That makes about a dozen in the last month. Anyone else worried about how many people are disappearing? No, why bother? It's not like we get along here and we're all just as fucked as they were anyway, right?

[There's a short silence before he cuts off.]

[100% encrypted to: Dick Grayson]
[He speaks noticeably clearer in his short message.]
Watch the Center. I'll be back in a week or two.

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[lostundercover]

Look, Hammond. You're new and you're eager to make a name for yourself. It's not rocket science. I've been here over a year and you know what's changed? The old Emperor's dead and more people are leaving than arriving now.. and yeah, that worries me. It's fucking worrisome.

Honest to God, I hope you prove me wrong, I do. Right now, I haven't seen any reason to believe what you're sayin'. I hope you can change that, because we fuckin' need it.

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[originalflameon]

[He gives him a smile, as if he had just given him the biggest compliment.]

You're right on a lot of things- I'm new, and things are looking more and more worrying. It's hard to imagine how they might get better.

But I do not want to make a name for myself. I had one, back at home- or did, when I was born because the circumstances of my creation are a bit weird. And I'd rather stay in the nice, comfortable anonymity.

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[lostundercover]

[WHOA HOLD UP.]

Your "creation"?

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[originalflameon]

Yes.

I am an android, a synthezoid to be precise. In short: I am man-made. Is that a problem?

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[lostundercover]

[Costigan gives a facial shrug.]

I don't know.

[There was a time he would have said yes. Now he actually thinks about it, considers, and finds he doesn't know the answer. Some part of him hates it, but another part realizes he has to work with people he doesn't like.]

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[originalflameon]

What is your problem with that, exactly? Perhaps I can help. [Or perhaps he will decide to stop talking with someone who has a grudge against man-made people. He has no trouble with people having issues with superpowers, it's their own choice and he'd be scared if he was in their position as well.

But he's quite the robotical men activist.]

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[lostundercover]

Do you believe in God?