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[As the feed turns on, one may notice the camera pointed directly at an open window, where some might recognize a familiar face, and others, a slightly less familiar (and noticeably younger) face. Sitting on a large tree branch just outside her room. Because why not?]

[14-year-old Zatanna looks oddly at peace for the moment, back leans against the rough bark, a few pieces peppering the shoulders of her black jacket blazer. One leg dangles off the edge, the other bent at the knee. She has a half smile on her face, and her eyes continue to casually take in her surroundings, even as she addresses the Network.]

I'll admit...definitely not what I was expecting.

[Implying that she's somehow unsurprised by her current limbo status. Like she knew something like this would happen, even if there was no way she could've predicted exactly what. Knew and accepted it. For now.]

Can't really complain, though. I'd take a giant tree house over an eternity in empty helmet space any day.

Name's Zatanna, by the way. Zatanna Zatara.

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Are you really hoping to get away from someone that much?

What? No!

If anything, I've love to see them all again. Just...you know...not here. Back home.

Oh...

[Considering that if the kedan were telling the truth, dying was one to show up, Pete could sympathize.]

I know how that feels, too. As friendly as everyone's been so far, I think I'm the only one from my world to show up. At least, out of anyone I know.

Aside from your "evil twin", right?

Not evil, just older. Also, taller.

And even though he seems like a nice enough guy, I'd still prefer friends and family.

Point.

I'd probably feel the same way, honestly.

Well, here's hoping we both luck out, then. There's always a chance someone from home could show up.

I mean, if snagging a science nerd is a top priority, this place probably doesn't have a pattern to who it brings in.

[JUST ORDINARY PETER PARKER HERE, MOVE ALONG, NOTHING UNUSUAL AT ALL.]

[Gosh, Peter, you're being awful insistent about being just a Science Nerd]

You're kinda down on yourself, aren't you?

Maybe you're one of those kids who has potential you hadn't realized yet.

Well, I can comfortably squeeze myself into lockers with the best of them.

[He's joking. Mostly. A little.]

Practicing for a future career as a stage magic assitant?

More like a contortionist, I don't have the legs to pull off the glittery dress.

Same thing, really.

And assistants don't wear dresses. They'd snag in the machines. Spandex and lycra suits all the way.

Somehow I doubt I'd be able to pull off spandex, either.

[LIAR, LIAR, SPIDER-THEMED PANTS ON FIRE]

Yeah, probably not.

It takes a certain kind of guy to run around in a spandex suit, I guess.

[Dramatic Irony is a beautiful thing]

The phrase "mildly insane" comes to mind.

[If it weren't for the fact she seemed to be pretty smart, he'd normally go into a rant about Spider-Man right about now...]

I wouldn't say that.

Some of the best people I know wear them.

You know that many performers?

I do.

But they're not who I was talking about.

So, you have friends who run around in spandex, and they aren't stage performers.

[THIS SOUNDS WEIRD TO HIM. But mostly because if he's understanding this right, it means she's from someplace that actually has more than one superhero in the world. Which is weird.]

I can't imagine that being too popular at school.

We don't go to the same school. And not all of them are in school anymore.