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[ Kara spends some time familiarizing herself with her surroundings before trying to send a message. It's all very strange, very alien, but no more so than Earth is. Once she feels collected enough to do so she turns her attention to the console. It isn’t quite like anything she’s ever used before, but the technology is close enough to what she’s used to on Krypton that after a bit of fiddling around she manages to get the video feed on and recording. She takes a deep breath and addresses the network. ]

I’m told that people are brought here from all over the place. If that’s true, and you can all understand me… [ She doesn’t really get how that works, but she sincerely hopes that it does. Otherwise, she’s on her own. Again. ]

I need to know. How many of you know the planet Krypton? And what do you know about it?

[ She almost adds a ‘please’, because if nobody here has answers for her then she won’t know anything until she returns home. If she returns home. But instead she clenches her jaw and turns off the feed. ]

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I wouldn't know. I assumed you knew him. [ How else would she know about Krypton? ]

Well, yeah. Back home. He and my dad fight together.

But I don't remember seeing you around before.

You must be from Earth. [ This is very exciting, she's only been able to talk to one human before. ]

I've never been here before this morning. My name is Kara.

Last time I checked.

[Which would explain why they'd never met.]

It's nice to meet you, Kara. I'm Zatanna.

Your planet isn't very welcoming, Zatanna.

It's not?

It hasn't been to me, anyway. Do most of your alien visitors speak your language?

The ones I know do.

I've never heard of them having any problems. What happened to you?

Men in mech suits attacked me, and then some man with an odd smile stole my ship and kidnapped me, and then after I saved the world your army pointed weapons at me! This is the most peace I've had since I crashed on your planet.

[Wow.]

Yeah, I can see how that might be a bit of a turn-off.

That isn't normal for your culture, is it?

Definitely not.

I mean, there are always the few skeptics out there who make it their goal and life to hate everything. But, I mean, the League are basically celebrities. Liked celebrities. Full paparazzi treatment and everything.

[ There is so much of that she didn't get. ]

What is the 'League'?

The Justice League? [You know? No? Okay, then...] A group of heroes that come together to fight the bad guys. Quite a few of them are from different worlds.

Like a police force? [ Only from different worlds. Or something? ]

Sort of. Only more power and less quarrels about things like jurisdiction and red tape.

Why do you need both?

Because laws are complicated?

I honestly don't know. I haven't taken Government in school yet.

That seems unnecessarily complex. But then, so does just about everything I've seen since waking up on Earth.

Pretty much.

So it doesn't make sense to you either? That's a relief.

Nope. It's definitely not just you.

And who knows? Maybe things'll be different here. From what I've been able to tell, there are a lot of superheroes around already.

Superheroes? [ She's not familiar with the term. Heroes she knows, but what makes them super? ]

[This...might be a bit more difficult to explain]

Do you know what a 'hero' is, at least?

Yes, I know the word.

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