12 ➴ [voice]

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Well, City, it's been an entire year since I first arrived.  I wish I could say it's been all fun and games, but, well.  You know.

Anyway, I was wondering, who do you miss the most of the people that have been ported out.   I have to say I miss Mia Dearden the most, if only because I know I won't get to see her again in my world.  I miss Billy and Teddy, but at least I know our team will be back together again eventually.  I may never get to see Mia again.

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[hackeralastair]

Pretty much. Saitou was one of my roommates for a while.

[recurve]

How long did you know him?

[hackeralastair]

Oh god...um. I don't know. More than six months, at least, but I don't know if it was a full year.

[recurve]

Did he leave recently?

[hackeralastair]

...over a year ago.

[recurve]

So it's unlikely he'll come back...

What about Soundwave?

[hackeralastair]

Same. He was killed, last summer. Because of him I don't believe people will come back from the dead until they actually do.

[recurve]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

I guess it's odd to think of death as impermanent anyway.

[hackeralastair]

I know. People get so flippant about it sometimes, and it's like...no, it's still death.

[a long pause]

...I haven't really talked about this with people in a while. I...thanks.

[recurve]

It's no problem, really. I'm glad to talk about these things.

I'm Kate, by the way.

[hackeralastair]

Alastair.

How long have you been around, anyway?

[recurve]

A year, most recently, except for about a month over the summer. But there was another me before.

[hackeralastair]

Oh. That's gotta be weird.

[recurve]

It is, a bit. My secret ID got announced on the Network the day I arrived, so. That was fun.

[hackeralastair]

Uh...whoops. Although...I mean here, you kind of don't need one. Or do you?

[recurve]

Not really. It's not like back home, where I have my family to protect.

[hackeralastair]

Yeah, well...even with family to protect, sometimes a secret identity isn't enough.

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Yeah. [She gets quiet a moment.] I know what you mean.

[hackeralastair]

[good, then he doesn't have to explain] You do what you can, huh?

[recurve]

You have to.