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[There is a blue-eyed child looking at you. She can't be more than three. She is, however, wearing a very grown-up expression of dissatisfaction. And some kind of superhero outfit with a big "6" on the chest.

Ordinarily, Val would be cagier about immediately going public in a strange place, but, well, she has A Problem. When she speaks, it's with fully adult syntax and no hint of a lisp or any other childish speech impediment.]

Hi. I'm Valeria Richards. Assuming no alternate timeline stuff--not a safe assumption, I know, but sometimes you gotta live dangerously--it looks like there are a few people out there who're friends of my parents. You've got a couple of hours to come get me before they [she turns the phone to show a pair of what are presumably social workers, looking simultaneously put-upon and patient] try to stick me in foster care and things get sketchy.

[Anyone who knows Val will know that's more for the prospective foster parents' protection than hers. No one wants her turning some unfortunate family's appliances into her robot escape army.]

...'Bye.

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[ After a moment's hesitation, he sighs. ]

... I'm not going to harm you. It's understandable you're wary...

I know a few women who could probably help you get to the MAC.

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What does being a woman have to do with anything? [Gil you are weird.]

If... that makes you more comfortable...

Ha. Mom, me, and one of the fish kids have the only sets of matching sex chromosomes in my Dad's whole organization. Guys don't bother me.

Fish kids and chro--? Wait -- never mind. [ She's really confusing him with a lot of these scientific terms he's never heard before. ] You shouldn't be by yourself...

Where are you? [ And he wonders about her costume even more now. It looks too sleek to be something for Halloween. ]

[Gosh, what do they teach in England?]

I'm at the DOI. They were saying something about jaguars in the streets and I don't think they meant it metaphorically.

[It's her school uniform!]

[ In alternate universes inspired by the Victorian era and the crazy that is Alice in Wonderland: not sciences. ]

Still?! That should be done with! [ He is never playing board games again. ]

Ah... [ He doesn't want to scare a kid because he thinks she can be scared. Hahaha... ] The DOI you said? That's good. They're able to sort papers for you in this world.

Is someone coming for you?

[Well, she's certainly not going to be scared of jaguars who haven't got frikkin' laser beams on their heads.]

So definitely non-metaphorical jaguars, then? I assume they were just being cautious. You don't drop right from Jaguarcon 1 back down to 5. [That's a reference he has absolutely no chance of getting.]

Mr. Stark's coming. [Sue would kill him for leaving Val unsupervised.]

[ Nah, that's just those amateur vigilantes who currently have lasers. Welcome to the City, Val.

AND NOPE HE DOESN'T GET IT AT ALL. ]

Oh... that's good. Stay there. Will you be alright, though?

I'm fine.

[Another universe? Must be Tuesday. This guy is really nervous.]

Is this Mr. Stark someone you know?

He's a friend of my Dad's. [Plus there's that secret conspiracy they're in together.]

That's good.

I understand this can be a lot to take in at once.

Hardly. This is just an alternate timeline and no one's shooting at me. [Shrug.]

You're familiar with this? How... old are you?

Three.

...If you start freaking out, I'm hanging up on you.

[ He wasn't imagining it... she really is a young child. A baby, basically! ]

[ But he can't act too surprised or she might hang up and he really wants to make sure she stays safe. He remembers when Ada was a little girl. ]

I'm... not going to to freak out...

Three...

Um, you speak quite well for your ah, age.

I'm a supergenius.

[Duh.]

At... three? [ She talks more like a professor!! ]

It runs in the family. My Dad is the literal smartest man in the world.

[Val's smarter, but since she's not a man, this is not technically a lie about her father.]

[ He actually smiles at that. ]

He must be. [ She's way too articulate. More than the professors at Lutwidge and it's the most prestigious school back home. ] Does he tutor you himself, then?

[ Too young for school... right... ]

Ha, that'd be a huge waste of everyone's time. Mostly we just check in every couple days and then I totally school him at soriteses.

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