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[sufferably]

_{( A few hours after arriving, and after meeting up with Jim and figuring out some basics, because he's not about to make a public post that makes a fool of him in front of a bunch of people, Bones picks up the comm and says, rough southern accent and all-- )}

Alright. There's obviously no point asking about how to hail a ship that's in orbit two hundred years in the future.

_{( A great start, by Dr. Leonard McCoy. He sounds all business, and you can almost hear him rolling up his sleeves. )}

If this is a city of heroes, I'm willing to bet it's also a city of danger. _{( He says that derisively. )} If you were going to rate this place based on how easy it was to get sick, injured--how would it compare to your home ti--that is, world? Are buildings getting knocked down, people getting crazy interdimensional diseases?

I like to know what I'm working with.

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[sufferably]

Can't say I do. _{( Yes, he can. )}

[sorcerersupreme]

You will eventually, I'm sure.

[sufferably]

What, if I live that long?

[sorcerersupreme]

Yes. I suppose even old age is better than the alternative.

[sufferably]

You kidding? It's way better. You get to retire. _{( Shut up Bones you're never retiring. )}

[sorcerersupreme]

Retirement is preferable, no doubt, to death. However, there's a restlessness to a lack of commitments which can be quite toxic.

[sufferably]

Toxic, and maybe just boring, too.

[sorcerersupreme]

I didn't want to spell it out quite so obviously. That is what I meant, however.

Of course, you're young yet. You won't have to appreciate the tiny little fictions we use to hide things from ourselves for many years.

[sufferably]

I'm not that young.

[sorcerersupreme]

Comparatively.

[sufferably]

What're you, some kind of dinosaur, then?

[sorcerersupreme]

Dinosaurs are more than 2083 years old, so I suppose not. But very nearly.

[sufferably]

You've gotta be kidding me.

[sorcerersupreme]

Not at all.

As I said, you're young yet.

[sufferably]

If you've got that kinda mileage, everyone must seem young.

[sorcerersupreme]

Here? Yes. Although every so often I meet someone who surprises me.

I should have asked before-- Are you a doctor? Or simply a hypochondriac?

[sufferably]

One, not the other.

Name's Doctor McCoy.

[sorcerersupreme]

MD not Ph.D, I presume. In either case, that's a popular name for doctors around here.

I am Doctor Stephen Strange. It's a pleasure.