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001 ✚ voice

_{( 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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A little suffering's good for you.

I know that much.

Just a little. Too much, and it gets fucking ridiculous.

Depends how you make it out the other end.

Yeah, I suppose it does that.

And that's an individual experience kind of thing.

You trying to be philosophical, now?

And apparently fucking failing.

Crashing and burning. _{( Nodding, off screen. )}

Not every attempt can be perfect.

I'm sure there's something philosophical I could say in response to that. 'Bout how nothing's ever perfect, or something.

You could. Then you'd be outdoing me.

And who wants to upstage the mayor on their first day?

Well, I'm sure if you've got an ego problem, you'd want to.

That'd require a bit more care than I can manage to muster.

Hey, that's a good thing. No need to fuck with it if you don't have to.

Good philosophy for just about anything.

_{( A joke. )}

Fair enough. [ There's a small laugh in his voice. ]

An important one to hold, too.

Which means no one does. Or hardly anyone.

Not enough people, that's for fucking sure.

We'll just have to be the sane ones who know how to really live.

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