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hey, so, full disclosure: this is super weird for me. i've never done this before. like, classically when i tell people bad stuff happens so i sorta don't tell anyone, but uh, here goes:

so i've got... superpowers. it feels like?? that's not that big a deal around here. some people are like 9 ft tall and can do magic (???) and have full robotic wings so it's just nbd but also for me it kinda is a big deal so it's a little scary to be upfront about this but i super duper did just liveblog my spider wall-crawling to the entire team during the last mission pandora's box is way open so yeah i have superpowers

( and apparently he's no better at trying to send brain messages, RIP friendos, his brain is just Like This )

but anyway, uh... since there are a lot of us, maybe if you wanna, we can... share??? nothing more than you are comfortable with, obviously, and trust me if you wanna hang back and stay quiet i get it. back home, i can't share this stuff. it gets people hurt. i was just thinking here, maybe... and since there's a ton of you like me or not even like me but different too, i don't know. maybe it'd be good for us to know who can do what? what we're all capable of? things we should look out for?

i guess i should go first. i, uh... can crawl on walls. everybody saw that (SIDEBAR that is my bad for that shaky camera work if i gave you motion sickness i am so so so sorry). i'm pretty strong too. and maybe be careful trying to touch me or throw things at me bc my senses make me react if it seems like a threat and i'm not super good at turning it off. i'm trying though. i have webslingers too, for flyin around?? so that's cool

uh... that's it? ama? i'll try and answer... or you can tell me anything, if you wanna talk shop. if you wanna keep things dl, private works. trust that i get it, this feels so viscerally uncomfortable, like those went to school in ur underwear dreams, only i really did it, holy snickerdoodle, i really hope this does not blow up in my face

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It wouldn't be the smart move.

You aren't the only one here with...abilities or the first to share with the class. We all seem to be getting along so far. I think you'll be just fine, sweetie.

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yes objectively probably not? never had a whole squad of supers to back me up if things go sideways

yeah we do, so far. kinda nice right?? anyway, um, thanks, i don't know your name

( sweetie gives him a similar vibe to his aunt's waitress friends from the diner. but, not in a bad way. )

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Different. But yes. It's nice.

You can call me River.

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okay. hi river. i'm peter. i'm realizing i wrote like three pages of brain nonsense and neglected to mention that part

you been a part of the orb squad for long?

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Well it's easy to write brain nonsense when you're using your brain to do it.

I think this'll be going on 6 months now.

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six months? wow. i know that's not an enormously long time but it's the longest i've ever been from home. ...actually every day i'm here becomes a new record for how long i've been away from home because i never went anywhere longer than a long weekend

( again with the brain nonsense. one of these days he'll master this. maybe. probably not. )

are you homesick at all? is that too personal a question? sorry if so feel free to pretend i didn't ask that easier on both of us that way

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[ She chuckles lightly, but there's nothing cruel about it. She knows very well how hard it is to control and direct your thoughts the way you'd like. ]

Not really, no. But I'm not alone here. [ Yes, she means the Doctors, but it's deeper than that. ] And I wasn't exactly home before.

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i guess that makes sense. i've never been away from home. like, maybe a camping trip or the hamptons. for like a long weekend. but this is the furthest i've ever gone from home ever and the longest i've been away too.

( safe to say, he's homesick. big time. )

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I'm sure that's difficult.

[ It's the most she can offer. She wishes she were in a position to really understand, but the Doctor is the only home she's ever had. A person, not a place. And an inconsistent one, at that, for the majority of her life. ]

It gets easier.

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yeah. it does. like being away from my aunt is easier today than it was the first few nights. but then i feel bad for missing her less??? is that weird????

( less weird and more neurotic, Peter. )

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I don't know if I'd say it's weird.

[ Oh, he is terribly young, isn't he? River's hearts ache a little. Partly in sympathy and partly because she isn't even sure she's capable of feeling what he's feeling. ]

Guilt can be complicated.

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well, yeah, that's for sure
and i'm jewish. guilt is in my blood, i never stood a chance

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Well, sweetie, I'd like to say it gets easier to ignore.