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[takingkarabusiness]

Hi! This is Kara. I'm not here at the moment but leave a message! I'll get back to you ASAP, promise!

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[nostraightlines]

Science, actually. Especially psych and medicine. How people work.

[ He leads the way to his room, which is its usual spartan kind of clean. But he's got some pictures up on the wall now. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

I can understand that. Alex's family is all scientists, so when I was learning Earth things, they were able to answer a lot of my questions. It was nice.

[nostraightlines]

They're way more advanced than me, I can guarantee that. I was at about a high school level back in Eudio.

[takingkarabusiness]

That's not nothing.

You know, Krypton had totally different systems for things and I had to completely relearn everything in middle school.

[nostraightlines]

That must have been incredibly confusing.

[takingkarabusiness]

Especially when they're teaching things I knew to be wrong. I might've gotten into one or two arguments.

[nostraightlines]

Different planet, different science.

You want to meet my friends? [ He gestures to the pictures. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Yes! Of course!

[nostraightlines]

Well here's my brother... [ he points out a picture of a shaggy looking guy, long hair and scruff and big emotional eyes, sitting with a pretty blond woman ] With Cassie. I don't know if I told you about her... we didn't get to know each other that well, she's from our past.

[takingkarabusiness]

I don't think you have, but it's great to put faces with names.

[nostraightlines]

You already know Celeste... [ There are two of her, one a candid taken in the forest and one a picture of her holding a ferret up to her face for a selfie. ] And this here's Sheva. [ He points out a stunning woman whose smile is a sideways smirk in the photo. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Wow. She's really pretty.

Also—is that a ferret??

[nostraightlines]

I know. I've got more on my phone. [ He reaches for it, scanning through pictures for more of Sheva. He's got candids, selfies at what looks like a gun range, and a couple of her in formalwear looking at the photographer with knowing eyes. ]

Celeste had two, it was my fault she got them. She loved the things, though, I can't even count the number of ferrets in hats she sent me.

[takingkarabusiness]

I need to see those pictures.

[ ferrets!!!! ]

It's so great you still have all these though.

[nostraightlines]

Let's see... [ Have some ferret pictures! A lot of them, he wasn't exaggerating. ]

The engineer helped me convert the charger so it would work on the power here. I'm lucky.

[takingkarabusiness]

I would love to have photos.

[ she is genuinely interested and engaged with his photos, asking questions about things here and there ]

[nostraightlines]

[ He answers with an astonishing memory for when and where he took all of them. ]

Do you have your phone? I might be able to hook it up the same way they did mine.

[takingkarabusiness]

I would have to look, but I doubt it. I didn't really come with much, besides these.

[ taps her glasses ]

[nostraightlines]

Those are important.

So are you hungry?

[takingkarabusiness]

Only so I don't accidentally x-ray everyone.

And that's my secret– I'm always hungry.

[nostraightlines]

Like I said, important.

Come on, I'll get some real food in you. And then either fake rice or fake potatoes, which is your preference?

[takingkarabusiness]

Fake rice, I think.

[nostraightlines]

To the kitchen!

[ He holds the door for her and makes his way down the hall. ] So did something happen..?

[takingkarabusiness]

You could say that.

[ no, kara, being glib won't help. she sighs ]

I got... new memories, somehow. A lot of them A lot of stuff happened. And then I mentioned stuff that I remembered off-handedly and it turns out it created this whole big drama with Winn and Kitty. Which like, yes, I messed up, but at the moment it didn't seem like it was going to be a big deal.

[nostraightlines]

New memories..? How?

They're your friends, they'll understand that you slipped.