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[khajidont]

Jaime's cell phone is more or less plugged riiiight into his brain, so he tends to pick up like 99% of the time! If not, however...

"Hey, Jaime here! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you ASAP."

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[khajidont]

Not here I don't. I just went by memory when I went out there. Tell you what I'll do a little reading and see if I can give you a recommendation. I want to see if they're any different here anyhow

You ever miss it?

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[rathercommon]

Brilliant. I owe you, Jaime. You know the way to my heart: helping me learn something new.

And do I miss London? God, I know we're all supposed to be swooning with homesickness, but honestly not a bit. I mean - don't get me wrong, I love that city, I love the people in it, I love its crowded streets, I love its miserable bloody weather, I love its stinking river. But the thought of having to go back to it makes me ill.

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[khajidont]

[...huh. Jaime hadn't been expecting that answer, not at all.]

Trust me half the people I know never actually want to leave this place. You're not alone there. So if you could live somewhere else after you've done everything you wanted to do you would?

[Though, deep down, Jaime has a feeling that Kitty won't be content with everything she wants to do until she's old and grey.]

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[rathercommon]

[ She chews that over a moment, then responds: ]

Yeah. I'd travel. Find someplace new, where the way people live turns my thinking upside down. New libraries and new knowledge. But...Ha ha ha, 'after I've done everything I want to do.' I'm going to get stuck in another life, I've heard.

text SORRY BOUT YOUR NEVERENDING QUEST KITTY

[khajidont]

Wait what do you mean stuck in another life?

text no it actually isn't all that neverending, she just goes prematurely gray...sort of

[rathercommon]

Oh...It's just that as it turns out I rather end up becoming Prime Minister Jones or something of that sort. Mandrake wasn't exactly firm on the precise details, but...Apparently, that's where I end up. And doesn't that seem like a laugh.

text oh well AT LEAST SHE CAN SWING IT. rock that grey, kitty jones

[khajidont]

Whoa. Not a laugh and totally not where I'd expect you to wind up. No offense. Was that good news? I mean that's one way to make a change

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[rathercommon]

[ She thinks about that a little while longer, then answers honestly: ]

Not good news, no. I mean...Don't get me wrong, I'm not scared to grit my teeth and do things I don't like. Obviously. But I really can't imagine that I'd be any good at it at all. And I'd HATE it. The thought of having to kiss up to people I hate makes me SICK, and I talked it over enough with Mandrake to know that I won't be able to just chuck all the people I hate overboard. But...You know. I promised Mandrake that I'd try, that I'd study so that I can get ready for it, and he's gone now so I can't even take my word back. But that's not who I want to be.

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[khajidont]

Nothing saying that your future's set in stone either. If you remember what you know here that makes you a different person from the Kitty that that Mandrake guy knows. I think we get a lot of talk with all these different times like everything's set in stone but thinking like that is enough to make you go crazy

I think you'd be good at it though.

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[rathercommon]

That's awfully sweet of you to say. You'd make a good politician yourself, you know.

I just...I don't know. I wish I had more information. I wish Mandrake hadn't left. I've just been feeling sick with it for a little while now. It's part of why I'm going.

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[khajidont]

Thanks but I'd be awful at it. I think I'll stick with other things.

Sick with what? Your future or with people leaving?

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[rathercommon]

Oh, you're diplomatic. You'd be good.

And truthfully...I'm not certain. Both, maybe. All of it.

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[khajidont]

Public speaking! That would probably murder me

I get what you mean though. That's something that most people here have to deal with but nobody really talks about it. It's so weird that it's kind of weird to figure out what to say you know? It's tough when it's stuff that we can't do anything about. Not right now anyway

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[rathercommon]

Right, yeah. Things might change. They probably will, really. We've got a fair number of really smart people on the case, haven't we? Though God, I really wish that people were more FOCUSED. Everyone keeps getting sidetracked...

Anyway, seriously? Public speaking? As in, you're afraid of having to talk to crowds?

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[khajidont]

Give people a little credit. It's hard not to get sidetracked when things start getting bombed and supervillains start going on rampages. You kind of have to split your attention when that kind of thing happens

I never said I was afraid! I'm just not good at it

[NO HE'S TOTALLY SCARED OF IT]

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[rathercommon]

No, I do get that. It's just that when those things happen, it's like EVERYONE jumps to attention. You don't bloody well see the entire imPort community frothing at the chance to go downtown to help build homes for the poor on the weekend, but the moment some wanker wearing arse-lifting leiderhosen starts panting about his plans for world domination, suddenly the street is thick with us. Honestly, really, don't get me wrong, I KNOW we can't just let wicked people do as they ought and we're better at stopping them than the police are. But really, I just wish that people would get excited about fighting poverty the way they get excited about fighting crime.

And all right, what parts of it aren't you good at? I don't really think there's much to it TO be good at, really, since it's just going up there and saying something true, but you never do quite know.

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[khajidont]

[oH GOD WHY WON'T KITTY STOP LECTURING HIM]

Probably cause stopping the dude punching people in the face is easier

[An eloquent response for a well thought out critique.]

Ehhh I'm just not as good with words

[He's such a bullshitter. He's not great with words, okay, point in his favour, but when the cameras are turned on him, he just stutters, mumbles, and looks anxiously for the next exit. Maybe Kitty will never know.]

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[rathercommon]

Yeah, well, there's one thing in the world worth doing that's easy: breathing. Everything else worthwhile is hard, isn't it. Anyway, punching usually doesn't solve anything anyway, does it? You've got to either kill him outright or remove his reasons for doing the things he does. And that doesn't come from everyone hitting him.

Anyway, what's that even mean, not good with words? You communicate just fine, don't you. I've always understood you. What more is needed?

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[khajidont]

You know that me saying something doesn't mean that I'm saying they're right don't you?

Anyway case in point is that you were able to write out like an entire lecture in about thirty seconds and I wrote you back one line. To be a good public speaker you can't just say one thing and then be like yeah okay I'm done. You need some serious speechifying skills

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[rathercommon]

Well, and you know that me arguing doesn't mean I'm arguing with YOU, right? (You'd know if I were arguing with you. I'd get a LOT shirtier, and meaner. I'd probably insult your facial hair a bit, wouldn't I.) (Though honestly, I wouldn't be all that surprised if you WERE one of those going out there and fighting crime. We've still got a few people in costumes unaccounted for and you keep some AWFULLY rowdy company. I expect you're a bit wilder than you seem, aren't you.)

Anyway, you could have said a lot more if you'd wanted to. You were just being a bit lazy. Anyway, no one LIKES hearing someone prattle on and on. Eurgh, like there was this one junior junior undersecretary to the minister for education or something of that sort who came to our graduation ceremony and went on and on and on and on and on and on...It must have been two hours he talked. I nearly ran up to the podium and slapped him. I'd sooner have someone who says one thing and then is like yeah I'm done.

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[khajidont]

It's okay everyone makes digs on the hair. I think it's like a mean magnet.

[HE'S GOING TO SHAVE IT OFF ONE DAY. Other than that, though... YIKES. Does she know? Is she certain, or is she just throwing guesses out there? What does he say?

Deflect! Deflect, deflect, nothing suspicious to see here, nosiree, not at all!]

And I think you'd be a little surprised by how not rowdy my company actually is when you get to know them. They're all rough on the outside with ooey gooey centers. It's kind of a running trend.

I guess you're right though I like people who keep it short and simple too. I didn't actually listen to the guy talking at my graduation. I was playing on my phone

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[rathercommon]

[ Good deflection. She honestly does wonder a little bit, for a lot of reasons - little things he's said, skills he's got, the fact that he's got such a strong conscience but gives no indication that he ever uses his powers to back that conscience up - and if he'd tried to fight her on it, that little fire of curiosity would get fed. Just letting it breeze past doesn't give her any kindling. ]

'Running trend.' PLEASE tell me that was intentional.

And I don't expect any of those graduation speeches are worthwhile, anyway. They're all pretty predictable - go out, join the workforce, make yourself a productive member of society.

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[khajidont]

What can I say I've got a wit

I went to an elementary school graduation too. That one wasn't so bad.

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[rathercommon]

Elementary school?

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[khajidont]

Yep. Sometimes elementary schools will have little graduations too for the kids and a kid I know was graduating so we all went to cheer him on. It was pretty cute