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[Cassel's in his room, rearranging his drawer of scraps in some order discernible only to him. Ilia is perched on a high shelf, his eyes narrowed and tail twitching, disturbed by the commotion and looking ready to jump down onto Cassel's shoulders at any moment. As he rummages, Cassel addresses the camera; the moment he turns towards it, a bruise slides into view on his left temple, light and mottled black. He seems not to notice it.]

A few things. First of all, if anybody who's not all Admiral-ed up has a problem with the power outages, I think - I think I can make flashlights and lamps that don't need to be powered. [He's speaking specifically to Morgana here, but he doesn't know everybody's hangups, either, so he's leaving it open to the Barge as a whole.]

Second of all, has anybody actually gotten anywhere with the ship? Steering it or anything? Because this seems like it's getting kind of. Critical. [As Dean so astutely pointed out.]

Last thing - I know nobody cares right now, but we still need staff for the gym. At least one more person. If you feel like going slightly less stir-crazy while we're marooned in the middle of nowhere, apply now.

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He is? He don't seem like it. What're his powers?

He doesn't have any. Except for robot legs. He's like, um, Daredevil, I guess.

Is that someone here?

He's a different superhero. From comics. [That he was instructed to read by Chris on pain of death.] I guess he could exist somewhere?

If they was non-fiction comics, maybe.

I mean, there are superheroes from comics here sometimes. Rogue was here. Jean Grey is here.

[god he sounds like chris jfc.]

I know who Jean Grey is. There are comic books about her?

Yeah. What, you seriously didn't know that?

No. So she's, like, famous? We got a celebrity here on the Barge?

Pretty much. Cool, right?

Yeah.

[Though the "fictional in some places" aspect is still escaping her; she just assumes these are biography-style comic books.]

You think anyone's gonna write comics about Chris?

I think he'd probably piss himself with joy if they did.

Maybe you should write one.

. . . That's the best idea I've ever heard.

Be a good birthday present, right? You could get someone to do the pictures.

I don't know anybody but Chris who's good at drawing.

Oh.

I guess you can't ask him to draw his own comic.

Maybe you should write a book instead.

I could try that. I don't know if I'm any good at writing.

Ain't it said that if you care about somebody, you're gonna like the things they make for you even if they're bad?

Hey, maybe that means he'd like your drawings, too.

They would pretty much be stick figures. But maybe he would.

I know I got people I'd accept stick figure drawings from. Hang 'em up in my room or something, like they was paintings.

Maybe I'll do it, then.

Can I be the editor?

What if it's pornographic?

[Serious question.]

Oh.

Really?

Yeah, maybe not then, 'cause I probably don't want to see that.

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