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[supertorso]

[ there's a fair bit of rustling around in the twenty-odd seconds that airs before kara starts talking. getting comfortable somewhere, it sounds like. ]

I was thinking the other day- [ kara's cut off by a meow in the background and then a small click! and, oh look. dialogue. "-lot out the sun!" "Then we will fight in the shade." ] No! Pause! That

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[finburns]

It's more of a legend than a myth, but I'm fond of the story of Damon and Pythias.

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[supertorso]

Most people don't make a distinction between the two, unfortunately.

I'm not really familiar with that one. It's Greek, right?

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[finburns]

Yeah. [A beat.] I don't suppose you'd be interested in trading stories. I'm pretty interested in what a Kryptonian myth sounds like.

[supertorso]

I'd love to trade stories. You want to go first, or should I?

[finburns]

I don't mind going first. It's short anyway. Part of its charm.

[There's a slight pause as he prepares.The story begins with two friends, Damon and Pythias, who live under the rule of a tyrant, Dionysus I. One day, Pythias was accused of plotting against Dionysus and sentenced to death. He accepted his fate, but pleaded for the ruler to grant him permission to say his final goodbyes to his family. Dionysus refused, as there was no proof that Pythias wouldn't just run off and never return

[supertorso]

I really like that. You don't hear about stuff like that hardly at all nowdays.

[ She pauses to think. It's been a long while since she's heard any Kryptonian myths and she's always been a bit fuzzy on some of them, but there is one that's close to home she can tell him. ]

The myth - legend from my home planet that I have the most familiarity with is the story of the Nightwing and the Flamebird. They're minor deities, servants of Rao and great lovers. The story goes that once upon a time, a long time ago on Krypton, the people were facing great injustice and danger. The people asked for help and the Nightwing and Flamebird lent their powers to two of the people and they became avatars of a kind, fighting against the threat the Kryptonian people faced. When the threat was vanquished, the Nightwing and Flamebird went back to where they lived with Rao, promising the people that when Krypton was in a time of great need, they would choose avatars again and come back down to help fight and protect their people.

[ There's another small