008// RE-load

[ratherdieahero]

Well, that was a brief respite. Considering the minuscule percentage of people here, let alone from my world, where there are millions of alternatives, the probability of me being brought back must have been...

Well, slim, to say the least. [pulling up the sleeve of his jacket to find that the cross from before didn't reappear along with him,

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[besatisfied]

You know Mary.

[ratherdieahero]

[That's a pretty striking resemblance, but he can't have possibly been gone THAT long] You look a lot like her. Doubles, then?

[besatisfied]

[She smirks a bit, and shrugs.] Something like that. My name's Lady.

[ratherdieahero]

[And now he's beginning to realize that doubles definitely does not entail them having similar personalities.] Bruce Wayne. It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm surprised we never had the opportunity during my previous 'visit.'

[besatisfied]

I got caught up in a few things. [She sighs, frowning a little, talking to herself outloud.] Probably should have started keeping an eye on her sooner.

[ratherdieahero]

She's got quite a few people with such an endeavor, I would say. I'm sure my questioning her well-being made that clear enough.

[besatisfied]

Seems that way.

[ratherdieahero]

You're much more different than the two Aeriths are.

[besatisfied]

[Grin.] Well, I am a little older.

[ratherdieahero]

What does "a little" translate to in years?

[besatisfied]

Hey now! A real gentleman never asks a Lady's age.

[ratherdieahero]

[laughs] I apologize, I'm simply surprised. You don't look like there's a stark variation between the two of you, but Mary looks quite a bit older than she actually is, so it's hard to be certain. I was only curious.

[besatisfied]

I'm completely legal, if that helps. If you knew all the differences between us, you'd be even more surprised, I think.

[ratherdieahero]

Five years is already more than I would have guessed. Considering I mistook Mary for 19, I'll wager you're something close to 23?

[besatisfied]

Close enough for me.

So what is it you do for a living, anyway?

[ratherdieahero]

I own the company Wayne Enterprises, a technologies-specific company that has roots in everything from medicine to nuclear power to shipbuilding.