Office Hours, Friday

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Steve was in his office on Friday, looking through resources for his class and discarding the ones that seemed to have an agenda beyond 'actually educate them about this stuff.' A depressing percentage of the total wound up filed in the circular file, but between what was left and his notes and resources from the last time he'd taught this class,

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"So, yeah, computers are amazing," Dean said, in lieu of 'hello,' as he leaned in though Steve's doorway. "Did you know that there are almost five million different resources for information on chicken wire on the internet?"

Yes. This was what he'd gotten out of his first class, Steve.

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"I did not," Steve said, "but it doesn't surprise me. It's truly remarkable."

He just hoped Dean had safe search turned on.

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Claudia had done the searching, fortunately, and Dean hadn't had the opportunity to actually do any googling for himself.

Someday, he'd learn.

"I have difficulty believing that there are five million things to say about chicken wire," he added. "So, hey, another point for the technology of the future, today. The kids weren't all that bad, though. Maybe a little weird, but I didn't get complaints about the intro assignment or anything. How's your week been, Steve?"

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"Probably a lot of them were repeating themselves," Steve said with a shrug. "But you'd be surprised at the variety people can come up with. And, yeah, the kids here are pretty good, for the most part." Well. Not Loki. "My week's been pretty good. And yours, aside from the discovery of the internet?"

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Sssh, Dean hadn't met Loki. He remained blissfully ignorant of the presence of gods on the island, so far.

See how long that would last.

"Overall...? Being in the future isn't all that different from the past, I guess. Everything is faster, though. I'm staying with this guy called, well, Guy. Met him at that bar with the band that has really bad hygiene."

Just let him go on believing that one.

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"They're--you know what, let's go with that," Steve agreed. "I think I remember him. Red hair, bowl haircut? He used to teach."

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"That's the Guy," Dean agreed, pointing at Steve and making a clicking sound in his cheek. Bang, right on. "I guess he's running the bar now? Was serving children's cartoon characters as drinks last week, and we got to talking about my teaching here."

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Never mind Guy doesn't have a bowl cut I'm a fuckup news at eleven "Caritas," Steve said, just to be sure, since the other bar, he was pretty sure, was run by vampires or the mob or something.

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He has hair, it's close enough.

"Right," confirmed Dean. "With the band."

The one with poor hygiene!

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"Well, if you're going to be there a lot just be warned that they have karaoke." Steve paused, considering time periods, and added, "That means they let anybody sing."

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"... Anybody." So far, this was one of the stranger things he'd heard all day. Stranger than Butters the kisses-pimp and Rapunzel's hair. "No matter how drunk they are?"

This... he kind of had to witness, now.

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"I think it's actually considered preferable if they're drunk," Steve said. At least that was how it had always gone on Avengers outings.

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"So you've been to one of these things, huh?" Dean offered Steve a grin. "So, never mind how terrible they are, is it actually any fun?"

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"Kind of, I guess," Steve said. "It's not really my thing. But then, I can't get drunk, so some of the charm was always going to be lost on me."

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"Tough break," Dean replied, looking sympathetic. He wasn't about to pry, asking if it was a religious or medical reason wasn't exactly any business of his, after all, but going to a bar and watching everyone else drink couldn't be al that much fun. "Bad singing is usually worse when you're still sober enough to know, yeah."