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[incywincyhero]

As often as I get yoinked in and out of this place, you'd think I'd get Frequent Porter Miles. Sure, I'm not paying for the privilege of bouncing around the space/time continuum like a koosh ball on a string -- and here I brace myself for the inevitable, "What's a koosh ball?" questions -- but there's always SkyMall. I mean, who doesn't need a $200

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[askedtobe]

What makes a water pitcher worth two hundred bucks?

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[askedtobe]

Believe me, at this point i'm used to it. Makes it feel just like home.

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[incywincyhero]

You can say that again! But it's not obligatory.

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[askedtobe]

Thanks for the opt out. [ a beat ] Guess it could be worse.

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[incywincyhero]

What, as in being stuck here or having an opt out?

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[askedtobe]

Being stuck here.

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[incywincyhero]

Yeah. It's actually a bit quieter here than back home, when you average out the citywide disasters with the long stretches of inactivity.

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[askedtobe]

Things are pretty far from inactive at the moment. But the past year back home's been the same way.

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[incywincyhero]

So what's an average disaster in your home universe like? Ours tend to involve government takeovers and disasters that are literal acts of god(s). Strangely, disaster B-movies are still popular, probably because they're practically educational.

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[askedtobe]

Seriously? We haven't had any acts of gods that I know of. Knew a guy who thought he was one, though.

-- Think our disasters are a little more confined? Government went after everyone with an ability. New York's almost been destroyed a few times. But there was a virus that was almost released that could have killed killed 93% of the population.

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[incywincyhero]

Hold on, you call the government hunting everyone with powers down -- that happened with us too, by the way -- the near-destruction of New York -- that too -- and a virus that almost killed off the entire population of planet Earth -- that one not yet, though we've had some close calls -- confined disasters? Yeesh, I'd hate to see what your idea of widescale is.

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[askedtobe]

I didn't mean- the virus wasn't really supposed to be in that group.

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[incywincyhero]

Oh, well, in that case...

['Cause government witch-hunts and the destruction of a megalopolis are local issues, natch.]

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[askedtobe]

[ Oh, totally. ] Yeah. I know. Makes it a whole lot better, doesn't it.

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[incywincyhero]

Well, anyway, I can see why this place wouldn't be too much of a shock, culturally.

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[askedtobe]

We don't really have the guys in the spandex back home, though.