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I'm also well aware of my adorableness.

[ going for a cheeky grin; he doesn't want her feeling like she has to do this. the last thing he wants is to be a burden, someone she feels she has to comfort and coddle (as unbelievably nice as her compliments are to receive). ]

Adorableness, huh? You think? I didn't have that one on the list. [Of course it was on the list.

And if it starts feeling compulsory she'll stop. But she likes talking to him and now she has an excuse to do it regularly. That doesn't feel like a bad thing. She wouldn't want him to feel like she thought he needed coddling though.]

You sure? It goes right under 'great kisser'.

[ ok that one he's more hoping he is than really sure. but hey he can't be that bad if she keeps doing it!

one of these days, they really will have to talk about all the things they keep in their brackets. ]

You are stealing all my material. And it was right under "great taste in women." [Which she's saying about herself and not Kara for the record.]

You know us smarties, we can't help ourselves.

[ he smiles, that last one he'll never dispute ]

Don't worry, I'll act surprised when it comes around.

[ it's going to make him just as happy if it's repeated. especially the great kisser part. ]

Maaaad acting skills over here. [ it's not a total lie! it's insane how bad he is ]

I'll add it to the list. Sounds extremely legit.

How is my smart guy doing today? [Did she just say "my?" Yeah, it surprised her too. She's hoping you don't notice.]

[ what if he did notice? what if he's pretty damn happy about it? ]

Well, he just had his ego thoroughly fluffed, so he's feeling pretty good about himself. [ he laughs ] How's my - [ wait, picking just one adjective is insanely difficult right now. abort. abort. ] How're you? [ nailed it. that was absolutely smooth and seamless, yup. ]

Perfect. My evil plan is working. [It seems like he didn't suddenly get selective hearing lost and did, in fact, hear the "my."] I'm good. I just got a new book from the library.

You can start an evil-planning seminar.

[ if only that's what evil plots were about :') ]

What book?

You make evil sound very boring. [Amused.]

It's about astrophysics. Okay, so I make books sound very boring too.

Hey, if more people took up that cause, there wouldn't be so much evil.

[ nothing kills a vocation faster than boredom! ]

No, not at all - I've been trying to read up as much on the subject as I can get my hands on - any sun-related chapters?

There are. I'll pass it along if anything is particularly helpful. But if I'm honest this is the kind of thing I just read for fun anyway. [Even without Project Pluto, though she did try to find one the looked promising.]

Me too.

[ he admitted to the av club, what's admitting to sciencegasms at this point. ]

Besides, we're actually flying between the stars -- reading up on them feels like a generally good idea.

I like my ideas to be generally good. I did read more about water and oceans when I was in an underwater prison. I guess this follows suit. You know, I don't actually think people should get abducted by mysterious overlords, but when they do it's nice to have a good library.

I like my evil faceless kidnappers with a touch of common courtesy.

[ he nods ]

It's the sort of thing you learn at evil-planning seminar.

[He is almost relentlessly adorable and it gets him a laugh.]

I guess I really should have taken the time to attend one of those. I just really hate the name tags. There's never room to write my full evil title. The empress of evil and duchess of destruction...Kitty.

[ that's why it's on the list! ]

You just need an alias - like 'Ghost' or 'Phase' or - something from the Cat Who Walks Through Walls that I really wish I'd read more recently -

[ because it couldn't have been more perfect a book to find an alias for her in if it tried. ]

Shadowcat is my codename. There's actually a book called the Cat Who Walks Through Walls?

Ooh that's good - though you might want a different one for your evil plots, brand recognition keeps everyone on the same page.

[ nodding ]

Yeah it's a sci-fi classic - multiverse, time travel, all that good stuff. I read it when I was a kid.

I was Sprite for a hot second, but as much as I wanted people to think the kind of ghost, everyone just thought the pop instead. Not that this strikes much fear into hearts, so probably not the best evil administrator name.

Yeah, no that's...just cute. That sounds like someone who's gonna draw ponies on your wall while you're sleeping.

[Gasps!] Winn, how did you know my super secret fighting style? [Smiling at him.] Also, I feel like I should be getting royalties off that book.

Did I forget to tell you I'm psychic?

[ oops face time ]

Maybe -- apparently in some world, Kara's a cartoon. I've been thinking, it's actually really possible that creators are just people who are more receptive to the multiverse and nothing's actually made up. Though, in this case -- the resemblance is mostly in the title, from the bits I remember.

You definitely forgot that. All mind reading abilities should be disclosed to [Yes, Kitty, what? People who kiss each other?] friends upon meeting.

Could be. I was told I was in a comic book once. It was back in the prison and I didn't get many details, but Rogue said the same thing happened with her.

[ really, calling everyday doesn't warrant an upgrade? ]

My bad, my bad, you repeat so many conversations it gets hard to keep who knows what straight, you know?

[ watch his eyes light up at the mention of 'comic book' ]

That's so cool - [ he's a little jealous. appearing in a comic book is like achieving nerdvana, ok. ]

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