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[bothfoulandfair]

[This is the first time Elsa - the real Elsa, not someone from a flood - has thought to post publicly to the network in a long time. She's out and about more often now rather than hiding in her room almost exclusively, but it's still... hard. Everything about this has been hard, and she just wants it to stop.]

I've been doing a lot of thinking- [About a lot of things, but really one thing in particular.] About people with powers. People like me.

What's it like for them, in your world? If they exist.

[She's tempted to leave it at that, but.]

Most of the stories I've heard haven't been very reassuring.

[So the idea of life after the Barge is not really an exciting thing to consider.]

Comments

voice;

[ichoosefight]

Where I'm from, people with powers are either the greatest heroes or the greatest villains. I know a few of them, and it can be hard, but it can also be really great.

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[bothfoulandfair]

And people aren't afraid of them? The heroes?

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[ichoosefight]

Some people are. I mean, you'd be crazy not to be a little scared of a guy who can lift a whole building off the ground. But the people they help, the people they give hope that there can be help, they'll never be afraid. 'Cause for every guy who blows up a bank full of people, there's another who gets every last person out before it goes.

voice;

[bothfoulandfair]

That's... good.

Better than a lot of other places I've heard about.

voice;

[ichoosefight]

It's always hard to be different from everybody else. But if you're a decent person and you try to help people, I think people notice that. It's hard to really distrust somebody who always does what's best for someone else.

voice;

[bothfoulandfair]

I just don't know if people will give me that chance after I lied for so long.

voice;

[ichoosefight]

You'd be surprised how much lying people are willing to put up with. Especially if there's a good reason for it.

voice;

[bothfoulandfair]

Do you have a lot of experience with that?

voice;

[ichoosefight]

[ She laughs sheepishly. ]

Maybe a little.

voice;

[bothfoulandfair]

Then I guess you'd know better than I would.

voice;

[ichoosefight]

Exactly. So you should trust me when I say things will probably be find as long as you don't go around killing people and robbing banks.

voice;

[bothfoulandfair]

Well, I certainly wasn't planning on that.

voice;

[ichoosefight]

Then you have practically nothing to worry about.

[ Stephanie Brown: Incredibly Comforting. ]

voice;

[bothfoulandfair]

Practically.