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[deafleppard]

You guys weren't kidding.

Time travel's a hell of a thing.

[ooc note: Gwen's been updated to her most current canon point!]

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[superscholar]

I'm pretty sure that was thanks to my mom more than anything...

[deafleppard]

I didn't really get it at first but...

Parents. They're something else.

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[superscholar]

[ On the one hand, he could take that comment at face value and agree. But on the other, Gohan feels like there's something... more to that. ]

Gwen, did... something happen at home?

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[deafleppard]

My dad's in jail, Gohan.

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[superscholar]

[ Dammit. Suddenly, he wished he wasn't right. ]

... Talk to me about it.

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[deafleppard]

I started fighting this maniac. Someone who would stop at nothing to expose me and the connection to my dad.

There was a lot of damage. Too much. So my dad, he... He decided to turn himself.

Said someone needed to be held accountable.

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[superscholar]

[ There's a long pause here, in which Gohan is trying to figure out what to say. Until finally, he settled on: ]

He was trying to protect you, it looks like.

That's something I can relate to.

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[deafleppard]

I can't let him get locked away like that, Gohan.

I can't.

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[superscholar]

And you won't. In fact, now that you're here, you'll have plenty of time to think about how you can help him.

[ Sometimes, it paid off having a solid understanding of theoretical physics. ]

When we leave here, we get sent back to the same point in time we left. You know that now, and you can use that to your advantage.

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[deafleppard]

[She'd already done something, though.

Something she wasn't proud of. But it was her only option.]

I think you're giving me way too much credit.

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[superscholar]

No, I don't think you're giving yourself enough.