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[Oh, hey, seems like someone's finally figured out how to use the camera function on his omnicomm! He's just. Older. A lot older.]

For the record, I blame Gohan and Videl for this. We were just fine until they started jumping and skipping up and down the timeline.

It's pretty obvious what's going on, so let's not have a bunch of people freak out over someone being younger than they should be. Kids, don't do anything stupid. Adults, keep an eye out for the kids. Business as usual. We've been at this for over half a year now, no reason to fuck it up just because the status quo's been shaken a bit.

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Hey . . . so. Can we get some Cliff's Notes for those of us who don't speak Time Travel?

[Or for those of us who are seventeen and freaked the hell out. Whatever.]

Right, so. One of the local geniuses could probably explain it better, but something's trying to throw us off our game by playing with the timestream.

[If he wasn't so sure she was dead, he'd suspect Rita. Or maybe Zedd. More likely the Time Trapper, though.]

The 'hows' aren't important. Let's just say that some of us are younger than we should be and some of us are older and leave it at that. Things are probably going to return to normal and we can all laugh about this later over a few drinks. If it's permanent, well. We have some issues.

Anyway, I've handled stuff like this before. Our best bet is just to keep a cool head and make sure no one panics over what's going on. Think you can handle that?

[That . . . sounds insane. But no part of this has been sane, and Gabriel nods to himself slowly, letting the entire concept sink in. He blinks at the question, then gives a huff of a laugh, all bravado.]

Relax? I think I can handle that.

[Says the disoriented teenage boy hiding in the woods with a backpack full of rations, guns, and stolen(?) items. Speaking of which . . .]

Can I ask you one more thing, Mister-?

That's good. The calmer we are about this, the better off we'll be.

[Anyhow. A few questions can't hurt, s'long as they're not about science.]

Scott. Jason Scott. What's your name, champ?

[Ask away.]

[He has to smirk a little at that, the champ if nothing else. At least it's a welcome kind of weird, rather than an overtly offputting or creepy one.]

Gabe's fine. I, uh-

[He flips his communicator around, fiddling with it until the video feeds comes up. Sitting on the toe of one of his scuffed sneakers is a chunky, fairly new-looking ring in familiar black and gold. And he'd felt a little stupid throwing it in the bag, except some nagging half-remembered intuition had convinced him it was important, somehow.]

I found this. Can you tell me anything about it?

[He snorts, amused.]

I think those go on your fingers, Gabe.

[Okay, enough teasing.]

That there is your Legion Flight Ring. I guess you don't remember, what with being aged down a bit, but that means you're a member of a super hero team. You might want to hold on to that one for a bit.

[Oh. Oh, shit, yeah. A flight ring? What the hell. He'll hold on to that, all right. Especially if he can get that whole 'flight' part to work.]

Sounds good. Thanks, coach.

[And off goes the video feed.]

How do you know it's time for superheroics? Should I be watching the sky for a special shape or something?

[He snorts. Kids.]

You'll get a call on your omnicomm, the thing we're talking over. Usually from an irate green kid or a woman in black and purple.

[He pauses. Oh. Wait. Damn. That might... yeah, if he's forgotten that much, this question could be important.]

You, uh. Still know how to use your superpowers, right?

I can start working on that one next. Any tips?

Yeah. Look yourself up on the computer first. You should have some files and maybe, if you're lucky, video of your previous training sessions that you can try to copy.

Unless those vanished somehow when you got aged down. Who knows with how these things work sometimes?

Yeah, all right. [This is still a lot to take on faith, but he can give it a few minutes of effort and report back if it seems on the level.] Give me a minute to try that out, and I'll call back.

[It's the same kid. Leaves in his unruly white-blonde hair and a little scraped-up, grinning like he just got off a roller coaster for the first time.]

Holy shit, you weren't kidding!

Is this the face of a guy that'd lie to you?

[Luckily, this should add some veracity to his earlier statements. It was a lot of bull to swallow.]

Just don't take any corners too quick. Might break your arm or something.

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