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[manwhosoldtheworld]

Well, isn't this nice?

[Peter has a mug of coffee clasped between his hands and is wearing an obnoxiously acid green t-shirt. You can take the man out of the gym, but you can't take the gym out of the man. His tastes haven't changed that much.]

Electricity. Hot running water. Coffee. As much alcohol as I can imbibe. It's delightful.

[Yes, he does intend to take advantage of the new-found luxury.]

I would love to say that I'm shocked to be here and all those platitudes about trying to adjust, but really, this makes about as much sense as anything else that's happened to me in the last few years.

Zombie apocalypse, insane hippies with mind-control rays, people growing lizard scales... superheroes and alternate realities seems like the next logical step, as far as logic has anything to do with it.

[He takes a long drink of his coffee.]

Oh yes. You can call me Peter. I'm... A Runner, entertainer, part-time spy and occasional meat shield. I'm sure we'll have a marvellous time together.

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[manwhosoldtheworld]

[That's debatable. Peter didn't exactly grow up knowing his father, and his nan who raised him was... well... those are Issues for another day.]

Well, enjoy the novelties of the future I suppose. I'm going to.

And it was... people have odd tastes. The apocalypse is not really replete with entertainment so anything that breaks the monotony is rather nice.

[bachido]

[Fair enough. In Kubo's case, his father's presence was literally and personally miraculous, but there was time enough for that story to be told, and to listen to others.]

That's a good idea. You should try ice cream. I mean . . . if that's not something you already have in your time.

What happened to your world? The apocalypse - doesn't that mean the world ending?

[How can people still be alive if the world ends? The word translates strangely to Kubo's archaic Japanese.]

[manwhosoldtheworld]

It is, but I haven't had it in a long time.

[It's a good suggestion though and he wonders idly what flavour Janine would like, assuming she ate ice-cream.]

There was a disease. It killed most of the population of the world. And once you're infect and die, you come back all grey and bitey and try to eat the people still living. Which passes on the infection.