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[smarterthandad]

[Somebody's kid got hold of an omnicomm...or at least that's the logical assumption, until the small human girl in the video starts speaking.]

Hi, I'm Valeria Richards. Since everything's still a mess from the latest supervillain attack, I'm going to be picking up some of Mr. Brainy's [yes she absolutely just called him that] workload to help stuff get back to what passes for normal.

[Did she check with Brainy before announcing this? Well, unless he shows up to contradict her, can you prove she didn't?

Val recognizes that being betrayed, discovering you have a kid you never knew about, and then being assimilated by your evil borg queen great-grandchild is going to knock anyone for a loop and she really is trying to help. It's just that her social skills are questionable at best when the scenario isn't "lying to get out of trouble."]

I'm not entirely up to speed on this reality's physics yet, so don't ask me to alter any universal constants before next week sometime. [Unless she has the best poker face known to science, that does not appear to be a joke.] Anything else, no problem.

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[gonebyebye]

...knowing how Brainy is, I'm guessing you didn't bother to inform him of that before you decided to announce this. Not to mention the fact that I don't think he'd allow a three-year-old to take over his work, even one as obviously intelligent as yourself.

[video]

[calibrates_big_guns]

[His first reaction is to sincerely hope that even the Legion realizes that there's a problem recruiting this young. Because he hasn't exactly spent a lot of time around human children, but there's no way this one is older than five.

[Then again, he's never heard a child say the words "universal constraints" before either, so maybe there's something more going on here. Certainly wouldn't be the first time.]

Does he know that?

[Seems like a pretty valid question in his mind. There's an certain drawn-out quality to his words - like he's not quite sure how to talk to her. Super-intelligent kids are a new one for him.

[Or super-intelligent people who just happen to look like kids, because he's not sure and in this place that's a genuine possibility.]

[sir_vancelot]

[At the moment, Vance is caught about half way between, "She's not actually a Legionnaire, right?" and "The Time Trapper pulled in Valeria Richards, we're in worse shape than I thought".]

[Well. It's not Franklin. They don't need a reality warper yet, then.]

[He runs a hand over his face before turning on his omnicomm, leaning back a bit.]

Hi, Valeria. I'd say it's good to see you, but given everything, I'll just say I wish your mom was here, too. And your Uncle Ben.

[Look, Vance likes Sue. He'd definitely been to the Baxter Building enough over the years that he's a fan of her cooking -- thanks, Nita -- and generally a fan of her. But Ben is still Vance's friend in the Fantastic Four.]

[walkingballpit]

[ Robbie has seen enough of the other responses to know that it's that little blonde Richards - namely, Vance's responses.

It does not stop him from internally freaking out that this whole "The Time Trapper takes young teens" thing is now on steroids. She's, like, 4. ]

Heya Valeria. Did you get sucked up with your mom or Uncle Johnny?

[bringinghopewithme]

Hi Valeria. I'm the Easter Bunny. Good onya for helping out.

[If she's smart enough to believe she can be of help to Brainy, then what the heck, she probably is. One glance in the lab told Bunny everything Brainy was up to - even the branches of science he's familiar with - are way above his head, but that doesn't mean it's above a precocious enough child's head.]