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[deafleppard]

Fine, we'll do this again.

Fill me in, gang. What'd I miss?

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[rushing_by]

And you think going around killing people will help, right?

Look, I've seen the after-effects of revenge. I've even been where you are now. Sure, I may not have been the one who killed the man who murdered my father, but I definitely made sure he wouldn't be coming back. It doesn't fix anything. All it does is leave you feeling hollow.

Nevermind the fact your Dad was a cop. If he took the job even half as seriously as Joe does, he wouldn't support this. He'd probably feel honor-bound to be the one to bring you in. Do you really want to put him through that?

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[deafleppard]

He quit.

Quit because he wanted to be my dad more than he wanted to be a cop.

But in the end, he turned himself in. Said that someone needed to be held accountable for all the trouble I was bringing.

And look what that got him. His own room in intensive care.

2/2

[deafleppard]

I'm tired, Barry.

Tired and hungry.

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[rushing_by]

He's alive, Gwen. You still have him. I know life sucks right now, but it does get better as long as you don't give up on making it better. And trust me, as someone who's been on your end of things more time than I can count, right now? The way you're acting? That's what giving up looks like.

I'd highly suggest talking to Doctor Ry'kerr. And getting something to eat. Low blood sugar does not help.

[deafleppard]

You call it giving up.

We call it taking matters into our own hands.

And it feels good.

[rushing_by]

Highly suggest was probably the wrong way to word things. Let me rephrase: Go to Doctor Ry'kerr or I'll tell Kid Q and she'll make you go to Doctor Ry'kerr.

I don't want to. I'd be much happier if you did it on your own, but at this point you're a danger to yourself and others. Mostly others. Also you're talking like British Royalty, which is a whole other level of problematic.

[deafleppard]

Okay I can actually explain that last part.

Honest.

[rushing_by]

What's the explanation?

[deafleppard]

Hear me out, okay?

What would you say if I told you that I get my powers now from a combination of an alien parasite, my radioactive blood, and mutant lizard DNA?

And me and it are now bonded together and I can do stuff I couldn't even think of doing before.

Except now I hear it inside my head.

Like, wouldn't that just be the craziest?

[rushing_by]

What I'd say is that you should add Doctor Gym'll to the list of people you need to see because alien parasites are never a good thing.

[deafleppard]

uuuurrrrgh

[rushing_by]

Yes, going to the doctor sucks. That doesn't mean you somehow get out of having to see him. Go to the medbay before space tapeworms eat your brain or something.

[deafleppard]

just because you add "space" to any word doesn't mean it exists.

[rushing_by]

You still have an alien parasite and need to go to the doctor.

It's either that, or I carry you there myself. And you don't want me to do that. Especially if you're prone to motion sickness.