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[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

Second verse, same as the first.

Susannah is back, trying once again to get some work done away from her troublesome menfolk. Not that she doesn't have a perfectly good office to hide in if she really felt like playing the recluse. But they don't keep liquor in the house, and where would she be without her Dragonfly?

The mountain of paper situation has only gotten worse; more resumes, print-outs of her memos that she's now marking up in red pen, and a file from the Vannay Institute about Stephen King's latest publications. Among other things.

She's open to distraction; just don't bring up Ron Howard.

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[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"I guess they don't play the game the same way." He knows it's a game. So what?

[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

"I think it might be something political for them," she says. "They're something of a persecuted minority in their world's culture, so it might not feel right to be... in the closet, if they're in the public eye that way."

[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"I get that, I guess. Though it's not like we can hide, you in that chair and me with these parts." Among other things.

[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

"Isn't there a name they call you at home?"

[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"Cy?" Home is with the Titans.

[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

She lets it pass. "So are you the type who trades stories?"

Her observation is that people with prosthetics are more likely to than people without, although it's only personal experience.

[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"You mean about my adventures?" Fact is, no one ever asks him about his parts.

[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

"I meant about the hardware," she says. "Although we can talk about the other thing is you like."

[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"Oh. You mean how I got it?" He's quiet for a moment. "My mom and I were in a bad accident. She didn't make. I just barely did."

[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry about that," she says gently.

"Someone pushed me in front of a train. It was a long time ago."

[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"Before they had good prosthetics, I guess. Though I was kinda lucky. My dad works for STAR Labs, working on things for soldiers who lose limbs. I think if I didn't have that kind of connection, I wouldn't be here." There is just a hint of discomfort with his dad.

[shadowsusannah.livejournal.com]

"We don't have anything that's much good if you lose the knee."

[says-the-booyah.livejournal.com]

"Lost a lot more than that. Wish I could help, but I don't think that would be doable." As far as he knows, no one else has had the sort of surgery he has. Unless you count Robotman's brain being put in a robot shell.