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Hey, you know me. Control freak. Chronically overachieving. The works.

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Yeah, I'm aware. Which is what I'm here for. You need to spread things out so you don't get dogpiled by responsibility, so make sure you do that. This is your reminder.

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Reminder duly noted, Number One.

But hey, before we delve too deeply into the subject of my obsessive behavior, there is one note about your assignment that you might find interesting. We've seen Greek names, we've seen Roman names, but Líf? That's Old Norse. Mythologically, one half of a pair of humans who survived Ragnarok — the cyclical destruction of the cosmos.

Oddly relevant, don't you think?

Just some food for thought.

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Noted.

Freakin' nutjobs, using stupid mythology BS to justify their stupid crap... Why can't they just be normal super villains and say they want to destroy the world for the heck of it?

[he doesn't actually want that please don't take notes, crazy people]

...Hey, just for curiosity's sake, what's the name of the other human who survived Ragnarok?

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Lífthrasir. He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious? [ sorry, not sorry. ] They're supposed to repopulate the world.

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[dont do that you jerk] So keep an ear out for anyone with a name like...what was it? Liftrandzer?

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Close enough.

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...hey, you almost back yet?

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On my way now. What's up?

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Can you pick up some milk? [It's not about milk.]

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... I'll drop by the store. See you in ten.

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[ And ten minutes later, Dick makes his triumphant return to Casa de Nerds. With milk. Which he figures Wally's not going to drink, as per usual, but at least one of them cares about bone integrity. ]

Lucy, I'm home.

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[Hopefully he just got a half gallon then, because he's right; Wally's not gonna drink it. He is eating the last of the pretzels though.] Hey shouldn't we keep some of the more sensitive stuff off the comms? I mean, what if there really is something going on and we get dragged off to Guantanamo Bay?

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We're not conspiring against them. [ Yet, anyway. ] Just discussing theories. Shouldn't they be interested in this stuff?

[ He stops with the fridge open, considering Wally. ]

... But... point taken.

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Maybe we can get some disposable phones with a limited amount of minutes. Like some kinda spy movie.

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Dude.

[ Dick closes the fridge and heads over to join Wally in the living room, leaning against the back of the couch. ]

You wanna start using burners? Am I a bad influence on you? I'm so proud. My innocent little Wally all grown up and acting shifty and paranoid.

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Are they really called burners? God. You morally questionable Gotham people really think you're all that, don't you?

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It's adorable that you think it's a Gotham thing.

[ He grins, vaulting over the back of the couch, leaning back against the arm and throwing his legs across Wally's lap like the obnoxious little twerp he is. ]

How sheltered are you? Don't you watch TV?

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Obviously not the same you watch. [Wally starts humming "Bad Boys, Bad Boys" underneath his breath, shoving another handful of pretzels into his mouth.] I'm just saying, fortune favors the prepared, right? Or the brave. Or the bravely prepared.

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Says the guy who just texted me about wanting to run across the Russian border. Pretzel me.

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[Wally shoves a pretzel into Robin's mouth.] Yeah, I was bravely prepared to run over the Russian border if you gave me the okay. [which is why he is not team leader]

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Mmph! [ omnom pretzel. he tries to bite Wally's finger on the way, but to no avail. ]

I'm glad you asked first.

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[RUDE]

Dude, of course I'm gonna ask first. You're team mom right now and all.

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[ That throws him, and he frowns up at Wally. ]

... That's not what I meant.

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I know, I know. "If you're going, I'm going." [Wally looks down at him, arm slung over the back of the couch.] ...You know I wasn't insisting on doing it solo because I wanted to get away from you. You know that, right?