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Pen likes the new apartment. It's bigger, she has new walls to draw on (she's got paper, too, but sometimes she wants to do a proper mural), and she doesn't have grit under her feathers anymore.
She gets left alone a lot, though. Cindy is out doing things all the time. He doesn't have as much time to take her to the flying place. (Once, when he is out and she can't even ask, she hops out over the patio balcony onto the neighboring roof, and checks to see if there is anybody around, and flies a little bit, low and owl-quiet. She doesn't think anybody sees.) She builds elaborate structures. She solicits another box of pieces.
He leaves the news on, a lot. Pen mostly ignores it. She knows English, technically, but the pentagon didn't tell her the concepts her upbringing has left her missing.
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campanas
mylegalname
"...We need a way to keep in touch," he says, well aware of certain implications but unable to think of a better way to steer the conversation away from the Joker flirting with him. At least this is a legitimate practical concern. "Graffiti is notoriously insecure."
manofmyword
"And you think about your hypothetical tanks, and I'll think about - everything else."
mylegalname
"It's a deal," he says, and (just to see what happens?) holds out his hand.
mylegalname
He can't decide if that's reassuring.
There's a name for cops who turn their backs on the Joker, and it's usually not 'alive and healthy'. But right now he thinks it's more important to make the point. He turns and walks out without a backward glance.
There's a name for cops who turn their backs on the Joker, and it's usually not 'alive and healthy'. But right now he thinks it's more important to make the point. He turns and walks out without a backward glance.
manofmyword
Well, well, well.
The next morning, he's back in his new home, asleep on a couch with the news going quietly on the TV close by.
campanas
Pen wakes up. She rummages for breakfast she can handle herself, finds nothing appealing, and sits on Cindy.
manofmyword
He yelps, opens his eyes, and grins at her. "G'morning, sweetheart. Do I need to make breakfast?"
manofmyword
"Well, Batman's probably dead, but I talked to somebody who might be able to help anyway. Your magic brainphone thing, how's it work? Can anybody do it?"
He wanders into the kitchen and starts making breakfast while he talks.
He wanders into the kitchen and starts making breakfast while he talks.
campanas
"I can put people brainphoned. Those people not do same thing though. Mommies make it so you put putter people. I put regular people."
manofmyword
"Can you put just anybody? I want to be able to talk to this guy that way. It'll save a lot of trouble."
manofmyword
Nom nom!
After breakfast, he sits in front of the TV and turns up the news while he does maintenance on all his guns.
After breakfast, he sits in front of the TV and turns up the news while he does maintenance on all his guns.
campanas
Pen peers at the guns. She has never seen these objects before!