"Okay! Now shoo, go back to your room, I have some data to compile," he says, smiling at Epic.

He scurries off to his room.

And given the time, he's unlikely to be bothered by anyone.

So - make invisible basement-dweller, get into bed, snuggle under the covers, yawn, teleport-trade-places with invisible basement-dweller, Chicago!

He feels very clever.

"Oh, you're back," says one of the Wards, manning the console, when Epic pops there. "Legend was looking for you."

- letters to Epic today -

There are three: one was written by Legend, wondering where he was; the second was also written by Legend, saying Epic should really come back soon; the third was written by Library of Alexandria, saying they have "blueprints" for him to rebuild New York.

Legend?

He does not seem to be around.

"Does anyone know where Legend is?"

"Uh, he went somewhere with Library of Alexandria and Hero, I think. Could ping him on the network," that Ward says, pointing at the computer.

"Can you show me how?"

"I mean I could do it—do you have a comm, though? Or, I guess you could just make one."

"Unless they hook up to the network weirdly, yeah."

"Weirdly how?"

"Such that making an exact copy of yours would not produce something that can communicate with the servers that communicate with yours. Persistent network IDs and a problem if two devices have the same one, or something."

"Oh. I think they're unique and persistent like that, yeah."

"So then I'd need a little more information to make one without giving your network trouble."

"Or I can just ping him here for you."

"That works too."

Ping!

"He'll message me when he gets it."

"Thanks!" Flop. Things written in Brazil with his name in them, today...

A bunch of them! Most densely, a rather complete psych profile, with several pages.

Oooooooh. He will read his psych profile.

It's... incredibly accurate and extensive. There are details about how he prefers to be engaged; do not—and this is underlined in red—treat him like he's an incapable child, explain things to him, do not abuse authority or give him direct commands backed strictly by that. There are details about his inferiority complex and the ways it manifests; his altruism and idealism; his superhero syndrome; one morning walking with him and Doctor Ximenes had him pretty much figured out.