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1920s Lucien finds himself an esper and also gay.
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Here is the estimated death toll and how many people have been reported missing and are as yet unaccounted for. There's PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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Oh god. That's... he can maybe save enough people to make his life not a net negative to the world on that front, but he doesn't think he can ever build that much. And even if he did those people would still be dead and the Philipines would still have been wrecked and why would anyone want to let him try in the first place, much better to keep him somewhere where he can't do that again.

"I.... I'm sorry," Lucien says loud enough so everyone in the room can hear him - which probably isn't loud enough since the kitchen can hear him and so can the people on the news and he knows it won't actually do any good but... "I-"oh no it's hard to apologize when you are hyperventilating "-I'm sorry could someone please contact the police I know I shouldn't be out here and oh god please I, I " and words are hard again apparently. 

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"The police?" someone says.

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"The military works too and might be better given what happened, I'm so sorry I know it doesn't help but I really really am."

So many people judging him and they're right to do that and that doesn't stop it from being the worst feeling in the world.

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"He maybe needs an ambulance."

"Yeah, I'm calling 911."

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"I don't know why I would need an ambulance - oh, I don't think I'm going to hurt more people near here but I guess it's not the worst idea considering but whatever it is should be fast before anyone else gets hurt."

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"Just - stay in your chair, 'kay, man?"

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"Yes, yes I can do that."

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Eventually an ambulance comes. They want to know if he's oriented to time place and person.

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"I'm Lucien Sulzberger I'm from 1920 and this is Toronto but I guess I was in the Philippines and I think a lot of other places but I can't remember any of them but I know you can."

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...uh-huh. How old is he?

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19.

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Okay, they're going to take him to the hopsital, does he have an emergency contact?

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His parents are dead because he time traveled and Haru hates him or he'd be here instead of staying away right now so: "No."

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....okay. They think he might be having an esper awakening, does trying that concept on for size help at all?

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He has no idea what that is which he admits is very unreasonable of him considering it's a concept about a thing that happens to him specifically and probably nobody else.

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...so, does he know about esper backlash? Espers aren't born that way, they get that way after a week of backlash.

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Oh god that's why Haru hates him isn't it.

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Who's Haru? Is he possibly an emergency contact?

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No because Haru hates him and already knows about this just like everyone else? Haru is the extremely good esper Lucien met and at least he's done that one thing right though he's not entirely sure how he did that.

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........does Haru have, say, a phone number.

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Yes, is it important for Lucien to be able to hear Haru rather than just the other way around for some reason?

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Let's go with yes.

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Well he hates that so much but he's not so terrible that he won't give the phone number. Well given everything he's done he possibly is that terrible but he's going to give the phone number anyways.

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In the meantime here is a room for him to hang out in without any implements he could use to harm anyone.

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