Steel in Wormverse
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"At home most of my work is making squares. Bad idea, here. Are there countries that need more land?"

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"That would probably be disastrous in a number of ways. The climate on Earth is very delicate, and disturbing much can have very bad consequences. The spot where you built your mountain was picked with that in mind, and even then, it was because your powers can help against Endbringers much more than that was likely to affect." Legend speaks slowly, at least.

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"...English isn't working."

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Pause. "Okay. Let's call Harry." He calls Harry, who is still in the building exactly for situations like these, and who repeats what Legend said in a way that's more understandable.

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"I see. In my world climate is mostly stable except near mismatched tiles or edges. If I'm not allowed to do anything but fight villains, I should show you how... Calmly? I can capture someone."

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"Very well. We don't usually go after villains in their own bases, though, they have terrain advantage and we need more planning to do that. You said patrolling was boring, but other than that, well, it might boil down to more waiting."

Harry translates as best he can, and asks a question about a word in her language at the end.
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"Patrol would be better than doing nothing. I'm just not used to doing nothing."

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"Well, patrolling would be a good way for you to understand what parahumans do here, in general. I myself don't usually do it because I tend to have more administrative and PR duties than most other heroes."

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"Then I could patrol, yes. Probably with someone else, right?"

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"Yes. Jetpack will be out patrolling soon, you could go with him."

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"Can he fly? Walking would be slow."

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"He can fly, yes."

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"Good. Where is he? I will talk to him."

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"I can take you to him, though Mr. Norton," he gestures at Harry, "will not be able to come with you on patrol and your translator will still take a while to be done."

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"I know enough English for short patrol. Thanks for your help on that, Harry."

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"You're welcome!" Harry looks very pleased about the whole thing.

"If you'll follow me?" And Legend leads her to an elevator that takes her down a couple of levels to a room where a man with a red-and-yellow helmet, red-yellow-white bodysuit with flame-like patterns, and donning on thematically appropriate armor is. "Jetpack, this is Mountain. Would you mind overmuch if she accompanied you in your patrol."

Jetpack looks at her and nods. "Sure, no problem."
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"Nice to meet you. I am still learning English, though."

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Legend bids his farewells and departs.

"That's fine," Jetpack reassures her as he puts on his namesake. "I'll be going out in about fifteen minutes."
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"You know my power? Are you a tinker?"

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"I am, and we were all given a very vague rundown of what you can do. Flying, resistance, and control over rocks, yes?"

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"Yes. Rocks and metal. I can make rock, too. And I can feel the earth."

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"Oh, useful. Can you reshape metal?"

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"Yes, but hard. Better with actual rocks, like diamond." She taps her visor. "Or on large scale."

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"Very useful. And, no mask?" he asks, gesturing at his own face.

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Shrug. "I am Mountain. I will always be Mountain. I see no reason to be someone else."

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