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[She didn't question his sincerity this time. Only smiled faintly at the words of encouragement--those spoken aloud and any silent implications behind them--and shook her head.]

No, I'm alright. Magically, at least. Nothing a few extra hot showers and twelve hours' a night couldn't fix.

[Although, since he had brought the subject up...she sighed a moment later.]

It just seems like things never end.

I mean, first Kon...and now Korra. She's not hurt. She just...won't wake up.

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[He scowls.]

So something has happened to her too now? ...It should be fine. So long as her body is here, she can be monitored.

[He doesn't understand why, but without multiple reports it seems like an isolated case.]

Still, this isn't anything new. I mean, we've been here for over a year now. These things won't stop until the Yao Corporation is taken down. That's the only way to stop it for us and to stop it for those who may potentially come here.

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Trust me, monitoring isn't the issue. She was sleeping with Conner when it happened, so that's where she's been ever since. Give or take anybody else who's been by to see her.

Our room's never been so popular.

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And those rooms aren't exactly big to begin with. There's a free bed where I am, but I don't think you would want to be there. The only reason I even stay is to keep tabs on Junko's location.

[That and Lilly. He wants to protect her from Junko and this is the best way.]

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Much as I appreciate the offer to spend the night with you, Red, I do still get to sleep in my own bed at night.

At worst, there's always Kon's.

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...I really didn't need to hear that.

[He already knows Kon and Zatanna are together, but sheesh he doesn't want to know about it.]

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You brought up the idea.

[Just oh so innocently "assuming" he was referring to the joke about spending the night with him.]

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Don't even act like that's what I meant.

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Lighten up a bit, Red.

If we lose our sense of humor, then the Yao will truly have won. And nobody wants that.

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If sense of humor was weaponized, I think you and Kon could take on the Corporation alone.

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[Few people might argue with that sentiment.]

...too bad we both know it's going to take more than a few puns to do that.

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Naturally. [He shrugs.] Still, I got it. I'll try to lighten up. I can't make any promises.

[The most humorous he gets these days are cynical wisecracks and something that borders on near cruel mocking.]

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[And yet, for all that cynicism and cruelty, he'd seen fit to call her up for little reason other than to see how she was doing. Almost as if he liked her or something.]

On that note, how are you doing?

I mean, I can't imagine your week's been anywhere near as bad as mine. At least, I hope it wasn't.

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I wasn't affected by whatever happened, so I tried to stay as far as possible from the havoc. ...I did manage to get myself thrown through a brick wall though, so I guess that was an utter failure.

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[It probably said a lot about their current relationship that, not only was she not surprised in the least by this revelation...but she even scanned him over a couple times to see if there were any visible injuries.]

At least your social skills are up to par.

Anything broken?

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Thankfully not. I ended up passing out a little while afterward and I still feel sore now, but it'll pass.

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Anybody I need to worry about?

[Asking just to be sure; although if there was a Junko-level threat around, she had a feeling he would have already told her.]

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[He breathes out a small laugh.]

It was just some poor idiot who caught a case of Spiral Madness. He thought bending his and other people's bodies into spirals would be a fantastic idea and tried to do it to me. He caught me by surprise though.

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[She actually visibly shuddered when he mentioned the Spiral Madness.]

I'd heard that was spreading again.

[People she'd known in the past had fallen victim to it. It was never pretty.]

Considering you look distinctly un-spiraled at the moment, I'm guessing his twisted plan failed. [Sorry, Jason. Sometimes, puns just happened.] Is he still alive?

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I hate you.

[Just ugh, what a terrible pun Zatanna.]

He's fine. I had to knock him out with an electric shock, but he was still breathing before I left.

[Though not before passing out for a short time due to exhaustion and injury.]

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No, you don't.

[Come on. Could you really hate this face?]

I'm not even going to ask where you managed to get an electric shock from.

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But I should.

[No, he can't, but he can damn well try.

As for her second comment - he pulls out a taser from his belt and gives it a firm shake in his hand.]

Pretty easy when the guy has a suit made of circuits.

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[Red where did you even find something like that in this place?]

...a suit made of circuits? What is he, a robot?

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No, he just has a fancy suit. I think he's from the future or something. Poor sap.

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[Some of the pieces were starting to come together.]

[It wasn't a guarantee. She could have been completely wrong. But the fact remained, as far as she knew, there was only one person here who had a fancy suit who she knew for a fact came from a "future". Maybe not hers, maybe not Jasons...but, at least, a parallel one.]

Batman?