Sixteenth Unused Utility Belt | Video

[hellofist]

[The feed comes on to show Cass looking a little out of breath, hair pulled partly out of her ponytail and a few scratches on her face. Despite all that, she's still cheerful. Behind her is a background of green leaves, but not much else.]

So uh... came to CES, to see... for myself, what's happening. It's different, buildings and stuff. Like that part.

[There's some odd snuffling and growling sounds in the background and Cass looks down, frowning a little now.]

If you were... planning to come now, would wait. There's bears.

[She pans down now to show them, two huge bears stalking around the bottom of the tree she's scrambled up to get away from them. They're not climbing up yet which is good, but they're definitely not pleased to have someone in their territory.]

Big bears. Big mean bears. They'll lose interest [hopefully] but um... for now, maybe avoid CES.

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[anewlanguage]

You need help?

[Nonchalant.

Please ignore the very slight concern.]

[hellofist]

[She can't ignore that, though. Why is he worried for her now when she's safely up a tree, but he never did when he put her up against groups of men three times her size and never show this kind of concern?

It's confusing, like everything about him is.]

I'm fine. It's just bears.

[anewlanguage]

Yeah well, ears are mean bitches, kid. [He has scars to prove that.] Their necks break just like ours though. Skulls are tougher than ours but you can crack 'em.

[Of course, he realizes belatedly, his only advice is on death. Again.

But fuck it all, if it comes down to Cass being shredded by a bear or her having to kill, there's no contest.]

[hellofist]

I know I can.

[And they both know she won't. She rubs at the back of her neck, uncomfortable and unsure what to even say to him while he's trying to coach her to murder. It's like when she was little and his body was the thing telling her how to attack, what to do. It feels weird, hearing his voice doing it now.]

I don't... [She has to do this, she has to talk to him. It's important for both of them, but she hates feeling like she's six years old all over again.] How... how's Dean? Things working, with him?

[anewlanguage]

Yeah. Yeah, he's not a bad guy. Guess you've got a good eye for the right people. He makes sense, it's- a nice change of pace. [Since he still thinks Batman is completely insane, even if his daughter is Bruce's protege.]

Seems that Loki's out to give you trouble. How's he?