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Sorry. My world's smaller than yours.
A LOT smaller.
I've seen bigger ones than Destiny Islands. Yours sounds like one of the larger worlds, like the Grid.
In that case... your town?

Edited 2020-01-14 22:34 (UTC)

city.
how big is your world, exactly?

TOO small. Lemme put it this way.
A city has a mayor, right? And a world with billions of people in it probably has an army of mayors.
Our world has one. Most people live in the same town on the main island.

an army of mayors.
well that's one way to put it. you probably could make a decent army with the number of mayors on earth, sure.
sounds nice and quiet, though.

And your city wasn't?

gotham?
hell no.
it's a shitshow at the best of times.

So Gotham was dangerous. Puts the gadgets in perspective.

[ so bruce hasn't mentioned Gotham at all. he's kept it that much under wraps. there's being closed mouthed, and then there's being paranoid.

makes him wonder what would have happened if everyone knew about their city. ]

pretty common joke among the cabbies is when tourists ask them where to go in the city, the answer is to leave.

[ Riku has met doubles of himself, has visited reimagined variations of familiar worlds and people who don't remember him, he's kept a secret since he was five from everyone, including his best friend. There could be lots of reasons, but the one Jason thinks of is the most likely one. ]

Ouch. And not everybody can just leave home.
Do you ever miss it? Even if it was as bad as you say?

miss is a loaded term.
but i'm, what, 5 months off from having been there?
i've been away for longer stints.

By choice?

[ The way Jason dodged the question, Riku suspects he's getting too personal. He could, perhaps should rein in his curiosity. ]

Did you learn all that stuff because that's what you needed to get by in a city like that?

by choice.
you're being extremely nosy. kind of leads a guy to ask why, you know.

You know of a better way to get to know a guy? I'm all ears.
Unless this is your way of asking if it's your turn yet. Fire away.

get into enough life or death situations with someone. excruciatingly painful, but so efficient.
anyway, your concept of worlds is fascinating to me. that in the multiverse, there's a place where a planet can be the size of a small island, and still manage to spawn life.
very cool.

THAT'S what interests you?
Or are you just humoring me?
Besides, life came first. Then the worlds sprang up. That's how the story goes anyway.

Edited 2020-01-29 23:38 (UTC)

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