[ You and literally everyone else he knows. Barry almost doesn't reply, but after giving himself a second to remember about five thousand recent lectures on trusting people— ]
your friend told me you were a superhero back home.
[ Look, he doesn't usually have to explain this to people. Ever. Give him a sec. ]
If it tells you what you want to know, people have been trying to recreate what was given to me ever since I got it, and that was a long time ago. I can give you references too, but something tells me that's not gonna matter so much when things go south.
[ It's meant as sympathy. He's had a glimpse of what the military can and will do with powers, and it usually isn't good. There's a lengthy pause while Barry processes that in relation to Steve's previous offer, then: ]
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about what?
[ Smooth dodge. ]
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[ """""""drama""""". It's honest, at least. ]
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Just letting you know you don't have to close ranks around the problem if it's gonna be one. That's all.
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[ That's a pretty crappy thank you. He might apologize later. ]
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[ Anyway, he wasn't looking for a thank you. ]
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your friend told me you were a superhero back home.
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I like to think I can do my job even when I'm not home.
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[ That's tactics, not curiosity. It'd taken three of them to take Eobard down back home. Ollie's here, but that won't be enough. ]
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this phrasing is terribly suggestive but i feel like it's appropriately ic ok
like MMA hard or superpowers hard
he's pretty immune to it tbh
[ Look, he doesn't usually have to explain this to people. Ever. Give him a sec. ]
If it tells you what you want to know, people have been trying to recreate what was given to me ever since I got it, and that was a long time ago. I can give you references too, but something tells me that's not gonna matter so much when things go south.
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what was given to you? you mean like a science experiment?
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[ It probably doesn't actually count as an experiment when you're the end product, whether that ends up being for good or ill. ]
It was a serum. I don't know what was in it.
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[ It's meant as sympathy. He's had a glimpse of what the military can and will do with powers, and it usually isn't good. There's a lengthy pause while Barry processes that in relation to Steve's previous offer, then: ]
thank you.
i'll keep you in the loop.