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WALLY WEST
"You've reached the personal voice mail of the Wall-man. The honor is yours! Leave your deets, I'll holla back atcha."
[ BEEP. ]

KID FLASH
"This is the contact for Kid Flash. If it's an emergency, call Robin; he'll know where I am. Otherwise, leave your info and I'll get you back ASAP."
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I hope you know that just because I was willing to play distraction the other day doesn't mean I'm not still concerned

How are you doing?

fine

seriously
not the first time someone importants gone home im fine

You can be fine and still not be okay.
Poster girl for it right now

If you don't want to talk to me, just say so
But hey. You've helped me a lot since I got here
Let me do something?

yknow

the friend who left is the one i was gonna ask to teach you how to fight

[Oh. Oh. She knew it was probably big, but...she'd only known about Bart. This was much bigger. There's not a whole lot she can say. She's doesn't know how this porting thing works.]

That's the same one you were talking about during the Faire, right?
He sounded pretty cool.

[She's sorry he left, but apologies sound pretty empty at times like this.]

hes really cool

hes done a lot more for me than almost anybody i know
who isnt my parents i mean

and i dont think he knows how important he is but thats probably my stupid fault
we always just do dumb stuff and i mean were on missions and crime fighting together and stuff but i dont think he believes me when i say stuff sometimes

i dunno

i wish he wasnt gone but it sounds stupid to complain about it since hes back home and ill see him there and hes fine and stuff like oh no im so sad that my friend finally did what everyone else is trying to do and go home

I don't think it's stupid, Kid.

Your life here matters just as much as your life back home
your experiences here, with him, matter

I get why you were asking about living twice over

um

you do
i mean whatd u think of what i was saying

I miss home every day. I miss my parents. I miss my classes and my teachers.
God, I miss my city. There's nothing here that makes me feel like home.

But
I haven't told anyone this yet
I'm not ready?
To go back
For a couple different reasons

which

i mean which is cool
theres no hurry

i used to think there was but i dont think so anymore

If it's true that the Porter somehow sends us back to the exact place it took us, like some cosmic reset button, then I guess there isn't

I feel like I should want to go home though
Everyone I know misses it still
And with...everything that happened with Hiro I KNOW how dangerous it can be to stay

But I'm not ready to let go what I've gained
If I could stay
Even for just a year
I'll take it

I don't want to lose him again
But the Porter doesn't really care, does it?

you mean tadashi

no

porter doesnt care

He could be taken at any time
with no warning
like your friend?

[If he ports out, even once, then she really will never see him again. Good thing she can still text with shaking hands.]

I kind of understand how you felt the other day
Thanks for telling me

look

dont freak out about it ok
ppl who have been here longer have more staying power like even if they do go for a little while they tend to come back

Okay.

You'll let me know if they come back, right?
Impulse and your friend.
Just so I know you're okay?

I kind of wish I went into universal theory instead of industrial design.
It'd be really useful now.

i dunno if theres enough theory in the universe to explain this mess

ill let you know if they come back

Thanks

[And a minute or two later:]

And Kid?
It's an open invitation. Not just for now, but whenever
If you need someone to sit and listen
Or someone to just run with if you'd rather have quiet for awhile
even if it's in the middle of the night

yknow ur pretty mushy when u wanna be

that soft gooey center isnt so far down after all
or am i just special

I regret everything

I take it back, Beta Flash.
You're on your own now.

aww cmon

ok ok im sorry u arent mushy you are just the right consistency

damn straight

if it gets around that I was mushy I'd never be taken seriously
I've got an image to maintain

i know right could u imagine ppl might start assuming u have FEELINGS

ugh, feelings. I'm allergic to those you know
my street cred would be ruined

its true im already less scared of you

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