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Start by not using the word 'subtly'. We're on the down-low, you know? [ He's teasing her. Maybe. ] What do you think our folks did for a living?

Lance, I'm not limiting my vocabulary to that degree.

[That is more important. "Subtly" isn't even a long adverb!]

[ NOT HIS POINT. ]

If you wanna sell it, you don't have to "limit your vocabulary", but you might have to "change the way you talk", Veronica.

[Insert a groan here, only Veronica's more of a "dramatic sigh" type.]

I'll take it under advisement.

So are we doing cool codenames? Do you feel more like a Luz, or more like a Rosalinda? I could be a Joaquim.

[ A second later: ]

We should probably get a new last name, though.

I'm not doing codenames.

How does Lance Lodge sound? Lodge is a very powerful name, and you should be honored that I'm even suggesting it.

"Lance Lodge" sounds like a trust fund baby.

I don't hate it.

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Perhaps our evil uncles and aunts stole our inheritance.

A little dramatic. Maybe mom and dad gambled away the family fortune?

Or we can do true to live and our father loved embezzling money and got all of his assets taken away.

That's my life, by the way.

I wouldn't have to put up much of an act.

[ Damn. ]

That works, if you're okay with it. Sorry about your dad's terrible choices, I guess.

What happened after? Since they're not in the picture anymore.

Well, you're older than me, right? Since our parents are jailed, we're trying to make it on our own. No one wants to touch us because we very easily could have been turning a blind eye to it all.

All right, sold. I'm bringing my full skincare kit this time, FYI. We'll keep each other on track.

Also, last thing.

Yes?

I heard Lucina had to leave, so...my offer for backup still stands.

[ They'll be together most of the time, but you know. If it comes up. ]

It beats having to do a classified ad.

Lucina made me promise to learn a weapon. Incidentally: it was guns. So.

Would you look at that.

Do you have one on you?

Not yet. I've been renting one at the range to practice. But I only ever got one lesson in with Jason (Todd, not Grace). I have a lot to learn.

I have been working with the minimal knowledge provided.

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Honestly, half of it is safety lessons and the other half is just target practice until you can't stand it anymore. You'll get the hang of it.

There's probably a place to get one in HQ, we could shop around.

If not here, we still have the cyberpunk mission ahead of us.

I was hoping to get something with a stun setting. The only time I used a gun before this was crowd control. That is—I shot it into the air to get some testosterone-filled boys to scatter.

Welp. That'll do it.

And yeah, we can probably finagle that for you. We'll see what they've got in stock.

I'm pretty sure they all thought I was crazy afterward. Which ... given certain other things I did ... it wouldn't be an unfair opinion.

As it is, don't worry about that hurting my fitness here. I am considering a stun setting.

I'm not worried about anything hurting your fitness. I think you can get things handled if you need to.

[ But few people would prefer to need to. He gets that, too. ]

I decided to venture out into this experience. Naivety isn't what got me here, so yes—I can.

But it's also why I prefer to have someone to call upon when times get to be too tough for me.

You can think before you act and still realize you've gone too deep.

[All of this is Veronica's way of addressing that she is terribly self-aware about ... herself.]

[ She already has a headstart on a lot of people, so. ]

Well, you've got options, so don't rush yourself either.

See you later?

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