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[you_tried]

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[you_tried]

You're really trying hard to dodge this.

[khajidont]

I'm not dodging it! I mean, I'm proud of other stuff. That one's just, uh, not a great defense. It hasn't exactly held a lot of water with anyone else.

[Everyone's just waiting for him to slip up, it feels like. Not having slipped up yet isn't something he's proud of partly because of that reason, but partly because it's a work-in-progress. He can't ever stop being vigilant about that sort of thing, which means he's not about to slow down and congratulate himself for it.]

[you_tried]

All right, all right, whatever you say.

[ Booster waves a hand, deciding this isn't exactly worth arguing about. ]

I'm just trying to be encouraging here. Unless you wanted me to lecture you about great power and great responsibility or whatever.

[khajidont]

No, no, I think -- I think I've got the responsibility bit pretty down pat.

[He takes it seriously enough to make himself sick.]

But, um... I guess the other thing you should know is that I've sort of made plans in case it does go wrong? Like, if someone does that whole mind control thingy on me again, or something? I know they'll be asking you about it if it ever comes up.

[you_tried]

You did, huh? And why do I not like the sound of that?

[khajidont]

[He wrinkles his nose.]

Well, there's nothing to like about the idea, right? But a guy's gotta have a contingency plan.

[Or at least he does if he can destroy cities. Superman's got one for himself, he thinks.]

I can take pretty much everything but magic. If anything goes wrong, Traci'll handle it. [A beat.] And Hal, I guess, but I'm pretty sure I'd beat the living crap out of him first.

[Not that that's not an appealing option.]

[you_tried]

[ Booster grimaces, partly at Hal, partly just at the idea of someone "handling it." It's probably good that he's planning ahead, just in case, but... that's seriously sobering. ]

Yeesh. I'm sure that wouldn't endear him to you any more. [ He sighs, poking at his straw with the tip of his index finger. ] And Traci's okay with this?

i like how I'm like "OH THIS IS WHAT BOOSTER SHOULD KNOW" completely forgot that i already wrote it

[khajidont]

Better than okay. She said that she wanted to handle it.

[He raises his free hand out in front of him.]

I don't get it either, but if that's what makes things easier for her, I'm not about to argue.

remembering things is hard, who needs that

[you_tried]

[ Booster looks faintly concerned about that, but doesn't try to inspect the point any further. ]

If that's the kind of relationship you have... [ a shrug. ] It sounds weird to me, but if it makes both of you feel better... I guess it's probably best that it's someone you trust, huh?

[khajidont]

[He just shrugs again, uncomfortably. He doesn't want her to have to do it. He wants it to be someone who hates his guts, someone who won't see it in their mind's eye, someone who won't be bothered. Maybe Superman has all this junk about giving that right to the people who matter to him, but...

God, how much do you hate the people you love, to put that on them?

Then again, that's nearly what he's doing, telling all this to Booster.]

She's the one who'd have to live with it. If it makes her feel better about it, that's all I care about.

[And really, the only reason he wouldn't want it to be her is to spare her feelings. It's her call.]

Anyway! That's, um, the plan. And it pretty much covers everything that everyone else is worried about.