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[Jaime chooses to use the video function for a couple of reasons: the first is that he’s really, really hoping that someone he can trust will be able to recognize his face if not his voice and the second is that he hopes others will use it too. He doesn’t look happy in the slightest, but he also doesn’t look quite as terrified as he probably should be.] Hi. I guess I’m supposed to introduce myself here. I’m Jaime.

Uh, I already got the run-down from that spooky-weapons-lady a little earlier, but I’m guessing I didn’t get everything about this place because all this? Still makes no sense. So if there’s anything I should know... [He trails off, gaze diverted up into the sky. He tears his eyes away from whatever he's looking at to address the network again.] Aaaanyway, I'm starting to get used enough to this place that I know I'm not gonna make it home in time for dinner anytime soon, but I still want to hear how legit all this is from people who don't actually benefit from spoon feeding me this in--

[He's staring up again. There is a definite boom, and Jaime's eyes widen as he ducks his head as if that will somehow protect him from any debris] Did that spaceship just explode--

[Fade to black as Jaime unceremoniously shoves the device into his pocket, though he does announce his apparent survival a little after the hubbub is wrapped up with the voice-only addition of:] Next time I say I'm even starting to think about getting used to this place, someone should probably hit me. Are exploding spaceships just a thing here?

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Oh, hey, it is. So much for anonymity.

[Not that that was what he was going for right now, but he should probably look into it for the future.]

...but it's not the type of place you welcome people to, I get it. Heh.

Where you from Jaime?

El Paso. If you know where that is - I've seen a lot of people around here that don't exactly look like they're from Earth. How about you?

American here, too. Never been to El Paso, though.

Gotham. [ She's used to people not being familiar with the name, so she doesn't expect him to recognize it. ]

El Paso's nice. A whole lot nicer than this place, but that's not saying a lot.

I've never visited Gotham either, though, so we're even there. [That's a bit of a fib, but he doesn't count being dragged there on hero business as a proper visit.]

Oh. [ Now she's surprised, but he could be from an alternate universe. ] Your world has a Batman and Robin in Gotham?

[He sounds a little surprised.] Yeah, of course.

[Then, because surprise is dumb because no matter their capabilities, Batman and Robin are mortal:] ...not that Gotham without Batman would be the weirdest thing I've seen today, but it's still a little hard imagining Gotham without them.

True.

[ A pause. ]

Alternate worlds aren't uncommon here. I've already met someone from some... other Gotham. [ Or something. ]

Hunh. [There's a pause of his own while he considers that little nugget of info.] Good, they're keeping things simple.

[If Kate hears the scritching of a pen against paper, it's because Jaime's gotten to the point where he's decided he needs to write all this stuff down. He's just happy that he's consumed enough sci-fi to make some sense of this.]

So if someone's from a Gotham without Batman, we've got the choices of past-Gotham, future-Gotham or alterna-Gotham. Or a combination of the last two. Except for multiple Bat--okay, you know what? Stopping there. Your Batman is a guy in a cape who fights crime, right?

[ She recognizes the sound, but she wonders why he's jotting it down. She won't press, though. ]

Batman did exist in her world, but she -- well, it was a Robin. I've never seen any girl Robins who didn't look older than twelve. [ Okay, Carrie was... thirteen or something.

But it was weird. ]

And yeah, he does. Well, there's two now, but that's Gotham for you, I suppose; lots of Bats.

Oh. Wow, yeah, the Robin in my world is definitely a boy. And not twelve. But we've got only the one Batman.

No announcement of Batman Inc.? [ That is one of the last things she remembers. ]

Nope, I'd definitely remember something like that. What is Batman Inc.?

It's funded by Bruce Wayne. Expanding the war against crime -- globally.

Bruce Wayne and Batman working together. [Wow.]

I knew he was into charity in addition to all the other kajillionaire - [very scientific term, that] - stuff he's got going on, but that's huge. Guess you'd need someone with as much money as him to tackle that sort of project.

It's something, alright.

It makes sense. Everyone knows what happened to his family. [ She hasn't connected Bruce = Batman... yet. ]

Yeah, good point. [Or at least a good reminder. Everyone knows what happened to Bruce Wayne as a kid, but it's to easy to just think of him as some rich famous guy who owns a bunch of oil rigs off the Yucatan coast not to mention maybe half of the world.] I can't even start to imagine something like that.

[And he doesn't want to.]

If only we had a multi-billionaire to fund the Initiative.

Too bad his plastic wouldn't work here.

A lot of things are a hit or miss here, from what I've gathered.

Oh. That... would probably be a lot more useful if I had a credit card. But hey, you never know when the next billionaire'll pop up here.

[ Haha. ]

We could have plenty for all we know. They don't exactly get to bring in their bank accounts and businesses.

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True. [And now he can't help but think of Bruce Wayne again, and how he was able to buy out an entire hotel down in Mexico at the drop of a dime.] That's gotta be an adjustment.

How about you, though? You okay? [ He's really calm for a kid, she thinks. ]

Yeah, I'm okay. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather be at home like pretty much everyone else I've spoken to, but we're here now.

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