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[Rocket was pretty much convinced this was some sort of mess up. His passport must have screwed up and he'd ended up across the galaxy or something.

Because what other explanation was there?

Sure he'd been told what this place and he'd been given his 'welcome' items, or whatever you wanted to call them but no. It was a joke. A weird joke.

Wouldn't be the first time he'd ended up on a strange planet.

....Right?]

Ignoring that explanation I was given that I really don't feel too flarkin' inclined to believe, anyone want to tell me what's going on?

[He finally activated the communicator he'd been given, his ears laying back slightly as his tail flicks about irritably.]

Where am I and how do I get out of here? I don't have time for this.

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... Has anyone ever asked you how your vocal chords manage to produce those sounds?

[What? He has to be extra geeky so he seems less Spider-Man-y.

That's what he's telling himself, anyway.]

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[Just watch those red eyes narrow, Pete.]

I'm an alien, not some normal Earth raccoon.

Why the flark is that even important?

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Because I won't be the only one who asks.

I just got it done for everyone else. See? I'm a good citizen.

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......Good citizen. Right. Keep telling yourself that, mate.

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... Are you from space Australia?

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Are you an idiot or something?

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No!

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That is a perfectly reasonable question.

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Accents don't just come out of nowhere.

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Though I can't really explain where they do come from.

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Lack of linguistics aptitude aside, I am not an idiot.

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[Excuse him while he just stares, one ear perked while the other lays out to the side.]

....Right. Well, I don't have to explain anything to you, kid. It is what it is. Get over it.

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Sure, sure, I'll get over it.

Sorry, I guess.

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..........

[Why do you have to make him feel bad, Pete?]

Look, kid, I have no idea why I have the accent I do. I've just always had it. Lot of blokes from back home had odd accents.

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Maybe I'll revise my former childhood dreams of not being an astronaut into being an astronaut.

How's that sound? And then I can learn everything!

... Except for the part where we're on the moon. Thinking bigger.

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Well, there's a lot out there to see and explore, mate.

A lot of it's terrifying though, warning you now. I've seen things that I wish I hadn't.

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[That's the cue for "don't ask," and yet—]

Got any examples?

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Rips in the fabric of reality. Giant legions coming in from the Negative Zone. Titans fighting and dying as they try to protect our universe. That sort of thing.

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Hey, do you know the Fantastic Four? [He knows the negative zone, at least.]