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Hi, I'm Kate Bishop, and I'm a superhero. [There's a pause before she goes on.] There's a chance that doesn't mean much to many of you. There may even be some of you questioning the legality of vigilantes, but I'm not the type that goes too far. There's a reason why we kind of prefer "superhero" over "vigilante" anyway. For those of you who do know them, I'm an Avenger. But that's meaningless here. And I'm not really here to ... brag, either.

[Her voice is warm either way. There's a reason why she's here.]

Back home, I've got a like-minded group that tends to go on missions like the ones here. I was hoping to form something like that. It won't be the same, but I've got a couple teammates and not the whole set. We'd do pretty well for ourselves, but we need a couple more helping hands. So that's why I'm here. Well, partly.

[There is a question she has about this whole alternate earth business, but she'll get to it. She really wants a cohesive unit working together, as that seems to be the best way to proceed forward.]

The other goal I'd like for our group is to mobilize and help people in need. I can do this myself, and I'm planning on it, but more hands at the deck might help out. We don't just need this in missions, and from what I've read, we don't know what's gonna come next. I know it's risky to put together a group like this with how people come and go, but I'm prepared to deal with that. Plus, I don't just back down from something. I'm kind of stubborn that way.

If you've already got something like this going and wouldn't mind a few more people, I'd love to chat with you. I'm an archer mostly, but I have other gifts. One member is a ... [a trickster? How does one even sell Loki?] ... well, I'm sure he's good at something. And the final is an alien with advanced knowledge of technology that he might share. He's also got bug DNA and is extremely flexible. [That last bit. She really had to add that last bit.] So let me know.

The other question is: in the annals of this world, have people of Earth found evidence that they existed? Back home, alternate Earths like this usually mean ... alternate versions of us, which can either be a good thing, or a very, very bad thing. I'm thinking bad, considering the state of things. I was just wondering.

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All the time. Sent back home or not, we don't know.

No one comes back?

People do, but there's no discernible pattern.

Do they just fall into limbo?

No clue. I hope not.

[ She thinks of Bette and the corners of her mouth tighten. ]

I'll add the question to the list. It does seem like something that can be answered, at least.

I've spoken to someone who had been back home and brought back here. Said he had no recollection of this place while he was there. But he's long gone now.

[ Also he was a panda. ]

I wonder what makes that possible. It doesn't match up with everything I know about that kind of action.

There was only one instance of someone returning home and remembering Exsilium.

What happened in that instance?

The UE found out.

So that's the one in the records. The world that got destroyed.

Yes. They had a spy among us. One of the Transports.

How'd they manage that? I thought the whole system was random.

He had been inside the UE once, I believe. He wasn't entirely human. Cybernetics? He must have leaked the information. Not too long after Elmer's world was destroyed did Adam Jensen self-destruct inside the old Hold.

Great. So you only remember if you've somehow part of a UE plan. Well, isn't that pleasant, and it also makes me have even more doubts about the strength of the transport device.

It isn't the first time the UE's turned one of our own against us. Before the bomb, Vanadi was under their control and he lured Transports to a party where they were ambushed. It led to the rescue and infiltrating of their Compound.