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As good as Atlas is, that's how good you are. Which is better than you think, I would bet.
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Okay.
( But he doesn't believe it. It's so hard to, when one side of you is treated like an idiot, and the other makes friends easily. Too easily, maybe - he was starting to indulge himself. )
Anyway, sorry I got sidetracked. I wanted to give you a heads up about someone dangerous from my world, in case she ever turns up here.
( Yes, of course. That is exactly what this conversation seems like. Good work, Adonis. )
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That's a clean way to change the subject. But if you need to tell me, I'm listening.
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Her name's Asteria, but she goes by the codenames Nyx, Morpheus and Hypnos. Do you have any experience with dream manipulators?
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A bit. I've had a bit of training, protections against mental intrusion and the like. What exactly can Asteria do?
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Is she your arch-nemesis, or something?
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She's my sister.
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If she comes here she might try to go fishing for anyone who knows Atlas. If you've got shields then you should be okay for a while, and I'll try to dea with her. I just thought you should know.
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And, Atlas? I realize you may not want to talk about it, but I do have some experience with situations like this. So if need anything...
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With nightmares, difficult families or people going after your friends?
( because these are all areas that he needs eternal help with, let's be honest )
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Ask me about the time my daughter was kidnapped because her grandfather was a well-known super-terrorist, and that was part of a front to attack my team.
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Holy crap. Was everything okay? Was she okay?
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( At least, that time. )
The point is, when you live like we do, the good and the bad often mix more than we'd like to believe. You become connected to people who have different lines, different codes that you do. And you have to learn to navigate that.
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( But he could almost laugh a little bit. No kidding. When he was little, he'd seen different comic books, and of course different characters acted differently and performed to a different standard, but he thought there might be something more universal in real life. That there was some kind of universal morality that someone who became a vigilante or a superhero or whatever they called themselves might try to live up to. )
The girl I told you about is one of the most reputable criminals in New York. I think she does more good than most of our "heroes."
( So there's that for complicated moral situations. Their lives. )
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There are so many ways to navigate power, Atlas. My sister and brother-in-law rule our people, and yet they often can't do as much as those who don't have such titles. The X-men are hated, by a lot of our world, and yet they do more good than anyone.
And my daughter's grandfather, the terrorist I just spoke of? He's a great man, too, in some ways.
Maybe we make up sides and labels because it's easier than actually contemplating that no one fits them precisely.
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I miss my big sister.
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I would, to.
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