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Is everyone from Krypton like you? The strength, being able to hear things?

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[ Clark nods. This moon has a yellow sun. Everyone Kryptonian who comes here would effectively have the same powers. ]

Yes.

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And you're alone here?

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[ Clark nods. ]

Yes.

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You're not now.

[steve doesn't presume to think that he can make up for any of the family and friends that he's been separated from, but he'll try to be a new one. a good one.]

Can I get you some coffee or something? [a pause.] If you drink that sort of thing.

[suddenly he knows how sam once felt.]

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[ He had expected to be asked further about his background. Steve's statement makes Clark blink in surprise and smile.

He's never had friends, let alone people from other universes, so he's not sure how to go about it. Steve doesn't seem like he'd mind. ]

I'd like that. Some other time?

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Any time. [steve smiles. this man seems like a good one, and that's what matters most to him. the rest he can find out along the way.] Day or night, in fact. I don't sleep much.

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You too?

[ Clark has been spending that time with Taako learning to meditate instead of sleep. It'd be nice to have some conversation or someone else to sit with who wouldn't mind him around. ]

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[he smiles a bit.]

I blame the bed, the pillows. I don't know if it has something to do with the serum or I just have too much on my mind. Probably both. On the bright side, I get a lot of reading and exercising done.

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[ Clark knows that feeling intimately. ]

If you wouldn't mind company, shout for me. I'm usually reading.

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I'm guessing you mean literally.

[which is an amusing image for sure.]

I'll do it. We can even trade books.

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I do. [ It is funny. ] What do you like to read?

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Biographies. History books. Stuff most folks probably think is boring. [steve shrugs.] I finished a couple of things by that Stephen King guy. He'll give you a reason not to go to sleep.

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[ He reads those too. ]

Horror's not really my thing. [ He's a difficult man to frighten, and feels uneasy and unsettled often enough that he doesn't need it in his fiction. ] How do you feel about science fiction?

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[steve smiles at the mention of science fiction.]

Used to be a favorite of mine as a kid. Bucky's too. Books, comics, we couldn't get enough of it.

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Used to? What happened?

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Nothing really, I've just lived through a lot of the stuff that used to exist only in my imagination. [steve smiles a bit.] They say truth is stranger than fiction - even science fiction.

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It is. [ Having lived through an alien invasion, he's not keen on reading about it. ] I'll try to find something we both haven't read yet.

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I'd appreciate that. We can compare notes.

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[ Clark nods. ]

Thank you for speaking with me. [ He stands and offers his hand to shake Steve's. ] There's one more thing you should know: that arm is hurting him.

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[steve stands with him, accepting his hand and slowing the handshake at his words, his expression concerned before he sighs.]

Thanks for telling me. I'll do everything I can for him.

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[ Clark knows he will. James is fortunate to have a friend like him. ]

Take care. I hope to see you soon under better circumstances.