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[not_a_wonder]

Not all who wander are lost.

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[no_ones_son]

Eh. They'd probably buy a DNA test or something.

So how do you know your 'verse's me, anyway?

[not_a_wonder]

I suppose. But wouldn't they have already run one themselves? And how could I get some of the faker's DNA? [Nessie is more musing aloud than trying to shoot down the suggestion, which should be clear in her tone.]

He was going to save me from a mugging. I saved myself.

And he knew about my... sordid history. As the Silver Swan. [She shrugs.] I guess the parallels interested him.

[no_ones_son]

Not if they don't actually give enough of a damn to care if he's behaving out of character. God forbid they notice the difference.

[He snorts.] Sounds entertaining. You have any type of professional type relationship, or are we just talking about coffee now and again?

[not_a_wonder]

[Nessie will, if you let her, allow that thread of the conversation to drop. From experience with her world's Jason Todd, "Family" is a minefield of issues and it's difficult to navigate even at the best of times.]

I'm a social worker, and sometimes he brings me work.

[no_ones_son]

[Jason'll let that topic go, then.]

As in, asking for help, or are we talking a "cat with a dead mouse" type thing?

[not_a_wonder]

As in, letting me know when the various rampages or schemes of the Arkham set end up victimizing children. Especially when those children need someone to game the system for them. [There's a determined glint in her eye.] If I can get them out, I get them out.

[no_ones_son]

... starting to think I should track down my 'verse's version of you.

[not_a_wonder]

She might not be in a good place, [Nessie cautions him,] I wasn't, not for a long time after being the Silver Swan. The physical recovery from the surgeries to remove the cybernetic implants was hard, but the mental scars were harder.

[no_ones_son]

I can get that.

I work with a lot of people who aren't. I'll keep it in mind.

[not_a_wonder]

If she's anything like me -- and she ought to be, since most of the people I've run into in this place seem to react the same to me across the board -- she wants to help people, and she wants redemption for her mistakes. It's not like Jason had give me the hard sell to get me on his side.

Just, uh... try to keep her away from situations where she might have to yell.

[no_ones_son]

[He doesn't ask - it's not his business, and he can make some pretty good guesses.] Got it. Could always use a couple more contacts on the official side of the system. [Note that he does not use the word "legitimate.]

[not_a_wonder]

Yup. That was my Red Hood's reasoning too.

But really. I'm a social worker and crisis counselor... just what every lord of the underworld needs, right? [Nessie smirks.]

[no_ones_son]

You have no idea. Well, maybe you do.

[not_a_wonder]

Crises seem to follow you.

[no_ones_son]

I like to think it's the other way around.

I mean, it isn't, but I like to think so.

[not_a_wonder]

[Nessie giggles.] I will keep that particular delusion in mind.