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"No, but they look fun. I've seen more kid-friendly movies, while I was in a shelter, but still not many. Rihoko might have been mature for her age, but she was still only six. She preferred doing to watching."

"Godzilla... Hm, looks kinda old and cheesy. Fun pick!"

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"Godzilla... Hm, looks kinda old and cheesy. Fun pick!"

"Not exactly. Haven't seen many movies." She pauses. "But. If there's something you'd recommend?

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"...Not off the top of my head. Maybe I should start renting some."

"Not exactly. Haven't seen many movies." She pauses. "But. If there's something you'd recommend?

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"A few hours, maybe? Charging is faster than using the power, in my experience." She follows Keri's eyes. "Ah? Got some movies you wanna watch?"

"... So this will take a while to charge..."

There's a moment where she stops, and looks at the shelf. "... 'dvd player'..."

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Seems like Keri has control of this! Masane's happy to step back. She's already got a phone.

She's talking with the salesman, who is desperately trying to upsell her to the latest and greatest, and she raises a hand. "Listen. I just need this phone to be able to last for 48 hours without turning off. Maybe a little extra cushion, maybe some dust and sand resistance."

Light finally dawns as to what this salesman is dealing with. "Oh, you're backpacking?"

"... Sure."

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Hell yeah battery life. Good choice of stat on your gear. Maybe she can get one of those little battery packs, as well. Masane seems... A little out of her element, in here, aside from the prepaid service cards they have available.

tfw from 2006.

"Demonstrably not true, but I'm not gonna fight you about it. Phone time?"

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"Alright! Let's get it all squared away." Into the shop, proper, to look at all the various rectangles!

"Demonstrably not true, but I'm not gonna fight you about it. Phone time?"

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"Demonstrably not true, but I'm not gonna fight you about it. Phone time?"

"And he fucked your head up this badly? Jesus Christ."

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"Ordinarily I'd hope you're an outlier, but if he's micromanaging his family this much..."

"And he fucked your head up this badly? Jesus Christ."

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"And he fucked your head up this badly? Jesus Christ."

"What's the point? He took the money, I don't know where it is, and I'm pretty sure he's never heard the words 'college fund' without thinking 'tax dodge'."

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"Sounds like it's a loss, for now. But maybe not forever, hm?"

"Either when he dies from being an old miserable bastard, or when you someday beat him up and get things back from him."

"What's the point? He took the money, I don't know where it is, and I'm pretty sure he's never heard the words 'college fund' without thinking 'tax dodge'."

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"And given what I've learned about your past and family, it's probably 100% justified." Masane nods. "Wanna take a minute to process, or just move on?"

"... It's. Not important. Not right now. But I'm a little angry."

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"...You good, Keri? Got a hell of a tell when something clicks, in your head?"

"-- That's... A good plan." They'd have to connect Masane with her first, and that would mean stirring up the hornet's nest of a COIL front, if COIL wasn't about to drop a dime.

... Actually, given their MO with the Vipers' Dens, that might be not that useful. They wanted recruitment. Telling every supervillain what's going on in there at all times is hardly the done thing. No, more likely they'd paid Jitendra to...

Keri's fists clenched, and she stopped for half a second, and kept walking.

She hated that every new things she figured out about her past only made things worse in hindsight.

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"Hm... If that's a worry, I can 'buy it for you'. That way my name's on any documents, but you keep the actual phone. Plus, I don't think any prepaid systems need ID."

Maybe justice!

"Yeah. My worry is more that grandpa might track me through it. We'll see what else is there."

TO THE ELECTRONICS STORE

FOR JUSTICE?

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"Somethin' cheap should cover you for a long time, especially with the cash and buying a couple of months of service."

"Might as well go find one, I guess..." She hums.

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"I think any hotel room should already have one... As far as the burner phone thing, you have a bunch of cash. Prepaid phones are still a thing, as far as I know?"

"Burner, maybe. Don't have an address, so I can't have a phone plan." Not to mention the OTHER problems with it. She's asked. "Something I can use in a hotel room, maybe?"

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"Well, unless you decide to stay somewhere, you probably can't keep much in the way of non-essentials. Hm..." Masane taps her fingers on the table. "...Phone, maybe?"

"... I... Don't know. I'm so used to having to stretch every penny until Lincoln screams, and family didn't let me keep much stuff anyway..."