Cricket Campfire; Wednesday Afternoon

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It was hot. Far too hot to do anything productive, outside of making a blender's worth of strawberry margaritas. It was also far too hot for pants. It was cool enough, however, to hang out by the campfire pantless (but wearing boxers, much to his dismay) and with a blender's worth of margaritas. The fire wasn't lit, but it was a nice place to sit and attempt to get a tan on his pale Canadian legs.

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"It's iron-clad reasoning. I'm surprised most people haven't reached the same conclusion," Wallace said. "You're free to join in the pantslessness, if you want. I won't hit on you."

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"Um, thank you," she said, half-laughing. "But I think I'd rather not sit around outdoors in my underwear. It's a thing with me."

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"Well, suggestion's always on the table," he said. "Jaina...you work at the bar too, correct?"

A gossipy bitch like Wallace kept close tabs on radio.

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Jaina was not allowed to take her pants off in front of her ex. Just no. "Yeah, Saturdays. Wait, you work at the bar? You and Chuck planned that to confuse people, didn't you?"

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"He was the one who asked me to work there, so it's his fault if there's confusion," he said. "Not that I think there will be. I'm way taller and he was wearing glasses the last time I saw him."

Mmm. Glasses.

"And there's the fact that we dress completely differently." And sometimes Wallace wasn't dressed at all.

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"True. Again, I expect pants from him," she said. "You'll probably still get confusion, though. I hardly looked like my double and got mistaken for her all the time."

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"I'm sure the confusion is cleared up after a few minutes of conversation," Wallace said. "If that doesn't work then the person you're speaking to might be a little...slow."

Wallace had been about to say retarded, but he wasn't Kim. He was capable of being PC sometimes.

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"Oh, I'm not disagreeing with you. And if there's not enough difference between you and the person you look like for people to notice... Then I worry for everyone," she decided.

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"Well I'm definitely not like Chuck," he assured her. "I'm not rich enough to carry myself like that."

But if he did get that rich, oh, he'd become such a tool.

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"You think the money is what does it?" she asked, curious.

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"I think that's part of it. Money is automatic confidence, plus you know you have the power to get away with most everything," Wallace said, thinking of Gideon. "But it's not everything. Chuck also has being devastatingly handsome going for him."

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"There is that," she said easily, smiling a little. "I had money, and I'm not like that." No, she just had the power to get away with most everything without it.

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"I think it depends on your background. There are rich superheroes and rich villains," he said. "Depends on if your parents were mean or not. Or, if you were orphaned, had a kind butler to set you on the right path."

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Jaina grinned. "Superheroes and villains, let me guess what kind of world you're from."

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Wallace laughed a little. "I made it kind of obvious, didn't I? Yeah, lot of dramatic costumes and monologing where I'm from. So glad people around here don't find that weird."

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Jaina had a sudden flashback of hanging paralyzed from hooks while the secret leader of the war monologued at her till she could have cried and said, "Mine's not much different. I don't think anything's considered weird here. It's both comforting and... okay, a little weird."

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Wallace lifted his eyebrows slightly when he read that bit of narrative (thanks for breaking the fourth wall regularly Brian Lee O'Malley), but was polite and didn't mention anything.

"I just like how I don't have to explain anything," Wallace said. "Exposition is so annoying sometimes."

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"Now I feel like I should ask for details on where you're from and how you grew up, just because you said that." She wouldn't.

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"I wouldn't be able to answer much of it if you did ask." Secondary character and all. "Gay Canadian is pretty much all you need to know."

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"Seriously? That's all?" She considered this. "That actually does tell me a few things right there," she conceded.

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"See? I don't need a back story," he said. "I'm sure the majority of you have more than enough background to go around."

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"And a few people would probably tell you all about it for days on end," she agreed.

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"See? Exactly," he said. "I like being the easy person in town."

Ahem.

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"You may have competition," she said, before she could stop herself, and then went a little red. "Hello, person I just met. That came out wrong."

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Wallace laughed. "You're actually pretty close to the truth. And I will fight for the easy king crown. Or queen. Either one."