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[youretheworst]

(Gwen is a millennial, you better text her cause she sure ain't checking her pocket watch voice-mail)

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[youretheworst]

Those are two totally different things. Guess whatever brought me here didn't care if I could use superpowers or not.

[notthekingpin]

Well there are monsters. You wouldn't want to be helpless.

[youretheworst]

Right.

[ Much as she hates to admit it. ]

I'm not helpless, anyway. It's just easier to fight with super-strength or whatever.

[notthekingpin]

Must be nice. Having superpowers.

[youretheworst]

[ oh, if only Gwen knew the irony of that sentence. ]

Yeah, having them on a super limited basis isn't really "nice."

[notthekingpin]

Who knows, maybe you'll get them back one day. That seems like a the kind of good, wholesome story people want to hear.

[youretheworst]

I wish.

[ She pauses. ]

But then I wouldn't need to be on your payroll, would I? You probably don't want me to get my powers back!

[notthekingpin]

Oh, Gwenie, the world is so much more complicated than that.

[youretheworst]

[ She just got a chill. For real. ]

No thanks to jerks like you who treat people like pieces on a chessboard.

[notthekingpin]

No, don't be like that. I want to be friends, remember?

[youretheworst]

I'm not falling for that. How many friends did you have back home? Like, does that mean you're less likely to stab me in the back or what?

[ Captain Stacy would never stand for befriending Matt Murdock! ]

[notthekingpin]

I have lots of friends. I think you've even met some of them.

[ he...really does...have friends.... incredible]

[youretheworst]

Like The Vulture?

[ Because he kinda. Wasn't so nice to him, was he. ]

[notthekingpin]

[its such a good thing matt doesnt use video]

Ah, yes, Toomes. He wasn't always such a good friend, but I like to think we overcame our differences. Strengthened our friendship.

[youretheworst]

Uh-huh.

[ Becoming friends with Murderdock sounds fucking awful nothnx!!!! ]

Do you treat all your friends like that, or am I some kind of special case?

[notthekingpin]

Different people call for different friendships, obviously. And our friendship is nothing like the one I have with Toomes. I'd like to think we have something special.

[ :') ]

[youretheworst]

[ SHUDDERING. WHY, OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN HER WORLD, DID SHE GET STUCK WITH THIS GUY ]

You are so creepy, you know that?

[notthekingpin]

That's very harsh. But I can understand why you feel that way.

[youretheworst]

Well, you're like what, forty? And you're saying we have something special. It's creepy, dude.

[notthekingpin]

I'm not forty.

[um thats very rude!! to assume!! hes not that old]

[youretheworst]

So what, you're..... thirty five? It's not like I can tell with you wearing glasses all the time. You could have crows' feet for all I know.

[ What a rude child, Gwen. ]

[notthekingpin]

Honestly, it only makes people more uncomfortable when I take them off.

[real talk]

[youretheworst]

It's probably not even that creepy. You're not like, missing your eyes or anything, right?

[ Right? No way..... ]

[notthekingpin]

[matt laughs but only because that's the better option than getting angry because jesus christ woman you are so insensitive]

Hm, you know, it seems to be some kind of visual issue, I can't say I know for sure what the problem is for sighted people. Must be so hard for them, though.

[youretheworst]

[ It's..... part of her charm? Or maybe she just dislikes Matt too much to skirt around the issue. That's legit. ]

Riight. Woe is us, I guess.