018 - And pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale

[notdreaming]

[ Private for Debra Morgan ]

[ Backdated to when the pairings were first listed because i r smart ]

Hello Debra. We spoke briefly a little while ago. I'm Kara Zor-El, your temporary warden. If you need anything or have any problems or questions, you can bring them to me.

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[notdreaming]

Yeah.

[ She's quiet for a moment. It's been a year now, so she's gotten more comfortable in her grief. ]

Can I ask you a personal question?

[fuckton]

Why the fuck not?

[notdreaming]

I was just wondering - and I'm not offended or anything - is there a reason you curse so much?

[fuckton]

It's because I do. And no, it isn't going to fucking change.

[notdreaming]

That's alright! I was just curious. You're from Earth, right? Even after all this time I'm still learning about your culture.

[fuckton]

Yeah, Earth. Miami Florida, America and all that shit.

[notdreaming]

I've only really spent time in New York, apart from ports. That's America too, isn't it?

[fuckton]

Yes it is.

[notdreaming]

Isn't it sort of a taboo to curse so much in America? Given I've only overheard most conversations...

[fuckton]

Do I seem like the sort of person who gives a fuck what the social norms are?

[notdreaming]

I don't know. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

[fuckton]

No, it's not a social norm to curse like this. I just do it because I fucking do it. It is what it is.

[It started as her trying to seem older, and then it stuck around as she tried to fit in around a bunch of male pig cops, and now it's just... her thing.

An entire hour of a show of it, when time was all cut down, to be matter of fact.]

[notdreaming]

I was only curious.

[ No need to jump down her throat, gosh. ]

[fuckton]

Anything else you're curious about?

[notdreaming]

A lot of things, but I doubt you'd want to answer them.

[fuckton]

Try me. It's not like I'm doing anything else but being bored out of my head!

[notdreaming]

Well... why do you think you're here? Your file has your life in it. What would be in there that would help me as your warden?

[fuckton]

I'm here because I killed people. [Two, to be precise.] And because everything I touch turns to shit.

What's normally in a file?

[notdreaming]

[ Shockingly enough, Kara can relate to both of those sentiments. ]

It usually has basic information about your age, species, that sort of thing, and then a summarized personal history and other important considerations, like special powers or allergies.

[fuckton]

Special powers or allergies, huh? It's fucking hilarious that both of those are in the same category.

[notdreaming]

They're both things that might end up being really important. Rao forbid you're knocked unconscious and nobody knows that you're deathly allergic to common medications.

[fuckton]

Ah. Is it like your full medical history? Like your conditions and shit?

[notdreaming]

More or less. It's not a full history, just anything that might be relevant.

[fuckton]

Does that mean they know I need Xanax? Or is that something only someone with my file can know?

[notdreaming]

That would be in your file. What is Xanax?