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[spiderkid]

Is there anybody around who can teach me to ride a motorcycle? I know I'm kinda young, but I really need to learn.

[aka Mindy left him her bike and it's just sitting there gathering dust.]

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[universaltranslator]

Why do you need to learn to ride a motorcycle?

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[spiderkid]

[Hello, hot girl. Woman.]

'Cause I have one and I'm moving away from downtown.

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[universaltranslator]

[You're cute, kid.]

But aren't you a little young for one?

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[spiderkid]

[You too, sister.]

The girl who had it before me was younger than I am.

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[universaltranslator]

[...All right then. Different places are different, after all. And it's not like this place has a lot of vehicular traffic.]

Just be careful on that thing, all right?

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[spiderkid]

Yes, ma'am.

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[universaltranslator]

[That gets him a smile.]

You can call me Nyota. What's your name?

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[spiderkid]

[His mom raised him right.]

Miles.

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[universaltranslator]

How long have you been in the City, Miles?

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[spiderkid]

Only a month or two. I know some people have been here way longer.

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[universaltranslator]

I've been here for four months myself.

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[spiderkid]

Oh yeah? Where are you from, before that? I'm from Brooklyn.

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[universaltranslator]

Brooklyn...is that around New York?

I'm from Mozambique, but for the past few years I've been at the Academy in San Francisco.

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[spiderkid]

Yeah, It's one of the boroughs of New York City.

Heh, the only Academy I've ever heard of in San Francisco is Starfleet Academy.

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[universaltranslator]

That's where I went! You know Starfleet?

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[spiderkid]

Um, from TV. It's not real...

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[universaltranslator]

[blink. blink]

You must be thinking of a different Starfleet.

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[spiderkid]

No, like, Kirk and Spock and Captain Picard. Pretty sure there's only one Starfleet.

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[universaltranslator]

[Forget the fact he knows Kirk and Spock.]

I've never heard of a Captain Picard.

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[spiderkid]

Dude, Picard was the best! Next Generation is totally my favorite.

But anyway, yeah, still just a TV show.

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[universaltranslator]

[Her life isn't just some tv show it's a movie. But she's too much of an adult to snap at a kid, even if she is deeply unsettled by this conversation.]

Be careful with that motorcycle.

[Safest just to end it there.]

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[spiderkid]

[Uh oh, did he say something wrong?]

Yeah, okay, I will. I promise.