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[latenightfondue]

What the hell's the point'a this curse, then, huh?

[ He doesn't exactly have people who stick close to him, but that doesn't mean the bubble around him isn't frustrating and restricting. ]

It comes to something when I'm trying to grab a cup'a the good stuff from an assistant and get it all over the equipment. But it ain't too bad if there's an angry broad trying to punch you down in the cafeteria.

Anyone else having fun with this stuff?

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[archivy]

No one told me anything about you, Mr Stark. [ Pause. ] I am the Archive.

[latenightfondue]

Archive? [ Okay, he's intrigued. ] Am I 'posed to know what that means?

[archivy]

It means I am the sum of human knowledge.

[latenightfondue]

Y'mean like one'a them computers they got here?

[archivy]

The analogy is somewhat accurate. I'm not a computer, though.

[latenightfondue]

Sure you ain't, you're a little bit'a a thing.

[archivy]

[ This man is strange. ] I am eleven.

[latenightfondue]

And a cute 'en y'are too, hey, sweetheart?

[archivy]

So you say.

[latenightfondue]

I do. Hey, y'got a mommy or daddy here with you?

[archivy]

No. [ A beat. ] I hired a bodyguard.

[latenightfondue]

A bodyguard's never a bad idea, used to have one myself before I came here. [ But that begs the question. ] What d'you need one for?

[archivy]

Completely deadpan: ] Protection. [ A beat. ] Also, I am too young to live on my own.

[latenightfondue]

And no one here thought to put you into one'a them home places?

[archivy]

I would not wish to stay in an orphanage.

[latenightfondue]

So who's this bodyguard y'got, huh? [ Because he feels the need to check in with them. Or. Something. ] They taking care'a you?

[archivy]

Mr Leon. And of course he is taking care of me. That is why I hired him.

[latenightfondue]

Y'can never be too careful, kid. [ Makes a note to check this guy out. ] What 'bout friends? I ain't seen too many kid 'round here.

[archivy]

I am the Archive, Mr Stark. I do not have friends.

[latenightfondue]

This archive thing aside, ain't you just a kid like any other?

[archivy]

I am the Archive. There is no putting it aside.

[latenightfondue]

[ He's got a wistful look in his eyes, as if he'd love for her to be a piece of machinery that he could dismantle, examine, and fit back together. ]

So y'don't play with dolls and colour in books?

[archivy]

I do like colouring.

[latenightfondue]

Can y'keep it in the lines? [ Because this is important. ]

[archivy]

Yes. [ you're insulting her, Howard, of course she can. ]