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[yourbestguysgun]

[ He doesn’t really want to make a big deal of it, there’s no point, and he already feels kind of awkward about it. So Bucky’s network post is short, to the point, because he’s too tired to make it anything else. ]

Hey, so uh -- I’m not dead. Just figured people should know that. In case they were curious. [ Sarcasm, thy name is Bucky. ] Howard, I need to talk to you. In private, okay?

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Comments

[yourbestguysgun]

Kinda think there'd be somethin' wrong with 'em if they did.

[conesoldstober]

The name is Howl Pendragon, in case you were at all interested. I assume you must be Bucky.

[yourbestguysgun]

Y'assumed right. Howl's an interestin' one, nickname?

[conesoldstober]

[There's a pause. Normally Howl doesn't tell anyone his real name unless he has to. But it's harder to lie when asked directly.]

Of a sort. It was Howell, but of course once I moved to Ingary everyone forgot the second syllable.

[yourbestguysgun]

Ing -- where?

[conesoldstober]

You must be from Earth, then. America, judging by the accent.

[yourbestguysgun]

Brooklyn, New York, yeah.

[conesoldstober]

Suspected as much, yes.

[yourbestguysgun]

Y'say Earth? Y'not from it?