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[threeolives]

I love these weekends. So many new faces. I'll be downtown for lunch if anyone cares to join me. My treat.

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[threeolives]

Have a seat, Don. Ive already ordered.

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[change_just_is]

Thank you.

[He sits down, smiling.]

Do you mind if I ask what you ordered?

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[threeolives]

A waldorf salad and a lemonade.

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[change_just_is]

Your taste is excellent.

[A slow smile.]

Would it be too forward of me to call you Pepper? Or should I stick to Miss Potts?

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[threeolives]

Pepper is fine, if i can call you Don.

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[change_just_is]

Of course. I don't think we should stand on ceremony in a situation like this.

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[threeolives]

Of course not. Now, how much has been explained to you about this place?

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[change_just_is]

Very little. I wanted to be sitting down before I heard the bad news.

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[threeolives]

All right then. Well, you're a long way from home, wherever home is for you. You're in a place called the City, but don't worry it's likely just for the weekend. There are people here from all sorts of universes, so you never know who you might run into. For example, my friend is engaged to Merlin. The Merlin.

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[change_just_is]

Your friend is engaged to a mythological character?

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[threeolives]

Not so mythological when you meet him.

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[change_just_is]

You're not mythological, too, are you?

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[threeolives]

No, no. Maybe a bit of a public figure where I come from, but definitely real.

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[change_just_is]

Good. I was already impressed by the way you were handling this situation -- I wouldn't want to have to be in awe of you because you weren't real, too.

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[threeolives]

Well I am. Real and flattered.

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[change_just_is]

I'm glad. It means something good will come out of this weekend after all.

[threeolives]

I should inform you, Don, that I am happily taken.

[change_just_is]

And I'm married. That doesn't mean we can't have a nice conversation.

[threeolives]

Just checking. Didn't want things to get awkward.

Tell me about where you're from, Don.

[change_just_is]

Of course not.

[A slight shrug.]

I'm from New York. Given what I've gathered in my brief time here, I'm informed that it's necessary to say that it was 1963, the last time I checked. And you?

[threeolives]

Split my time between New York and LA, 2012.

[change_just_is]

New York in the future... How is it?

[threeolives]

Big, loud. Bit crazy sometimes, but I'm guessing that's always been the case.

[change_just_is]

That's what makes it such an exciting place to work.

[A pause to sip his lemonade.]

You strike me as a career woman, Pepper. What do you do?

[threeolives]

Here I'm CEO of City Solutions, a company that does technology and scientific research. Back home I do much the same with Stark Industries, which I'm willing to bet you don't have in your New York.