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[Okay, so. Several things need to be dealt with here, one way or another. First being the fact that he has a facetwin hanging around who is pretty damn hard to explain, though Tommy being more or less okay with the "brother" title helps with that. Second is that he knows the truth about his heritage now, which is, in short, a huge weight off his shoulders. Third is that his strength is mostly back in his arm as long as he doesn't bend or twist it in a way that stresses his brace too much, which admittedly doesn't mean much, but it does mean that he's able to finish the sketches he'd promised to Pepper's art gallery.

Thus, since it's so warm and dry today, he'll be heading out to deliver a set of hefty-sized rolled sheets of drawing paper to Pepper's art gallery, and then to swing by Tony's house to catch up on some work and maybe fill his... sort-of employer in on the recent developments. Mainly the kid with Billy's face who is probably going to hate him for a while. Tommy's not as keen to forgive as some people.

His last stop will be the plaza, armed with a miniature sketchbook, and props himself up against the side of the fountain to draw whatever comes his way. Occasionally he might have to stop and give his hand a frustrated shake, but hey, there's no physiotherapy like a good work-out, right?

At some point while he's out, though, he'll be doing what he told himself he'd get done: a journal entry that is better late than never.]

[Voice, locked from Tommy]

Hey, it's Billy. Just wanted to get it out there that if you see anybody with my face - or hear my voice, I guess - that's Tommy, my... brother. Kind of. It's complicated. He might be a bit tough to deal with sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, so just try to put up with him, if you can. He could use some friends.

[....]

Just don't let this get back to him, I'd never hear the end of it.

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Not really a matter of want, it's just- it's messy. I'm talking Dawn-messy. Confusing and involving a lot of people you've probably never even heard of.

[Plus- vampire slayer, hello. He's not keen on sharing the whole demon-soul backstory.]

Zen? Is that one of your friends?

[Guess who's not from Earth.]

...Dawn-messy. [ she could cringe but -- okay. sure. that's fair.

or it would be fair, she thinks, from someone she told rather than someone who'd seen. ] I'd say that I'm sorry to hear that only...well -- my sister's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

[Yeah, that was probably taking it too far. But it wouldn't be Billy without foot-in-mouth syndrome.]

I don't mean it in a bad way. I don't mind being Tommy's brother. ...Most of the time. He's kind of a brat. But it's just really complicated.

Come on, you're giving me mixed signals here.

He has his reasons. I'd like to think things have gotten better now that we're in Luceti, but we really only ever spoke once or twice before... there isn't very much to compare to the way things are now.

[...you know, he hadn't really thought to ask, but is he talking to a replica or an original? They could be brothers in the same sense Luke and Asch are like brothers, after all. But that's not the kind of thing to just ask out-right, so perhaps he should just stick to the family analogy here.]

...if you don't mind my asking, which of you is the "older" brother?

I'm sure you'll figure it out. You seem like you've got a good head on your shoulders.

[Come on, it's Aang. Childhood hero. This is unbelievably cool.]

It's okay, I had that problem when I met most of the other super heroes here. Nice to meet you, though.

[Wait what, let's back up there a moment.]

There's other superheroes here? Which others?

[...could the Caped Crusader possibly be among them?]

[...Whaaaat...]

Uh. No, it's just- nevermind, it's an Earth thing.

Thanks, Billy. It's refreshing to have such confidence from someone who just met me. I think you have a good head, too.

Sorry, sorry. It's just- hasn't there ever been anybody in your life that you wanted to hug and punch at the same time? Siblings are like that.

Older? I don't think either of us know for sure. Tommy believes that he's the older one, but that might just be his ego talking.

[Not that he's older or younger by any great amount of time. As far as he knows they were born within the same small amount of time. It had never occurred to him to ask if Tommy's birthday was different than his own.]

I heard somewhere that family always is -- wacky or not.

Oh, is that where you're from?

[That's where some of her dearest friends are from, too!]

Guess I should consider myself lucky. Sorry you've got to deal with all the annoying, man.

Lots of them, actually.

[And then he starts listing them one by one, because he is a weird fanboy stalker like that.]

[Poor Aang, if he only knew.]

You caught me at a good time, clearly. But thanks.

Wacky just doubles the complexity, I think. As a rule.

No problem, just saying what I think! It's been nice to meet you, Billy.

That's right. Ever heard of the US? New York? I grew up there.

[This is perhaps the most profitable conversation that Abed has ever had.

Even if there is no Batman.

And when Billy finishes, Abed ponders in silent consideration before summarizing:] Cool. Cool cool cool.

It's okay, it's not all bad. It's just the normal hassle of having a family.

And yet we wouldn't have it any other way, huh?

My thoughts exactly. You should definitely look them up whenever you get a chance.

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