[ Twenty-six. He chokes down the insane impulse to sing something asinine at her, something like - I'm almost eighteen, I'll be eighteen as soon as I pick a birthday for myself, eight years is hardly anything - Somehow he swallows it. It helps that Captain buys her a bit of time by furiously licking the underside of her hand and trying to snuffle his way up into her sleeve. ]
Uh...Huh. I, uh... [ He clears his throat. ] How did you get out of the...Phantom Zone? [ All of that does sound weird as hell, but, well...It's not like there's not plenty of stuff here that's even weirder. They time travel here. And time's frozen back home. So why the hell not? ]
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Uh...Huh. I, uh... [ He clears his throat. ] How did you get out of the...Phantom Zone? [ All of that does sound weird as hell, but, well...It's not like there's not plenty of stuff here that's even weirder. They time travel here. And time's frozen back home. So why the hell not? ]