Room 424, Saturday Evening

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Wendy was bored, and since she didn't have either Mama or Daddy around to enforce stupid rules about bedtime, that meant she had to make her own entertainment.

Which was why she was putting the finishing touches on a costume.

She was going to be a superhero!

She was going to to fight crime!

[Open, sure.]

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[momslilassassin]

A tiny red-headed ball of mud wandered into the room and waved at her before sitting down on his bed.

Tiny Ben wasn't much for talking.

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"Hi Bennie!" Wendy said at a volume that was slightly less than a yell. "Imma superhero, would you like to be my sidekick?"

All superheroes needed a sidekick.

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"Loud," Ben complained, putting two grubby hands over his ears.

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"Sorry," Wendy said in a whisper.

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"'s okay," Ben decided after a moment. "And Imma be a hero too. Like Uncle Han!"

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"Your uncle's a hero?" Wendy asked, awed. "Does he fight crime?"

[momslilassassin]

That was a tough question. "Yes," he finally decided. "Plus he has the second bestest ship in the galaxy."

Mara's being the best of course.

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"He has a boat? My Daddy has a plane."

Boats were awesome, just not as awesome as planes.

[momslilassassin]

"Spaceship," Ben corrected.

Cause those were clearly the most awesome.

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"Whoa, cool."

Yes, spaceships were the most awesome.

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Ben nodded. "His ship's famous too."

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"Like the Rat-Wing?"

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"Like the what?" Ben asked, curling up on his bed with a tired little sigh.

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"It's Ratman's plane," Wendy explained. "It can go underwater and into space."

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"Oooh," Ben said. "Who's Ratman?"

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"He's a superhero," Wendy said. "When he was little his parents got killed so he fights crime."

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"I don't like it if parents gots killed," Ben said.

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"You might like Really Strong Guy Who Can Fly, his parents are alive."

She wasn't going to mention the exploding planet part.

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"Better," Ben decided, nodding. "He can fly fly?"

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"Uh huh," Wendy grinned. "And bullets bounce off him and he has laser eyes."

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"My daddy can make blaster bolts bounce offa him," Ben bragged.

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"Maybe he's related to him! Can he fly?"

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"He can fall really far'n not be smooshed?"

Totally the same thing.

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Wendy nodded. "Totally related. Maybe you have superpowers too!"

This was going to end well, really.

[momslilassassin]

Ben screwed up his face and shook his head really hard. "Nuh-uh."

He did. He just didn't want to.