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Post by Leslie on Dec 11, 2011 23:44:21 GMT -5
"Actually, there are about 205 countries in the world" Gracie said to Oshizu. "Some might, but I have a feeling your view of God is a lot different then most Christians, and america mostly has Christians" She said. "Sure" She said with a smile. "Oh, being an artist is perfectly fine here. Some people still don't like artists I believe, but there is no problem being an artist" She said to Oshizu. "I don't really know completely. Probably lower/middle class" She said with a shrug. "Though if you count the fact I lived alone for 3 months and am pretty much on my own now, except I'm here too, I'm probably lower class" She said with a sigh and looked at the ground. She laughed along with Oshizu, just because her not believing it was funny. "Yes, I am" She said with a smile. "In my opinion your parents choosing for you would more likely be the wrong choice. I don't like people making decisions with my life that will change it forever. My family could as easily disgrace me by forcing me to marry someone I don't want to marry. Then I can tell them tough luck, because it's my life and I can run it however the hell I want. If I love someone, I'll marry them if my parents approve or not. Besides...now I'm on my own, away from my parents forever, so they don't have any influence on my decisions at all now" She said, taking a deep breath from everything she just said. She was glad that Artyom didn't seem to mind her use of him as an example. "It is perfectly fine" She said with a smile to Oshizu. "Wow, you married so young back then...Now you aren't legally allowed to get married until you are 18 in most places, and some are 16 years old. Oh, and you being 15 and the man being 25 now would be considered creepy and disturbing because of the age difference, and because you'd be a teenager and he'd be well into his adult years" She said. She smiled at the rest of what Oshizu said.
Gracie said nothing to the first question, then said, "I can try to defend us if neccesary. Besides, they'd be stupid to attack this place. There are so many mutants here".
She looked back to Leigh and gasped when he gasped out in pain. She ran over to him without any hesitation and asked, "Are you ok?! Do you need me to get help?".
"I can get the help if needed" Katy chimed in quickly. Rogue nodded that she'd get help too, but it wasn't exactly easy to know if that's why she was nodding.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 15, 2011 23:25:55 GMT -5
Artyom listened to the conversation, not writting anything up untill Oshizu started laughing about the marrage thing. He wrote,People are more independant now. It's more about the one person, and less about the family. Such as, my family tried to kill me, but that's not going to disgrace me, or my kids, if I ever have any. If your parents don't want you to marry them, to bad for them, pretty much. He then listened to what else was said
He then shook his head at Pete, Considering you are taller then her, and it IS possible to move people out of the way, or say TELEPORT behind them, I doubt standing behind her will help you any, He wrote, then showed the paper to Pete.
{Leigh} Leigh sat there on his knees with his hands on his head, breathing heavy. He didn't even seem to have hear what they said, as he cried out in pain again, before collapsing sideways, unconciouse.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 16, 2011 1:20:50 GMT -5
Oshizu looked shocked "205?!? In my day there was like four, Qing Empire in China, the Shogun Japan, British Empire, and the Dutch Empire." she shook her head and corrected "Gods, many gods and the spirits of our ancestors. I am sure their religion is interesting." she smiled and said "I love art, I saw like ten different originals, before the tomb. It is just artists had very low standing in my society." she looked confused and said "So you can change class? You society is so weird, I mean it is quite different from mine." she shrugged "They have been around longer than us, and they probably know what is best for us. Marriage is for the good of our family, not for us, it is how our families advance, or I guess times have changed. You can't defy your parents in such a way, it is shameful, I mean if your parents asked you to assist them in killing themselves would you say no? Love has very little to do with who you marry, you grow to love someone, you don't marry for love." she nodded "Yea, I guess none of us can really fall back on our parents now." she nodded "That is odd, marrying so late, by law, but I guess you have to obey your Emperor, Obama right?" she smiled and said "Well it isn't like we were going to have uh relations, if you know what I mean, he would have other women for that, I would be there to cook, clean, and to have his children later in life, when I'm like 18 or 20." she looked at the paper that Artyom had and sighed and simply said "Pete, would you please read that out to me, it is hard to read English." Pete took the paper and read it to her in Japanese and she looked at him and bowed slightly "Thank you Pete." then turned to Artyom and said "That is very odd, surely you think of your family's honor before doing something that may shame your family." she sighed "I do hope your parents at least have the decency to kill themselves as to reclaim your family honor."
Pete looked at Grace and then at Artyom and said "Fine but if he attacks us I'm launching a tactical nuke at our position." he looked distracted for a minute then said "I have a UAV ready to level this place if he hurts me." he spoke more cowardly than forcefully.
Oshizu looked at Pete and said to him "You disgrace yourself and your ancestors with such cowardice." she lunged toward Leigh and caught him before he hit the ground and gently laid him down then looked at the others saying "Please would one of you get the medical man." she looked concerned for Leigh and pointed to Pete "You coward you go get help." she spoke more forcefully than she had before.
Pete looked at Oshizu and Leigh for a second before walking off to go see if he could find a doctor to help them.
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Post by Leslie on Feb 1, 2012 16:43:39 GMT -5
"There was at least 4 that you knew of" Gracie pointed out. "But yeah, there has been a lot more countries created" She said. "Christianity only worships one God as far as I am aware of. Others worship many Gods" She pointed out. She just nodded to the next thing. "Well, we lose money, or gain money sometimes, so we go up in ranks of classes. In my case I'm going downwards" She said, sighing. "Not always. My parents definitely don't know what's best for me. A lot of parents don't know whats best for you. There's a lot of parents that are stupid and would just ruin your lives more. Personally I think and believe marriage should be for the good of the individual, since they would be forced to live with said person for the rest of their lives" She said. "Probably....just because I couldn't get myself just to kill my parents, no matter how much they wanted to die. These days I'd probably be charged with murder anyway" She said, sighing. "Nowadays you pretty much marry someone because you love them" She pointed out. She nodded to the next thing while frowning. "Yeah, but it wasn't him that passed the laws. They were passed years and years ago" She explained. She nodded to the next part, then sighed. "Most people don't have multiple woman these days either. A lot of times people consider it creepy and "cheating" on the other person if you have an affair or whatever you call it with someone else" She said, sighing. "No matter what you are there for, it would still be considered creepy" She explained. She just listened to the rest of what was said and sighed.
"Are you a bloody idiot?!" Gracie exclaimed, looking at Pete like he was stupid. "If he attacks, you are launching a tactical nuke on US, plus him, killing us and a ton of others? That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard" She said, sighing and shaking her head at him. "Um, so you have a UAV ready to level this place if he hurts you, and kill yourself in the process? Do you even use your brains? I think your powers are really in the wrong hands" She said, sighing and not really caring to be a bit annoyed right now, even if she wasn't annoyed that often.
Gracie gasped when Leigh collapsed onto the ground, but was caught by Oshizu. She was about ready to leave when Oshizu told Pete to go get someone. "Is he breathing?" She asked Oshizu.
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Post by Edenecho on Feb 1, 2012 22:10:37 GMT -5
Artyom listened to what was said, getting a little tired of all this writing. He narrowed his eyes slightly when she said parents know what's best for them, then wrote,Does that mean that It's better for me to be dead? He shook his head at the rest, but didn't write anything else. He shook his head when she addressed him, and wrote Families don't really have 'family honor' anymore. It's more about one person's honor. I mean, I could be a mass killer, and my parent's 'honor' wouldn't change. I do think that with some people in some places there's still family honor, though. Not sure. He shook his head at the last part that she said.
He narrowed his eyes at Pete, then turned his piece of paper around and wrote something. He turned the paper around, where everyone, especially Pete, could see it. In big letters it read: You're disgusting
His eyes widened when Leigh collapsed, and he knelt down to check his pulse. He nodded, indicating that he was still alive.
Leigh remained unconscious.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Feb 2, 2012 2:57:45 GMT -5
"Only three in the known world, though there were tales of of some country named Europe from old merchant fleets." Oshizu looked confused and said "One god how weird, that is very weird for me. Shinto believes that there are spirits, gods, in everything from towns to rivers." she smiled and said "That is cool, I assume Pete-Sama is a higher class, with how much he just handed me." she smiled slightly and said "I'm sure our society is just very different. Parents seem to serve very different roles in your society, or maybe just time period." she looked surprised the the next thing she said and asked "Did I say that right? Did my English fail me? I asked if you would help your parents commit Hari Kari, to reclaim honor for themselves and you." she smiled slightly and said "That is actually kind of sweet, your society, it sounds good." she smiled and said "I know that, Pete-Sama said it was only Obama 3 right? He still enforces the law though." she tilted her head and asked "Wait it is weird? I don't understand why it would be called cheating, they aren't cheating at anything. It is kind of normal back where I am from." she looked at what Artyom wrote and bit her lip, she didn't know what to say, she was clearly uncomfortable with the question, and decided not to answer. She didn't really know how to accept and said "I'm sure that may be true for some but I'm sure others still want to keep their honor." she then opened one of the history books, she was disappointed that it was in English but quickly just started looking at the pictures, she looked at one and said "Oh wow a Kyunana-shiki chu-sensha chiha, that is amazing."
Pete smiled at her recognising something and then realised something and said "Wait Kyunana-shiki chu-sensha chiha? That's a World War 2 Imperial Japanese Tank." he grabbed the book out of her hand and asked "How the hell do you know what a tank is?" to which she didn't respond, not actually knowing the English term Tank.
Pete smirked at Grace and said "If I'm in a fight, I will lose, if I die I'm launching a nuke at our position. Oh and for the record, I don't care about other peoples lives, I only care about me myself and I." he smirked at the next thing she said and said "You know that isn't what I ment, I ment that I would level this place in a way that kept me alive. Hey by the way I am the perfect person for this power, I don't care about human life, I can be as cold and calculating as I like." he glanced over at Artyom and said "I know that, I think your kind of stating the perfectly clear."
Oshizu nodded and said "Yes, I think he has heat stroke." she looked at him and wondered what had happened.
Pete returned after a few minutes and said "I can't find a doctor, but I know everything, so I will treat him." he then said "Oshizu, I need that Tanto that you have been hiding." she pulled out the blade and handed it to him in a bow, he returned the bow and said a small prayer in Japanese, mostly because he thought Oshizu was nervous. He then took the blade and made a cut into his arm, it was a small cut, but it should be enough to wake him off and then after 2.4 seconds he realised something and said "Everyone else back off, he absorbs powers from people, mutant database." he didn't realise how much the shear shock of having the data of the internet might be to this guy.
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Post by Leslie on Feb 22, 2012 4:15:12 GMT -5
Gracie just nodded to the first thing Oshizu said. "Yeah. There are still religions like that, but things have changed quite a lot. For the better and worst" She said to her, and let out a sigh. "Probably, though I'm pretty sure he's not a higher class legally...." She muttered quietly, too quiet for Pete to hear. She nodded again to the next thing she said, but said nothing herself, again. "Yeah, your English was fine, and I said I don't think I could kill them, even if they wanted me to. Besides, I'd get charged with murder. Things have changed a lot" She said. She nodded some more. She just blinked at the next thing, not sure how to respond. "Uh, yeah, I guess" She said, clearly what she had said actually just being some dumb response. "It is considered that now. I don't really know why they call it 'cheating'. They could of come up with a better word..." She said, sighing and shrugging. "a wha?" She asked when Oshizu looked in her book.
"What?" Was about all she said to what Pete said. "How the hell would she know anything about a tank?" She asked, looking confused. It looked like Oshizu didn't know how to respond, or just didn't know the term Tank. She just shrugged.
Gracie narrowed her eyes at Pete again. This guy was a jerk, in her opinion. "You selfish jerk" She snapped at him, and actually angrily, even though she wasn't the type to get angry that easy. At the next thing he said she just continued to glare at him. "You really are a selfish asshole. And many other insults I don't feel like saying" She said angrily. "Maybe we should just kill you now, for the safety of the others" She said, crossing her arms. It was hard to tell if she was serious or not.
Gracie just watched everything that was going on related to the fainting guy. She winced at Pete cutting the fainting guy, because she just naturally had a hard time watching people get cut in that way or cut themselves. At what Pete said, she nodded and backed off. "Let me leave the room. I'm not sure just backing off is far enough" She said, and she left the room.
So did Rogue and Katy if they were still in this room.
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Post by Edenecho on Feb 22, 2012 4:27:14 GMT -5
Artyom listened to most of what was said without writing anything or doing anything. It was really kind of hard to have a conversation when you couldn't speak. When Oshizu ignored what he said about his parents, he figured she had no way to argue against that. To the next thing she said, he wrote, Some people do, but not many. When she said something that made no sense to him, he ignored it, but then looked confused when Pete said something about it being a tank. He wondered how she could know about a tank. He figured that she was immortal, or something like that, but how would she know about a tank?
He shook his head at Pete, looking annoyed. He then wrote, It's because of people like you that the humans want to wipe us out. If every Mutant was like you, then that would make perfect sense for them to want to wipe us out.
He twitched when Pete cut the guy, then teleported out of the room when Pete told them to back up.
{Leigh} Leigh sat bolt upright with a gasp, but it didn't seem to be because of Pete cutting him. His eyes were wide, then he blinked and looked around. He then put his hands on his head and muttered,"Oh...What the heck?" His head felt so full. He had gotten Pete's powers, and he had no idea how to use them properly...yet.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Feb 22, 2012 5:15:49 GMT -5
Oshuzu frowned slightly, and said "I really hope my religion still exists, it would be nice to pray again to the gods for granting me these gifts." she shook her head and said "Very few follow the law, when my Daimyo was killed and another took his place the Shogun didn't even think about it." she shook her head, the law sounded stupid to her and she asked "How do you reclaim your honor then if you have committed such that it would deserve such a death?" she sighed slightly at the cheating part and asked "Is a ruler not entitled to his women? I understand it with people of like my class, but like a Daimyo or Shogun should be able to have more then one woman."
Pete looked at Grace and pointed to the picture of the tank and then looked at Oshuzu and asked "War machine, you know that?" she then nodded and said "Hai." he then hesitantly asked her "How do you know about this machine?" she hesitated and said "Dai Tō-A Sensō." he shook his head "How were you involved?" she smiled slightly and said "Kami no Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun no Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun." Pete took a couple moments to process that and said "She was the spirit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army."
Pete smirked and tapped his fingers together rapidly and said "Handshake handshake, second level clear, all the cogs in the universe play a harmony." he didn't even seem aware that he had said anything and said "Grace if I were you I would seriously consider what you were saying and who you were saying it too." he then did another moment of speaking without realising it "Targeting package uploaded, target ready, planes are ready, weaponry is armed, time is an illusion." he then smirked and said "I have a targeting package uploaded to blast the shit out of this place, so don't you dare lay a hand on me." he then glanced at Artyom and said "Humans would be wiped out by their own tech if everyone was like me. All their stupid jet fighters and ships would come to serve their technological masters."
Oshuzu left the room with Grace, holding her books close to her, even if she couldn't read them. She then asked "Grace-Kun, what about Pete-Sama's offer of food?"
When Leigh awoke Pete smirked and realised what had happened and gently stroked his head and said "Shhhh Shhhh its ok, your safe now." he was quickly able to detect him in the internet's sea of data. He closed his eyes and erected a firewall for him, so he could sort through data at his own pace. He then leaned toward him and more gently than you would think possible invaded his mind, quickly downloading all of his memories and personality. He then gently kissed him to see what would happen in his brain.
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Post by Leslie on Feb 23, 2012 3:27:13 GMT -5
"I am pretty sure your religion would still exist. I am not certain of that, but I am pretty sure it would be . A lot of the religions still exist, just in different forms" Gracie said to Oshizu. She nodded to what she said next, and said, "Yeah. A lot of people break laws at least once. Heck, even I have broken some laws and I am a fairly law-abiding person" She said. She shrugged. "I don't entirely know how to answer that. The whole 'honor' thing is a bit different now." She said. "Some people do have more then one, but a lot just have one now. Personally I only want one husband. I see no point in multiple husbands or anything. But a lot of people these days don't agree on being married to a guy with 2 or 3 wives. Which makes sense to me. I'd probably be pissed" She said.
Gracie just listened to the chit chat. When he showed her the picture, she glanced at it and looked surprised. "How was she the spirit of that?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "Is she immortal?" She asked.
She just stared at Pete like he was insane. She glared at him and crossed her arms. "You are a fucking moron" She growled at him, and looked like she was about ready to shove him. "You know what? Screw the meal with you. I don't want to sit down and dine with some idiot moron who wouldn't have a second thought about bombing this place and killing a bunch of people" She said bluntly to him, and clearly looked pissed for her standards.
Gracie shook her head to Oshizu. "I don't know if you heard my rambling a bit ago or not" She said, sighing and shaking her head again. "That is very unlike me, but I haven't changed my opinion on what I said" She said, and she leaned against the wall to try to cool off her anger.
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Post by Edenecho on Feb 23, 2012 13:03:16 GMT -5
Artyom pretty much just listened to everything between Gracie, Pete and Oshizu. He was confused as to why Oshizu managed to know what a Tank was, but didn't know about all the other stuff. It seemed that if she was immortal, she would have adjusted slowly to the tech as it advanced, but that clearly wasn't the case.
He looked pissed at Pete, So you would kill your self AND wipe out a large group of mutants, making it even more likely for the humans to win? Brilliant, He wrote, then showed the paper to Pete. I meant like you asshole-ness wise.
{Leigh} Leigh looked at Pete, then narrowed his eyes when he leaned towards him. His mind automatically created firewalls, blocking Pete out of his mind and keeping him from downloading his memories. When Pete kissed him, he used his leg to rather violently kick him away, but not hard enough to actually hurt him.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Feb 24, 2012 19:09:11 GMT -5
Oshuzu nodded with a smile and said "Good, maybe we could look it up on that pedia thing you like, it would be very nice to pray, or even chat in Japanese, your language, is uncomfortable on my tongue." she smiled slightly and said "Laws of the divine can not be broken, laws of man, well that's another story. That's what my Daimyo always said when crimes were committed and no one was punished." she frowned slightly, the modern concept of honour was confusing to her, it was so different from her perspective of honour. She sighed, she didn't quite know how to react to modern honour." she chuckled at what she said about multiple husbands, thinking it was a joke, and said "It isn't quite a woman's place anyway." she smiled slightly and said "Good, I don't want to be alone with my husband, I want for him to be able to share his love with whoever he wishes."
Pete looked at Oshuzu in a confused way, he was still trying to rap his head around talking to what was a World War Two Kami. Oshuzu thought and tried to explain "Well there was a small area in my tomb that was open, like a downward shaft, to let in sunlight. Well I heard talking through it one day, and I responded to them, they thought I was a spirit, I didn't exactly know what I was, so I thought I was a Kami too. They put papers through a slot and asked for my blessing of them." she reached into her sleeve and reviled a plan for a 'Zero' fighter. Pete grabbed it and said "The rei-shiki-kanjou-sentouki! This plan is one of a kind, there isn't another like it in the world!" he then realised something, and said "I thought you didn't know what an airplane was either." Oshuzu shook her head and said "That isn't an airplane, it is a Kamikaze. I remember they came to me with that, and asked if it was right to give your life if it would cost your enemy a dozen lives, I quickly told them yes, and that all lives given in the name of the emperor were just. They seemed to like this, and they came back a week later and said the Kamikaze was a most honourable success."
Pete nodded to Grace and said "Suit yourself." as if he hadn't just threatened to blow up everyone. He chuckled at her and said "I only care for myself, I am not that different from most people, except that I have the firepower to insure no one can touch me." he looked at Artyom and smirked saying "Launch codes aren't that hard to figure out you know, there are certain groups on this planet that would see the majority of the human population dead, I will ensure for my death at least half a billion humans die."
Oshuzu frowned and said "I will talk to Pete Sama later, I'm sure he will be ok, he could be nice if I offer him this." she held up her plans for a Zero fighter. She then offered "I could cook if you want."
Pete moved backwards and made an grunt as he was kicked backwards, and said "Don't kick me, I could overload your brain and fry you right now. Those firewalls you made, they would be child's play if I actually wanted to break them. I have lived with this power my entire life, and now that you have it, I could do anything I wanted by controlling your mind. So lets start with questions, were the hell were you?"
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Post by Leslie on Feb 27, 2012 22:11:06 GMT -5
Gracie just smiled at Oshizu, not thinking of anything good to say in response. She just nodded to the next part, because she really couldn't think of an appropriate response, again. "Huh? What do you mean by "it's not quite a woman's place"?" She asked. She just smiled faintly at the last part.
She smiled to the discussion between Pete and Oshizu, yet again not knowing an appropriate response. It sounded cool, but that didn't mean she really had any response. She had no idea what the rei-shiki-kanjou-sentouki was, and just shrugged it off. She also didn't know what a Kamikaze was, but continued tot just say nothing and let them speak.
Gracie glared at Pete some more. People didn't usually piss her off, and Pete was one of those people that somehow managed to piss her off. She really didn't like to be pissed off at people, but she couldn't help but be flat out and openly annoyed at Pete. "And I hate people who only care about themselves" She muttered. She just gave him a disgusted look and decided to ignore him.
Gracie tried to calm her anger that was still boiling in her blood, but she couldn't really. "I still don't want to go out to a dinner with him" She said bluntly. She shrugged at the last part. "You can if you want" She said.
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Post by Edenecho on Mar 30, 2012 10:03:05 GMT -5
Artyom pretty much just listened to everything going on, being kind of surprised by the Kamikaze thing, and wondering what it was like to be immortal. He got the feeling that teaching Oshizu about the modern world was going to be hard, seeing as she like, denied everything 'impossible' that they told her, like about airplanes. But it made sense that it would be hard to adjust like that.
He just glared at Pete, kind of thinking that he needed to be dealt with in some way or another before he did something really stupid that got tons of people killed. Perhaps if it weren't for people like you, the human race would treat us nicer, He wrote, then showed Pete the paper.
{Leigh} "Sure. You do know that my powers are as strong as yours, right?" Leigh asked,"Which means, if you can fry my brain, I can fry yours just as easily. It also means I can change anything that you can," He seemed to get used to having these powers fast, and seemed to know how to control them now. "If you can control my mind, I can control yours. We're equals. It doesn't matter how long I've had the powers I absorb, I will always have the same strength as the person I absorbed them from." He crossed his arms,"Why the hell do you care?"
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Mar 30, 2012 16:18:57 GMT -5
Oshizu tilted her head slightly and said "Well women don't need more then one husband, it is not our place, we serve our husbands." it was clear she had a sexist old ideas ideas about gender roles. She was thinking about how weird these so called 'Americans' were and wondered how Japan had changed. She knew the Shogun was no longer around, but the fact the Emperor was still around made her feel good. She wished she had at least been given books in Japanese, it gave her a headache to read the weird English and Dutch letters.
Pete kind of gave up with Oshizu, realising that it would take more than his words to show her that an airplane was not a spirit. He did things online in his head really quickly, organising things to purchase Japanese artifacts with other peoples money, thinking he could help Oshizu feel more at home, and get his hands on the plans she had. He then deployed couriers to bring them to him, quickly above all.
Pete crossed his arms and glared at Grace and said "I don't care what you like, I am far superior to you, so why would I?" he then looked at Artyom and chuckled "No, without people without me, or magnito, humans would have killed us all off by now." he apparently just equated himself with a very powerful mutant, believing himsel to be just as powerful. Given how much humans relied on technology, he actually might be right.
Oshizu smiled at Grace and said "I'm sure Pete-Sama will be ok, I mean I'm sure he will be nicer to you later." she seemed to have an upbeat attitude. She smiled and said "I will make you some sushi, and other dishes from Nippon, er uh Japan I think you call it." she then smiled and asked "Where do you live?"
Pete watched Leigh and chuckled lightly at him "You don't have the dozens of firewalls and anti virus programs that protect me, plus I have millions of programs to overload your brain, you have one, your own brain. So you may be able to use my power just as good as I can, but I have years worth of acquired assets from the world wide web. Though it would actually be difficult and probably painful to do that to you." he looked at him and frowned "Tell me your name, it is only friendly."
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