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[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Can good deeds atone for bad?

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[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

I have to believe it's so.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

It isn't easy to at times though, is it?

[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

It never is, as far as I can tell.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Well, I try very hard to believe that they do. Sometimes it is just more difficult than others.

[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

Difficulty... well, I tend to think that, really, difficulty doesn't matter. Life can be easy or difficult. Doesn't matter. What matters is your choices.

What do you choose?

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

I chose...the difficult path. To be something other than what I was "meant" to be.

Have you chosen as well?

[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

I choose to be myself. For good or ill, for right or wrong. I am monster, and man, clone, and villain, and hero, and fool. I am Match, and Michael and Mon-El.

I am me.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Goodness, so many names and so many personas. But at least you know who you truly are, in the end.

Match? I thought that you seemed familiar. You are certainly more...coherent than you were the last time that we met.

[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

Some of my previous... lack, was my fault, some was Deathstroke's. He wanted a more perfect weapon. But somehow, between him and Jericho, I shook loose. Now... if I am careful, I can avoid that.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

That is very good to know. Although Jericho was only trying to help keep you under control, you do deserve a chance to be who you wish to be.

[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

Thank you. You too. It really sucks having to mask who I am, but sometimes, wearing a name, like Michael, is nice.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

You are welcome and thank you. Sometimes...you have no choice but to wear a mask to protect yourself and those you care for.

[darkermirror.livejournal.com]

Very true.

I just... sometimes it feels like a cage, you know? And I hate cages.

[cpu-001.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I may never.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Do you think it is a waste to try then?

[cpu-001.livejournal.com]

Nothing ever goes to waste.

But some things are priceless.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Some things can be wasted.

Friends are truly priceless. Do you have many friends?

[cpu-001.livejournal.com]

Some things generate a more profound reaction than others.

I don't have many...friends.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

That's very sad. Everyone should have several friends. Would you like to be my friend? I am Megan, but you can call me Miss Martian, if you like.

[cpu-001.livejournal.com]

My name is Murphy.

I'll be your friend, Megan.

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! It is very nice to meet you, Murphy. You...remind me slightly of my friend Cyborg, he is also part-human and part-metal.

[cpu-001.livejournal.com]

...Cyborg?

You and he fight crime?

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

Yes, Cyborg. He is very kind and very strong.

We did for a little while, but then he left the Teen Titans. So many members have come and gone recently.

[cpu-001.livejournal.com]

Who are the teen titans?

[miss-martian-x.livejournal.com]

A group of heroes dedicated to fighting criminals, helping others and saving the world when the situation does call for it.

They do not have superheroes where you are from?