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How were you not a bigger person?

My cousin has come to work at the same newspaper as me. She went from not even being able to use spellcheck on her computer to getting bylines in about 8 months time.

*shakes her head*

I'm happy for her -- but at the same time? I worked my ass off for eight years to get here.

Some people have luck while other people must work harder to achieve the same thing. What does it mean to you that she was able to achieve this in eight months?

Nothing really. I know it doesn't diminish anything I've done and I am glad Lois is figuring out her niche. It was just easier when we weren't playing in the same sandbox.

I know it's silly.

How was it easier before for you?

No, it's how you feel. You shouldn't dismiss that.

Lois and I have always been naturally competitive. Really competitive. We're more like sisters than cousins. So it just felt easier for us to both be doing separate things. Now we're working around each other and that old competition's starting to creep in to our off work relationship too.

But now you have similar talents? Do you work on the same things for the paper?

We're both reporters for the Planet. We have pretty different styles but it's the same job.

That's good you have different styles. Then you have varying approaches and viewpoints. Do you write on the same topics?

Sometimes even the same stories.

*blinks* In a co-authoring way, or...do you refer to something different?

We sometimes bump into each other while covering the same story.

Metropolis isn't as big as it ought to be. We also have the same friends and happen to be living together.

Why do you cover the same story?

You do sound more like sisters than cousins. Are you happy by these arrangements?

It's complicated. I do a bit of -- freelance type work and there have been times when Lois is working on a story that involves me only she doesn't know it and things get sticky.

I love Lois, a lot. But living with her is very temporary. We'd make each other crazy if we kept it up for much longer. So I'm looking for an apartment closer to work and Met U campus.