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Usually is when the sun's shining. It's when the sun goes down that shit gets real.

Oh Gawd, Blade. Why do you have to be so. Depressing!

I just keep it real. It's a rough world, and I want you to survive. You're a good kid.

Hey! I keep it real! And right now what's real is there's sunlight and nothing trying to kill us!

Yeah. Go ahead and enjoy it.

Just watch yourself. Phoenixes like the sunlight. [Because..well..he just can't help himself. He's always checking all his points of danger because he's always at the ready.]

No! No Phoenixes today! Not any of the depressing or horrible stuff! [Considering that for a moment.] Hey. Is Phoenixes the right word? Should it be Phoeni?

[Okay. Not important. Wrong topic. Change of subject because you'll just get Gloomy again!]

...And no Vampires either. Just Sunshine and music. You listen to music, right? Like you aren't all doom and horrible things gloom all the time--oh you so are. I know you are.

Probably follows the same rule as pluralizing "penis". [He doesn't even crack a smile, but...was that a joke? Did he just reference the joke about pluralizing "penis", or is he serious?]

[If anything, he looks a bit more sour for a moment] Need to train you better, kid. "Horrible stuff" can happen at any time. You gotta be ready.

...But I like techno, hip hop, and some trance. Just for the record.

Penis.. Penises? [Was it a joke? Because she's laughing now either way. There's something hilarious about pluralizing penises, especially when you're a teenager.]

No way. No way you did NOT just make a Joke like that! Okay, maybe you aren't such a serious stick in the mud. Even if your taste in music is like totally 90s.

Or is it Penii. [Again, dead serious]

90s? Like your decade has anything better to offer? [he snorts] Besides, last I checked, hip hop's still alive and well.

[Is he joking? Doesn't he know? She's starting to wonder. Maybe he doesn't! Fine! Cell phone comes out and she starts typing something]

Auto-Correct says Penises. [And she'll show him what the phone says, in case he doesn't believe her]

Hiphop's okay. Kinda mainstream hipster these days tho. Not as good as Magnetic Fields or Mika.

[Okay, so he finally cracks the tiniest of smiles.] Guess it does.

Might need you to show me around the newer music. Can't be losing my edge.

Waitaminu--You knew that all along, didn't you?!

[She has to give you a suspicious look and tucks the phone away. Oooh you are almost as bad as Logan.]

I can show you around all the cool places in Oakland, anyway. Or Wales, I guess. Oh! I know! Next time there's a cool concert, I'll totally call you and make you come!

[Dude. Dude No. You don't want to do that... This is a girl who listens to Dazzler. And LIKES it.]

[Absolutely deadpan] You said penises.

Sounds good to me. You teleport me, I'll be there. [He's so doomed, and he doesn't have any idea...]

Omg yay! It'll be so much fun!

[Wait what.]

...No killing anyone. Or telling them I said penises like seven times!

Can't guarantee either of those things. If I see a suckhead, I might kill it.

That's eight.

You said it too! [Because they're both mature, apparently!]

And no kidding Jubilee. Deal? She hasn't hurt anyone. And don't say Yet.

I'm allowed. I have one. [Because he can totally make up rules as he goes along]

Deal. I won't kid Jubilee.

That's totally not how it works!

It isn't? Then tell me how it does work. [small smirk, but he notices that she didn't correct him on going along with her saying "kidding" instead of "killing"]

It just does! Only an old person would think something weird like girls shouldn't say penises. Or use silly euphemisms!

[We are easily distracted, Blade. So. very. Easily distracted.]

...I'm not old. Nine.

[Duly noted for future reference!]

Nine? You're not Nine. You're like. 35 or something. 40 maybe!

36.

Nine times that you've said it. [smirks]

36? Really? Wow. You are old... no wonder you're keeping count.

...That's..not old? [Now she has him second guessing himself!] Don't even have any white hairs yet...but I age a little slower cause of what I am.