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It's his working vest, so he's on the job right now. [Saying that for Winn's benefit.] Patrolling the ship and looking for trouble.

[Grin.] We're the best ship in the fleet!

[Kitty just nods and then sneaks some petting in too.] She says that a lot. I assume there was a poll of some kind. [She assumes it's just a thing Wrath says because it's her ship.]

[ he smiles as their fingers briefly brush against each other as they pet. ]

You've got an unfair secret weapon -

It's obvious, Kitty, you just have to look.

Well that's the point of a secret weapon. It's not supposed to be fair. It's supposed to kill all the motherfuckers on the other side when they're not looking.

[Gosh Winn, don't you know anything?]

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We're definitely a great crew. Though I have to give it to the Tourist for having bigger beds. [Maybe Kitty will work on that.]

[She smiles back at Winn. Yeah, she's a little too happy to hide her ridiculous this morning.]

You don't really have Officer Snuggles trained to attack people though. ...Right?

[ sorry wrath, he's kind of useless with weapons, unless they're in a video game.

he smiles back at kitty, a little flustered looking at that comment. ]

...is that an actual concern?

[ because he can't tell if you're kidding, kitty. ]

We can work on getting that upgrade! Just talk to the Captain. I don't really mind what we get, honestly, this is already so nice, and if I don't spend the money making everyone else's lives more awesome I'll just buy shoes.

[Not actually a joke, even if delivered with her customary smile.]

He wouldn't be much of an war fox if he didn't know Kill gosh. And he knows guard and we're working on find right now. [Grin.] And I taught him kisses! Because he is the morale officer after all.

I'll run it by him. It's a pricier one, but I have some money. [Let's just not think about how the "sex tape" is part of how she made it.]

[Yes, Winn. Apparently, it was a real concern.] Okay. No using that first one.

...yeah, can I add a vote on that one -

[ now eyeing the fox with concern. he doesn't look like a killer - but then again, kara doesn't look like she could squash him like a bug - ]

[Eyebrows go up as she looks at Kitty.]

It's basically like having a gun. You hope you don't have to use it but you're ready and trained if you do.

[She looks at Wrath before relenting. It's not like she needed weapons here so far but she was still working on getting her claws back. Still trained every day. Still worked on a way to get Kara her powers. And it's already done so...]

Be a hell of a thing to know you were killed by something named Officer Snuggles.

[ he can't really view getting kara's powers back in the same category. you can train to protect yourself - you only kill to kill it's right there in the title. ]

Guns just make arm races.

[ petting the fox - he doesn't get a say in what he might be made to do, and the whole topic is just stirring so much discomfort in him. reminds him of how his father tried to steal away his choice, turn him into a gun pointed at the man he hates. ]

[Wrath looks between Kitty and Winn, and there's a shift in her expression, since apparently this needs to be serious for a minute. Finally:]

Hi Winn, lemme introduce myself the whole way. [Because maybe then this will make more sense to him.]

My name is Wrath. I was the lieutenant of Wrath Platoon, in the mobile infantry division of the Proles Army, commonly known on my world as the Ghost Wolves. I fought on the Line for all 422 days and my platoon was in the 28% of the army that was still left at the other end of it. And the Line happened because of an arms race that ended in biological warfare and ruined terraforming, and us defending the last city on our planet.

So I'm absolutely fucking aware that wars aren't things you win. They're things you survive.

My crew is going to survive whatever comes our way. No matter what.

[Well this got tense.]

Okay. We've all had our experiences. Always tricky sharing when people have really different homeworlds. [Winn's practically survives on friendship and hope and sparkles compared to Wrath and Kitty's respective worlds. But she also knows how hard violence is for him considering his father's past. And she's protective of him.]

I think we can all agree Snuggles is adorable and survival is a crucial starting point. [Without it you've got nothing. It's just that with it, you don't have much more. You have to build up and out from there. And if you're really lucky you can start talking about things like "should there be guns" or "should fluffy foxes get commanded to kill" but only because you survived long enough to get to that point.]

[ he kind of feels like he's just gotten verbally slapped in the face. maybe meeting kitty's friends was a bad idea - he's made a lot of friends here, it kind of made it easy to forget that he's not actually good with people.

he practically cringes, and looks over at kitty gratefully. kara could continue this discussion, but he? is terrible with confrontation, and with tragic pasts. he just wants out of this. ]

Agreed - [ even though - while he absolutely can't know what he'll do if he's ever faced with the choice, when thinking about it from a distance he hopes he's the kind of man who would die as himself rather than live as his father. ]

[Wrath seems to just relax back down into her normal small, cheerful self.]

Sorry. I didn't say all that to be an asshole. I know people don't really look at me and think oh yeah, she's a soldier or whatever. I figure stuff I say sounds less batshit when my background's known.

[Shrug.]

And I'm not a soldier any more because I got discharged, so that's okay.

[It's not you, Winn. It's her. She still isn't sure how to relate to people when it's not as an officer.]

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[She nods at Wrath. She's not sure if she fully understands the woman, but she likes her. Figures they have more in common than she does with many people.]

It's easy to take the uniform off. The person underneath is still who they were. [Kitty is still one of the X-Men even if her team is all dead like Kurt has said or her war is over. She's still figuring out what more she is than that too.

She reaches out to take Winn's hand and give it a supportive squeeze.]

It's ok - I - don't mean to belittle your experiences. Just. You know, with a name like 'Schott' I just assume guns are gonna work out badly for me -

[ who ordered the terrible pun? someone ordered a terrible pun! it's right here on the order, someone come sign for it!

a w kw a r d l y smiling, he returns the squeeze, grateful for the support. he's still widely uncomfortable with the topic. he's spoiled, and he knows it - he gets to hide behind kara, it all gets to be...neat. he sits behind his keyboard, kara can take the whole world on for them, they all make it home to pizza or potstickers at the end of the night, to laughter and friendship and to pretending that tomorrow - evil isn't going to strike again, that it couldn't strike too hard, that they'll always keep on winning.

maybe it's naive. maybe it's downright stupid. but it's how his life keeps on being worth living. ]

Yeah. [And she was used to people not taking her seriously. She knows they didn't, before she got famous in Proles, and that's not a thing she really talks about because it still feels weird, and it's complicated, and it wouldn't make sense without the cartoon available anyway.]

[It takes her a minute to get the pun, and it's probably kind of an awkward pause as she tries to work it through, but then she starts giggling.]

Aw, you're really funny! And cute. [She is completely serious when she says things like this.]

He is. [See? Tension is all gone now. Everything is good.] And don't go getting any ideas, Wrath. [She kisses Winn's cheek more fondly than possessively. She's really just teasing about that part.]

[ there is just -- so much relief for the smiling. he returns the smile, grateful that the pun didn't result in just...more awkward silence. ]

You're giving 'you'll have to go through me' a whole new meaning -

[ shouldn't have told him he's funny, wrath, it'll never stop (though it wasn't going to stop anyway). ]

You don't have to worry, Kitty. Relationships are weird and I don't get them so I don't do them! [She just hurts people and she hates hurting people, so nope.]

[The new pun gets another cascade of giggling out of her.]

Because she has cool super powers--you're the best!

[Kitty just shakes her head.] I fear for the fleet when I get around to introducing you to other Kurt. Everything is a pun with him too.

No worries. Did you have fun last night, Wrath? Should I have been congratulating you on any sex?

You're pronouncing 'rejoice' wrong -

[ look it's not every day that someone actually laughs at his stupid jokes, it's a very special occasion for him. ]

There's another Kurt? I just met our Kurt at the party last night. Is he as hot as our Kurt? [So many hot guys, so little time. Well. So little time to look at them. She's sure not getting any action.

Which does lead to the sigh that follows.]

Nah. Nothing for me since Beverly got a boyfriend.

[Be positive, Wrath.]

I'm really glad everyone's making such good friends and having boyfriends and stuff.

[Thumbs up. There we go. Self pity averted.]