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Totally down for that - the only shots we're getting are gonna come in glasses, after we're done.

[ landing procedure initiated, get your butt in the seat ]

[His butt gets his his seat.] If you weren't busy landing I'd high five that.

I owe you one high five - here we go -

[ landing! ]

And a drink. I'm keeping a list. [Smiling.]

And checking it twice?

You're making some kind of reference, aren't you?

Does that fall under naughty or nice?

[ someone stop him, for the love of everything. it's like he's completely forgotten that a moment ago they were talking about the very real possibility of them facing fire soon. ]

Be nice to your local Daxamite. [Mon-El doesn't mind the change of tone at all!]

Okay okay - wouldn't want coal in my stockings - I'm referencing Santa Clause, you - didn't get to do Christmas yet, did you?

I technically did, but I was here for it. [And not really celebrating anything with anyone at the time though he did go to Winn's New Years party.]

That didn't really count. [ they didn't know each other yet so the gift winn got him was very generic, he wasn't there on christmas morning to have pancakes and open presents with them on the tourist...he demands a do-over! ] We'll do it right this year.

[He gives his shoulder a squeeze.] I'd like that.

Me too. [ he smiles back at him. ] Okay - you ready to do this?

I am very ready for us to stay safe and unharmed. At least without additional harm. [Nodding to Winn's, you know, face.]

[ he high fives ] You can cross that off the list - and we'll toast to no additional harm on that drink.

You make the best plans. Let's get you some bullets and hope our girlfriends don't kill us for this.

I dunno about yours, but mine likes me alive and armed to defend myself.

Mine also likes you alive. I'm less sure about the armed part.

Yeah, she likes me armed with a Kryptonian. Or, you know, hiding behind her.

[ which is rough because he wants to be his own man, his own hero - and it's hard to do when you're being sheltered. but he also doesn't want to fight with kara, she means the world to him and he does get where she's coming from - she makes the same arguments he made to james before he convinced him to join his crusade. they are only human. he doesn't even have his own kickass suit of armor. ]

Has it come up before with you two?

Kara is very...protective. And, you know, she looks at me and she doesn't see how much I improved over the last couple years, she just sees 'vulnerable human'. I'm never gonna have superpowers, so I'm never gonna be her equal. [ and it's hard, feeling like less all the time, feeling like his best friend sees him as less, even when he knows it's objectively true. ]

Not having powers doesn't mean you're not her equal. Kara didn't have powers when she was on Krypton. I didn't have them on Daxam. They don't make you better or more than anyone else. They just make you...different. And Kara is amazing because of what she does with hers, not because she has them. I don't think she'd see you that way. [And he doesn't want to see her that way.]

They make you better at fighting and protecting. I know it's Kara's heart that makes her amazing, but it's also that heart that makes her want to keep us safe. If she gets shot - it bounces off of her. If I get shot in the wrong place - that's it. And I understand that. It's just not a good enough reason for me to stay behind anymore, and it makes her worry because she cares.

[ he gets it, he really does. it just still doesn't make hearing it any easier. he wants her to support him the same way he's supported her. ]

It sounds like you're talking about something that's already been discussed. Did she find out you wanted lessons here or are you talking about something at home that I don't know about yet?

[ he falls quiet for a while. ]

Sorry. Told you the being ahead thing - it's nothing but stress. [ home, definitely home. kara knows about his self defense lessons (not the shooting yet, but the ones with jim at least) and she's never objected to them, he doesn't think she ever will - cuz they're theory. they're sport. they're a useful skill to have while he waits for her to get to him. ]