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[Well now. His mood doesn't plummet, his voice doesn't go frigid, but there is a drop. That would be the sound of something squeaking as Will sits down to better handle this conversation.]

Then it might not come as a shock to you that it's going the same on my end. [Almost like admitting a flaw, his bloodhound nose is broken.] Do you. You think if people die here, don't return from that, they just...vanish like she did—you think they go back where they came from? Where they were meant to be in the first place?

I really can't say for sure, Will.

[ She wants to believe Freddie's safe back home, but the fact is she was brutally murdered in this world right under their noses and they're nowhere close to finding the son of a gun who did it. ]

You'll have to take that on faith.

[Power Girl: keepin' it reel.]

Suppose so. [Ugh the honeymoon afterglow is starting to wane, why, Freddie, why? What did he ever do to—oh right.] Did you find anything new at all?

There's only one thing that's come up that I'm not sure is related or not.

Have you spoken to Dr. Chilton at all?

[A moment of silence, Will toying with the idea of just outright saying they're doctor and patient or not. Hrm.]

We speak regularly, yes. What's come up about him?

It's not about him, but someone else he's encountered.

Someone else got a name?

The bad news is I haven't an idea.

The... well, I don't think it's good news, but someone was or may still be parading around with Freddie Lounds' face.

He bring that up?

He did. I happened to run into them, too...the one in Freddie's skin.

[Mood is starting to tank, though at least his aggravation and weariness is reasonably stemming from the insult of Freddie Lounds, dead and gone, being worn like a cheap suit...instead of Will knowing who it was and having to keep that under wraps.]

I don't think they're the one who killed her or...involved with whoever did, if that's the concern.

You did?

[ She's concerned obviously; is this person trouble or up to something else? ]

What happened?

I was at the shop late, taking care of some business when Freddie walked right by. Didn't believe it, so I ran out, and it was...her. Looked like her, sounded like her, spoke like her. Like she might if she'd been killed and was unable to remember who did it or how it happened.

[Their conversation isn't important (yes it is, but it doesn't need to be shared).]

Lasted ten minutes, fifteen tops. Thought she was going back to her place, you know? Found out whoever it was wasn't her later.

So they might not know.

[ Or was Will so surprised he blurted it out? ]

Do you have any idea where they were headed at the time?

Oh, they know she was murdered. We discussed that.

[FRED'S FAULT HE SAID IT FIRST]

Don't have any idea, no. Headed in the direction of government housing, as far as I could tell.

Huh... did Lounds live in government housing still?

Yes. Safer that way. Only one person who was in that house with her is still around now, though.

[Which is actually super unfortunate in the case of Doctor Dinosaur.]

Giorno. He had the run-in with Lunatic and won.

I remember hearing about that.

Do you think this person means harm? I'd rather play it safe, but the fact is I don't know what this person wants or why they chose to impersonate Lounds.

No.

[Which means he'll probably have to extrapolate on why someone would choose Lounds...he felt rather bad for Kate before, when he realized who the Freddie skin-bearer was. Now he's feeling the same for Power Girl. Wild goose chases everywhere.]

Freddie wasn't beloved by many, but she did have connections, and she had plenty of articles. They might have been interested in knowing who those were, finding what articles hadn't gotten published yet. I don't like that someone out there wore Freddie's skin, but thinking about it with a clearer head painted it in a less insulting and more tactical light.

[Which still hasn't made him like it any more, judging by his voice. Understanding doesn't mean he has to approve. You can understand the month of July is going to be really hot if you live in Florida because of where it is on the globe and how the sun just loves to shine right down, but that doesn't mean you have to like the sweltering, suffocating heat and the sweat rolling down your face.]

All this sneaking around doesn't sound right to me.

[ In her own experience, impostors and sneaky ones at that never were a good sign. She wants to be wrong on this one, though.

And well, the sun doesn't bother her. Bring on all the sun. ]

What did they say to you?

This was the first day of April, and I'd had an issue with a now former employee taking a good deal of the live bait to use as a prank. Freddie reminded me of the date and that You can't fault the opportunistic, Will.

[Delivered in the bitter tone of someone who is very used to looking back over words and realizing what they meant too fucking late.]

Also said she could look after herself, but...one stands out more than the other.

Who the hell is this person?

[ She groans aloud to no one in particular. ]

Was this in Heropa? Doc ran into her... them, around there as well. I've tried scouting the area, but no luck so far.

[He's just going to pretend he didn't hear that because then he's technically not lying!! Haha!

God this sucks.]

Heropa, yeah. If they can be Freddie...what's to stop them from being anyone else? Makes sense you wouldn't have any luck.

A shapeshifter, you mean. It's largely possible.

If they're looking for something, I wonder if they've found whatever it is.

I haven't heard about Freddie being seen again, [Not really a lie.] so you might be right. I've thought it possible they considered it a different way to spend April fool's and when they found out how she left realized wearing her skin wasn't funny, too.

[A trickster or someone on a search. Or both. Or just Mary Watson who might be both in her own right but has made it clear to Will he's not to share details. So listing possibilities and being cooperative it is.]

Someone wearing another's face is mighty suspicious to me. Maybe they aren't dangerous, but it isn't right.

[ But she has her own personal hang-ups about look-a-likes and whatnot. ]

If you run into them again, will you let me know?

Sure.

[Well...as long as Mary doesn't go into Freddie mode around Will from here on out, he's not totally lying with that one (how his pants aren't on fire is a mystery). Nothing much is "right" right now.]

If you find anything new on Freddie's case, would you do the same for me?

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