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Damian: Stop staring at your phone, we're supposed to be hanging out
Jon: I’m literally third wheeling with you and Nika
Damian: {I am sorry I did not mean to leave you out}
Jon: {it’s fine, I was gone for three months for you guys}
Damian: {Still, it’s unfair to you}
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Aerie: How have you been?
Aerie: You've only been texting Wink and your mom lately
Aerie: and apparently, someone else
Jay: Your girlfriend tell you??
Jay: Yeah, his name is Jon
Jay: He's… really nice, and cute
Aerie: He’s apparently also Superman???
Jay: Yah, Lois’s son
Jay: Oh! I got the internship with Louis Lane!!
Aerie: Lol i know Wink told me, and your mom’s been bragging about it, Osita as well
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Jay: [Jay and Wink selfie.jpeg]
Jay: Me and Wink! She just got her hair redyed
Jon: Oh cool!
Jon: Wait… I know that background!!!
Jon: You go to Metropolis U as well?
Jay: Yeah!
Jay: Small world!
Jon: Lmao yeah no kidding
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Jon: Kryptonian
Jay: ???
Jon: The other first language besides Mandarin and English
Jon: It’s called Kryptonaian
Jon: it’s one of the few links I have to my kryptonian heritage
Jay: Oh, cool
Jay: I thought you said you guys don’t spreka th nam eof it?
Jay: *speak the name of
Jon: I got what you meant
Jon: Naw that was a half brained excuse, really
Jay: What brought this on??
Jay: Not that I mind knowing or you telling me things or anything!
Jon: Dad’s birthday is soon
Jon: Or at least, the day he landed on Earth
Jon: we don't actually know when he was born but.. .yeah
Jon: It always starts making me think of Krypton
Jon: Which is stupid, I was born and raised here on Earth! Hell, I’m half human!
Jon: idk maybe it’s because Kara and dad get super depressed around this time and it’d rubbing off on me
Jon: That and Dad is offworld and i don’t even know if he’ll come back so…
Jon: Yeah
Jay: I get it Jon
Jay: Have I ever told you about Bendix and Garmorra?
Jon: No
Jon: You don’t have to though!
Jon: I’m just in a Weird Mood
Jay: I want to
Jay: Do you know the basics?
Jon: I know several heroes were seriously considering stepping in to help get rid of him
Jon: I know Lex was helping him
Jon: Conner still hasn't forgiven him
Jon: But not much, I… Wasn’t around until after it was resolved, and before then… it’s hard to explain
Jay: Alright yah fair
Jay: I guess you would notic mostly th hero side of it, huh?
Jon: The Truth talked about it a lot
Jon: But yeah
[delay]
Jay: You watch the Truth????
Jon: Yeah, mom introduced me to it
Jay: Okay coolcooolcoool
Jay: Um… relevant to the stroy, kinda
Jay: What’s her opinion….?
Jon: She thinks they do great work
Jon: We regularly donate to thm
Jon: Why?
Jay: Can i call you???
Jon: Sure???
[Call started: 7:00AM]
“Hey,” Jay breathed. "Thanks for this."
"Of course," Jon said with a smile. "What's up? Why suddenly want to call?"
Jay took a deep breath. It was only fair he told Jon; he did know who Jon was after all…
"I lead The Truth," Jay said after a couple of minutes. "I started it after the Revolutionaries freed me from Bendix and his lab. He made artificial metahumans he called post-humans. I'm one of many affected by him. They helped me free Gamorra and free my mother.
"He hurt us, experimented on us, and ran Gamorra with an iron fist. I was a refugee in Metropolis for a long time. That's when I started The Truth. I needed to expose Bendix and Luthor, and everyone else who never gets consequences for their actions. People do always say the court of opinion is more powerful than people think."
"Jay… you're amazing," Jon breathed. "I never would have been able to do half of what you did."
Jon couldn't even do anything about his kidnapping. He couldn't even tell anyone exactly what he had been through. Sure, people knew he "aged up," but none of them knew just what happened, not even his parents.
"I'm really not," Jay mumbled, cheeks flushing. Jon thought he was amazing? Him?
Jay wasn't anything special, he just had good people backing him up. Hell, he had to do videos and streaming because he couldn't even read and write properly. He knew, logically, that it was for the best, but it still was frustrating.
"You are! Actually, I have an idea. Come with me to Gotham this weekend? Unless you're busy!"
"I can do that," Jay mused.
The two continued to talk more casually after that about anything and everything. Jon honestly felt himself genuinely enjoying himself for the first time in a long time while having a conversation.
[Call ended: 10:00 AM]