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  1. Public Bookmark 67

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    "Corner of Ninth and Garrison. Building's got forty-two units, no heat since last night. The super called us an hour ago. We're sending a team to check on residents and distribute blankets. You can go with them."

    "Who's 'us'?" Dick asked.

    "Management."

    The worst cold snap in forty years hits Gotham. Dick shows up to help and doesn't leave for three days. The city doesn't come. Hood does.

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    "Try the product," Hood said. "Test it against anything else on the market. The numbers will speak for themselves. Three days. Same location, same time. Bring your objections. Bring your counteroffers on the negotiable points."

    "Which points are negotiable?"

    "Pricing. Territory mapping. Distribution scheduling. Volume commitments."

    "And the non-negotiables?"

    "Are non-negotiable. That's what the word means."

    Red Hood invites Gotham's five biggest drug distributors to a meeting. He has a product to sell and terms to set. He has also thought very carefully about the chairs.

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  3. Public Bookmark 91

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    Dick stood on the sidewalk and looked at the shelter and thought: Jason built this.

    Not metaphorically. Not indirectly. Not through violence or territory or the complex power dynamics of Gotham's underworld. He built this - the actual, physical, brick-and-mortar structure of safety - with plans and money and people and the particular, stubborn, relentless *care* that Jason pretended he didn't have and that everyone who knew him recognized as the defining fact of his personality.

    In which Jason successfully franchises community services.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still. 

    A child, I realize with a start.

    That’s a child! 

    “Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.

    “Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students. 

    Used. 

    The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”

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    How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongs

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    “You flatter me.”

    Grace shakes her head. “I— I really don’t mean to.”

    “But you do.” Adrian insists. “You name planet that saved the universe after me. You name planet that seeded all life after me… now you tell me that I am something humans would like to adorn themselves with?”

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    Or: My Mate nearly died in space and all I got was an exophilic need for the alien he brought back.

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