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[Kara's had plenty to drink. Which is probably not the best time to do a broadcast. But that's just how she rolls.]

Beware of spilling secrets to cats who can write. It will bite you in the ass. We have a god in our midst, people. We should bow down to our betters and to their whims.

[She raises her mug, but then falters.]

I can't think of a toast. Give me a sec.

[Reaching forward, she switches to a private channel.]

Chell. I'm settled in and I want you to come and check out the new digs. You and me, girl. It can be our bachelor pad. We can take one more. Or two. Got any ideas who else you'd like to room with?

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[She's so confused right now. Cat who can write? 'Digs?' 'Bachelor pad?' What even.]

I don't understand.

I want you to come and check out the apartment I moved into. See if you want a room or not. I figured you might like to get out of the Flop too. And I've got two more rooms if you can think of anyone else who might be interested.

[It's unexpected, to say the least. The Flop's not great, but she's used to ill treatment and the Flop's nice in comparison to Aperture Science. She doesn't think she has to live with anyone, but on the other hand, it might be an improvement to the overcrowded conditions where she is now.]

I'll move in. I don't know who else to ask, though. You should probably handle that.

Are you at the Flop or somewhere else? I can meet you and take you there now.

[Kara isn't totally sure who else she wants to ask but a couple of names come to mind.]

Maybe Diziet or Topher. Maybe.

Just outside. I'll get my stuff.

[She starts heading in.]

I met Di... Diziet. [She stumbles over the name.] But not the other. Human?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he is. Funny guy, too.

[Kara's not too far away, it takes less than a minute to get to where Chell is.]

[She's not really sure yet what her sense of humor is like, so she'll have to see.

When Chell meets Kara, she has a knapsack with her extra clothes, soap, comb, etc., and her Companion Cube, which is gray and white with little pinks hearts on each side. It's about the size of a step stool, or tiny ottoman.

The Companion Cube helped her when she needed it. It's her friend.]

Kara.

I didn't ask you to bow.

You didn't have to.

If I wanted it, I would have.

Because you're a straight up kinda guy, right?

I told you I was the God of Lies. You heeded it none.

So you're telling me I should never have trusted you in the first place? Consider the message well received.

[She hangs up on him, lets out a noise of frustration and tries to resist the urge to fling her comm device at the nearest wall.]

[ He sends it anyhow, knowing she won't be able to resist looking, sooner or later. ]

The cat brought you comfort, at a time when you needed it.

I saw your soul, Kara. It was painted in red and yellow and blue on a brick wall shrouded by mist -- do you remember? You are a Seer. I have no need of your confessions, and I didn't find you so that I could steal them away.

You're behaving like a child.

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Stop making it sound like 'the cat' wasn't you the whole time. It was you. You didn't like that I was still mad at you so you cheated. It wasn't just to make me feel better and you know it.

You saw my soul? That's meant to make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside? You think you know what I am? The hell you do.

It's times like this when you really do seem like a god, Loki. The kind that frak mortals over because they're selfish little shits who always want to get their own way.

[She chuckles mirthlessly.]

You think I'm behaving like a child? How about you come and face me like a fraking man-god instead of hiding behind your comm device or animal form.

[ And he steps into existence, behind her, without fanfare or sound. ]

And what virtue is there in this? We may say the same words at a distance.

[Kara spins around at the sound of his voice and before she let herself think the better of it, she slaps him hard across the cheek. Be thankful she didn't use a closed fist, Loki.]

Because I can't do that at a distance.

[ And he gapes at her, stunned, truly. For all that he knew about her nature, he hadn't expected her to react with such violence. Not against him, not when she referred to him (even mockingly) as a god. ]

[Kara's shocked that he's shocked, all things considered. After all, most guys when they get smacked in the face know they deserved it on some level, even if Starbuck's a little more slap-happy than most gals.

Now that she's done it, she's kinda lost as to what to do or say next. Better to put it on him.]

Well. Come on, say something.

[ You hit me is terribly obvious, I'm sorry is too much.

He touches his cheek. ]

I hurt you.

[ To admit it aloud, for the first time. ]

You just figuring that out? I let you sleep on my bed for frak's sake! I kissed you- well, the cat's fur, but still! I told you things, that I-

[She's let him see her with her guard down. That's the scariest part. She never lets people in unless they've earned it and are invited, damn it.]

You tricked me. And I know that it's your big thing or whatever, but I thought-

[What has she thought? That he might treat her or see her differently? What a crock. What a fool she's been. She doesn't finish her thought out loud, just bites down hard on her bottom lip, glaring at him.]

It was to comfort you. That was no lie.

[ He is stung, hurt. Almost blindly so. ]

[It isn't meant to go like this. He's supposed to bite back, not look like a godsdamned kicked puppy. She refuses to feel bad. To feel guilty for how she's reacted. It's probably just another manipulation. But she doesn't like the way her stomach's suddenly all twisted up in knots now.]

Maybe it did. But you know what? It would've meant more if it had been you who'd tried.

You wouldn't have accepted it.

[ He dismisses that without considering it. Who would want comfort from him? From Loki. ]

You don't know that.

[He's probably right, but it didn't happen so it can't be proven.]

You took the easy way out.

And what virtue is there in another path?

It feels more honest, then. More real. [She lets out a sharp huff of frustration and then shakes her head.] Look, it's something you're gonna have to figure out for yourself. I'm not your sponsor on how not to act like a total dick. In case you haven't noticed? I'm pretty much a total bitch myself.

[Now she wants to laugh. At herself. At the situation. What is it about this guy that rattles her cage so much.]

I'd say I'm sorry I hit you. But I'm not.

[ A strange look crosses his face. ]

Cats, contrary to what you may believe, don't know how to lie.

[ And he turns away, summoning shadows, ready to teleport away. ]

[Her brow furrows as she tries to process what Loki's telling her. That he'd been revealing something of himself to her too, even if she hadn't known it at the time? But still, there's a difference between not being able to lie at all and making the conscious choice not to lie to someone when you can.

By the time Kara's figured out what she's gonna say in return, he's already slipped away. Having named his cat-form Shadow seems so frakking fitting now.]

A god? [Scoff.] Don't be ridiculous; there's no such thing as real gods.

Guess you're gonna get a rude awakening, then.

Advanced alien, possibly. Deity? Not likely.

In the end, what's the difference?

A great deal of difference. Aliens, no matter how advanced, function according to scientific principles. Even if primitives might not be able to understand them.

What's your definition of a god, then? Because from where I come from, science is about what we think we've got all figured out. Faith is about acknowledging what we haven't.

If someone claimed to be a god, but was really only an advanced alien. How frak would you be able to prove it?

[This is a difficult argument to have without admitting that he's an alien from an advanced race whose members have occasionally passed themselves off as gods. He can't use all his favorite human insults.]

Science isn't just a body of knowledge, it's the method by which new knowledge is created. When you encounter the mysterious and the unknown is when you need science most.

To claim that something is a god is to dismiss it as inexplicable and beyond the laws of the universe. You prove otherwise the same way you prove anything. Subject it to scientific experimentation.

...Loki up to tricks, is it?

Yeah. He's a frakking ass. Probably should've seen it coming, though.

...Do you really believe he is what he says he is? A god?

"Life is a jest
And all things show it;
I thought so once-
But now I know it."

A bit on the nose, but then the majority of toasts are.

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