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[bloomesday]

[The broadcast is coming from the ship. That much is clear from the upward and askew angle.]

I don't-

[A hand comes into full view, looking magnified as it fills the whole screen which suddenly goes blank.]

[The screen suddenly snaps to life again. It's held by two trembling hands as it focuses on the panicked expression of a man with wide eyes and dark features. Sweat has begun to bead at his forehead as he swallows, struggling to compose himself.]

Someone tell me what day it is.

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[facilitating]

[Holy blindsided, Batman.

It takes an obscenely long time for her to answer--something like five minutes, but to someone who people depend on for lightning-fast reflexes and decisions on a daily basis back home, that's like an eternity.

When she does, her voice is carefully level. Enough so that he might even notice, but not enough that he has grounds to call her on it.

And because the date from home is the one that would matter to him:]

October 4th, 2009.

[Over a month after Clark killed Doomsday and Davis and Jimmy killed each other.

But Doomsday came back from the dead more than once already. So really, Chloe's not sure why she's so shocked.]