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WHAT in person
WHERE the... cemetery?
WHEN day ""136""

[somewhere in cam... cour... uh, qm, there appears to be a new plot of land—some overgrown with weeds and other weed-adjacent plants, and some with towering oak trees and the like, and some with just perfect patches of freshly mowed and manicured grass...

also

there are tombstones every scattered all over this area, with the name of your father or father-figure on them, regardless of whether or not they are here or dead or here-dead.

yeeeeesh.]

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Damn, 'cause I was really hoping for an answer. I did not get that shit, either.

[100% genuine, what the fuck hollywood and your annie the orphan stories]

Would you prefer if I stopped listening?

What, am I not pleasing to your ears? Do you want me to whiten this up for you?

[changing his register]

I don't understand why the burden is on the poor and disenfranchised to educate those from better socioeconomic and racial classes on their struggle. There are plenty of people speaking on behalf of our tired. But I think the theme panders to people who want to be easily handed an experience in an hour and a half rather than dedicating time and energy to listening, reading, and learning from those already speaking out.

Are you able to follow me now, cousin?

I understood what you meant. I wasn't sure what you wanted me to do about it personally.

Stop looking at me for an answer when I keep giving you the one that you don't like. There are plenty of other voices to listen to.

...

My earlier question still stands.

[face screws up, angry and raw with a nerve struck]

Are you going to stop listening?

I don't plan to.

So, don't fuckin' ask!

... I do have one more question.

[with a slight growl]

What?

You insist that you and I are not family. That you are not Wakanda's son. But yet as I understand it, you've been introducing yourself as N'Jadaka.

Why?

Run Erik Stevens through the right database, and you get thousands of hits. You look for N'Jadaka, you don't find a damn thing. I'm not going to hang with the Avengers and leave a scent for them to follow later.

What, you thought there was some sentimental reason behind it? Naw, cuz.

You could have picked another name entirely.

[that doesn't sit well with him and it shows]

I've used enough fake names.

Then it's sentiment after all.

[looking off, more annoyed]

I grabbed it in the moment.

...

You're not alone, N'Jadaka. I am here. So is Shuri.

What the fuck is that supposed to mean.

...

Whatever you want it to mean.

What did you mean it as.

[looking at him]

That... even if you deny it, even if you desperately refuse it, you are beloved to us.

Blood doesn't count for anything. Especially in this "family". So, what's the reason?

I can't speak for anyone but me.

I'm simply easily attached. What you consider weakness. That as much as it's not logical—considering the way we are—I have affection for you.