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[whowhatnow]

[This little mental nudge comes from Nathaniel Horn, someone who is, oddly enough, not at all used to making these kinds of things on his own. Still, he's been thinking since the bombing a while ago, and this is a good chance to let everyone know what's been on his mind.]

(So........ladies, gentlemen, people in general, let's talk about monsters. Spooky beasts. Creatures that go bump in the night. Those things. They all exist in one form or the other. Lots of terrible tales about abominations that want to like, rip you apart and suck out your eyeballs or something. Anyways, they exist! And how do I know they exist?)

[A pause for dramatic effect here.]

(Because I am one. Annnnnnd I don't mean the whole "something is crawling inside of me, alas I'm like the worst person ever" kind of monster. And honestly, I'm not a monster, but an alien, but...semantics! Anyways, if you see a big hulking flesh thing that looks like it crawled from your worst nightmares sometime, please don't try to destroy it like right away. It might be me. And I wouldn't like that. Just say hi over the mental telephone before doing anything rash.)

[There's a long pause here as he tries to piece together what other points he wants to make. It looks like he didn't think all of this whole mental speech thing out beforehand.]

(Anyways, uh...are all of you human? For the most part? I don't think there's anything like me among the broods...unless I'm wrong. So like, if you have any questions for me to answer, or want to share examples of big spooky monsters where you come from, just, like, tell me? Honestly, I think I'm pretty good-looking no matter what form I take, but I know most of you guys don't like seeing things like, I dunno, teeth growing in different places outside of human mouths and stuff, so I just wanted to give you a heads up. I don't transform often, but it could happen. Just be aware, and all that.)

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[whowhatnow]

(I've heard that from Mr. Nova Man, and no, I'm not a Skrull. My race thinks invading people is like a big waste of time because they think they're the bees knees of the universe. So nah, I'm not remotely like those guys. I'm a Karnonian.)

[quivers]

( Well, that sure saves us a lot of time. And trust me, the Skrull Invasion was a huge waste of it. These guys were nutters. )

[ No offense to her best friend who's half of one. ]

( Don't have those in our intergalactic encyclopedia. So, what, your folks are like the hippie shapeshifters of space? )

[whowhatnow]

(Yeah, from what I heard of them, they sound kind of terrible. Sheesh, my race is a mess, I'm not sure we need a second race like them in the whole wide universe.)

[He laughs at that.]

(I wish we were hipsters. Nah, we're more like...really xenophobic professors or something? Like literally, some of us travel to other planets to give lectures because we're kind of experts on certain aspects of physiology and stuff. Other than that, we just hang around on our world and come up with ten million rules to be better than everyone else. Believe me, you're better not knowing of us. Like everyone hates us, I'm pretty sure.)

[quivers]

( Not very xenophobic if you're hopping planets, huh?

And, hey, it can't be worst than humans. Now I know a thing or two about having literally hating us. As a bonus, I'm also an American. Intergalactic aliens and other Earthlings alike can't stand our guts. ) [ A pause. ] ( Plus, I'm a superhero. We're not the most popular bunch either. )

[whowhatnow]

(We literally think "we're bequeathing knowledge to the idiotic masses". So...still xenophobic, really.

What? Americans? No, you guys are cool! And you're cooler if you're a superhero! Seriously, though, do guys hate you because you foil their evil plans and stuff? Like, come on, they're getting what they deserve.)

[quivers]

( Well, thanks. Superheroing is cool. Best thing there is to life, actually. Everyone should do it.

Actually, it's most the civilians that can't stand out guts. They don't tend to like rubble in their yard post-fights. )