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[boygenius]

Dear Mun,

I dunno what you're talking about, lady. You can't make things explode with cute. I know.

And why would I want to explode the Grid? That would just be mean. Jeeze. It just got fixed!

It would be cool to visit again though. I have lots of summer vacation left.

Sincerely,
Sam

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[anewbeginning]

What's "summer vacation"?

[boygenius]

It's when you don't have to go to school and can play and stuff!

[anewbeginning]

Oh! I always get to play and stuff. Tron makes the best Hide and Seek player!

But, uh. What's "school"?

[boygenius]

You hang out with Tron?

[Cue starry-eyed wonder.]

Uh, school is where kids like me go. To learn stuff. We don't have [a pause] internal knowledge bases!

[sysadmin]

[ Plot to kidnap him for leverage initiated in 3... 2... 1... ]

Hello, Sam.

[boygenius]

Hi, Clu!

[Given that there is a small User now intent on latching onto your knees, it might be easier than you think. SOB]

Whatcha doin?

[sysadmin]

[ WHAT. What is he doing oh User he clings like a gridbug get him off.

Clu's friendly smile is looking a little more strained now. ]

Working. What this about fixing the Grid?

[boygenius]

[And the more uncomfortable Clu looks, the huggier Sam gets because hey are you ok?]

Are you okay, Clu? Did you lose some memory? Did something happen? Were there explosions? Do you want me to get Dad?

Sorry for the threadjack ;;

[obtainedzen]

[No. Bad Clu. Bad. Go back to your throne ship and slouch like a whiny brat. Leave the little...him alone. B|]

<3!

[sysadmin]

[ nope.avi

Come on, you expect him to not take advantage of this? You're glitched. ]

[obtainedzen]

[Glitch, please. He will come out of the Outlands so hard on your ass you won't know what hit you. He knows how this User thing works now.]

[evolving_unaware]

[Well this is intriguing...Jalen doesn't think he's ever seen anyone, Program or User, so small before.]

Hello there. Where did you come from? You're not lost, are you?

[boygenius]

[Alllllll the weirded out look.]

Jalen? It's me. Sam. I saw you like a week ago!

[evolving_unaware]

[Mutual weirded-out look is totally mutual]

...you did? But I don't remember you at all...and I think I'd remember having met someone as small as you before.

...wait, Sam? Sam Flynn?? You're the User's son! Oh, Users, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean any offense by calling you small.

[boygenius]

[Yup, very mutual. Hey, wait a minute, there was a Star Trek episode about this!]

Are you from a parallel dimension? Cause if you are I bet that's why you don't remember me!

[blinkblink... wow he's not used to seeing Jalen of all programs act so deferential.]

Uh, it's ok. I am small.

[hippie_shifter]

"It sounds like the kind of place you ought to have an adult around before exploring. Anyone who can come with you?"

[boygenius]

There's plenty of grown-ups around. My big brother runs it!

[Noooo no extra grown-ups.]

[hippie_shifter]

Chalk it up to Aurora being Aurora. Never mind that the kids she's baby-sat included a little girl who had her daddy's archery talents, a little boy who can fly, and an untrained mage.

"Oh, you have an older brother? Well that doesn't sound too bad, then. What's it like?"

{{Yeah, kid, and you older brother is a genocidal asshole with anger management issues. Mun's other muse would probably go ballistic if he finds out what Clu did to his "older brother."}}

[boygenius]

What, the Grid? Or having a brother?

[Hey valid question!]

The Grid is awesome! It's got cities and oceans and stuff, but it's in a computer! And all the people are neat! And Tron lives there.

Clu's OK I guess. He's really bossy and he keeps forgetting the no kissyface in front of me rule.

[Kissing in front of the pipsqueak is traumatizing, ok.]

((/sob poor kid's gonna think he's in the mirror universe when he steps out of his AU))

[tanks4thememory]

[Hey there, Sam. Have a significantly more casual than usual (and slightly younger-looking) Clu greeting you with a big derpy grin of welcome.]

Greetings, SamFlynn. It's been awhile. [OK, so there was that one he just fished out of the fountain, but that version wasn't a beta...]

[boygenius]

Hi.

[All the curious looks.]

How do you know my name? And what's your name?

[Hey Anon looks like Dad too. He has to ask.]

[tanks4thememory]

[Confusion, for a moment, then realization. This isn't the same beta-Sam he spoke to before.

He crouches, one knee on the ground, to be more on the beta-User's level. The smile's a bit gentler now, but no less friendly.]

My name's Clu, though I'm obviously not the one you're familiar with. I'm a hacking program your father wrote cycles before he ever created the Grid. [A bit of a wry smirk.] The Grid's Clu was actually named after me.

And I know you because I've met you before. Or rather, a version of you. It's... kind of a long story. [Understatement of the decacycle, Clu.]

[boygenius]

[That is.... Sam gets a positively evil grin.]

So you're Clu's big brother? Clu has a big brother!

[And yes, yes Sam is cackling about that. And then he promptly hugs Clu1.]

Wait.. you're my big brother too then. You're not gonna make me clean my room too, right? Can you be the cool brother?

And you met me before? Is that like Star Trek? Are you from another universe?

[facesonparade]

Hey, what's that about making the Grid explode? I hope you don't - it's my home!

[boygenius]

I know, right? That would be mean.

I don't think exploding with cute is the same as normal exploding, but I'll still probably get yelled at and that's no fun either.