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[notapancake]

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[grabaslice]

Yeah, its.... always about trying and trying.

Nothing is ever easy, huh?

[notapancake]

What is it, some saying or something like that:

"Nothing worth doing is ever easy" so yeah. But it'll be worth it.

[grabaslice]

Yeah, yeah, I... I know.

Still going to be strange. I missed it, but I got used to not thinking about it much.

[notapancake]

Look. I kind of get it?

I felt disconnected from the whole thing until I... started studying ninpo more.

[Also known as "after Splinter died".]

And anyway, you'll adjust. You're good at that.

[grabaslice]

You're technically more of an expert at ninpo than I am at this point. I should really just be asking you for notes.

Yeah, thanks, Dee. I appreciate it.

[notapancake]

Ha! I don't think you could follow my notes.

And I'm just stating a fact, Leo.

[grabaslice]

If its not written in some complicated cipher, I should read it just fine. Or at least understand 4%.

Still.

[notapancake]

It's written in plain english.

[aka In as complicated words as Donnie loves to use.]

That 4% that you'll forget anyway.

[grabaslice]

Sounds fake, but okay.

I managed the rebellion just fine on that 4%.

[notapancake]

That's different and you know it.

[grabaslice]

If you weren't using ten dollar words every couple sentences, I'm pretty sure I could keep up just fine.

Dunno bout that, took a lot of thinking and strategizing to keep things moving.

[notapancake]

I don't do that and you know it!

And I mean it's more dealing with people and feelings and that kind of stuff. So totally different.

[grabaslice]

Okay then, gimme a random not cherry picked sentence from your research that doesn't contain a ten dollar word.

I'm just telling you, I can at least try to read your research, I'm not dumb.

[notapancake]

What do you even consider a ten dollar word?

I know you're not.

[grabaslice]

electroweak symmetry breaking. Technically more a twenty dollar phrase, but, my point still stands.

Do you want me to not read your notes? Cause that's fine too.

[notapancake]

None of those are twenty dollar words!

And I don't exactly have all my notes here, just what's in my goggles and what I left for you all in Junior's mask.

[Yeah, Casey had his goggles and gave them back.]

[grabaslice]

They absolutely are and you know they are!

Alright, alright. Fiiiine. I guess I'll just wing it like I planned.

[notapancake]

Oh my gosh. You're not dashing the dumdum accusations right now.

I never said you can't read them, just I'm not sure what I have on hand.

[grabaslice]

You'd think I was dumdum regardless of what I do.

Okay, okay, fair. I just, want to be included I guess.

[notapancake]

I do not.

And you can be, I just need to see what I have before I can give you anything. I have... Had, a lot of ninpo research, some of it probably won't apply here. I'm sure you'd rather read what could be useful to you and not a bunch of stuff that isn't.

[He almost called it "fluff" but then the idea of calling any of his work that made him angry.]

[grabaslice]

I'm dumdum on special occasions then?

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I don't mind learning, but if you don't think its all necessary for me to read, I can't fault you on that. You did dig deeply into ninpo enough to become resident expert.

[notapancake]

No.

... and I'm only the resident expert cause Mikey isn't here.

[grabaslice]

[Oof, the mood drop that inspired.]
Yeah.

Maybe one day, we'll have our badass mystic warrior back. He missed you.

[notapancake]

[Sorry, Leo.]

Yeah... Hopefully that'll be sooner rather than later. And of course he did, who else was he going to practice his old wise turtle act on?

[grabaslice]

Maybe I will do what Casey suggested and try to get Mikey's old notebook. Might be nice to see it again. He drew a lot of portraits of you after.

He got it down pat, but didn't have anyone to drive crazy with cryptic sayings.