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[icansavetoday]

[The video turns on, and Steve studies the screen for a moment, looking for a hint that it's on and working like it should be.] Is this how I do this? [Someone pointed out the basics to him, but it will take a while before he's used to the idea of something that's a combination of a phone and a moving picture.

Now that he's said that, he doesn't know what to follow it with. He's used to observing a situation without drawing attention to himself.] Hello. My name's Steve. Steve Trevor. Captain. I'm a pilot with the American Expeditionary Forces.

[Eagle-eyed history buffs will notice that his uniform is that of a German officer, not an American one, but his accent is fully American.]

Was a pilot, I suppose. [Since the war's not going on here.] There's nowhere in the city looking to hire a pilot, is there?

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[icansavetoday]

Diana.

[This is it. This is exactly what he wanted. Now he doesn't have to trade his time here for time with Diana; his time here is time with Diana.]

I just got here today. I didn't know you were here.

[ischyros]

I've been here for a few months now. I hoped I would see you again but I didn't expect it. I never thought...I never thought I would see you again.

( The emotion is almost too much to bear but she manages; Diana doesn't want to lose composure over the network. )

[icansavetoday]

I wanted more time. [Was this some way of him getting his wish? If this is how he gets his time with Diana, he's content with that. It's the time that's important.]

I'm glad you're here.

[ischyros]

I wanted more time, too. I just was afraid to ask for it.

( Her own wish is something more altruistic, to save the world, but if she gets this in the process she's not upset. She kisses her finger and presses it to the screen, feather soft, almost as if she's kissing him. )

[icansavetoday]

[He could have wished for that too, to know that Diana would succeed, but wishing for that would have felt like saying that he wasn't sure if she could do it by herself, and he hasn't doubted her ability to do whatever she put her mind to since they left Themiscyra.

He smiles, at the gesture, at her words.]

You? You're not afraid of anything.

[ischyros]

I am afraid of a lot of things, Steve, I just know how to be brave enough to fight through the fear.

[icansavetoday]

And how to inspire others to do the same.

[ischyros]

Inspiration? Well, if I have inspired others to fight I hope they only fight for the side of good. I would hate to know I inspired the opposite.

[icansavetoday]

You impressed Sammy, anyway. He wanted to know how to find the island full of women like you. [Although...for reasons other than fighting.]

[ischyros]

( Diana laughs at that. There's no way that anyone can find Themyscira and it had only been by accident that Steve had. )

I wish him luck but I am shocked even you found it.

[icansavetoday]

I have no idea how I did.

Things would be a lot different if I hadn't, though.

[ischyros]

Somehow you managed to get to a place where the veil was thin. I don't know how or why, but I assume that Zeus probably had something to do with it. You wouldn't have found it if he hadn't wanted you to find it.

[icansavetoday]

Zeus. Right. [He's still getting used to the idea of Ares. Zeus is going to take awhile.] You wouldn't have left if I hadn't showed up. All of the things that happened after you left wouldn't have happened.

[ischyros]

You don't sound so sure about Zeus. Really? After all you've seen?

[icansavetoday]

Was that really Ares?

[ischyros]

It was.

( Diana dips her head down, saddened all over again. )'

Your sacrifice saved so many, Steve. It helped defeat him.

[icansavetoday]

It didn't stop worse things from happening later though.

[Guess who's been talking to people.]

[ischyros]

Worse? What could be worse than the war to end all wars? How could it have happened again?

[icansavetoday]

You don't know? Something about genocide, and that it was even worse for civilians the next time.

[But he would like answers to those questions too.]

[ischyros]

( Now she knows which war he means. The problem is, there's been many wars since 1918 and they've all been terrible. The one that Steve refers to is the second Great War, the second War to End All Wars. It's something she's going to have to keep to herself that there's been more than one horrible war, that this keeps happening again and again. )

Oh, yes, I am aware of that one. It was terrible. I took some part in it but it was too difficult to throw myself into it with an open heart the way I did in the war with you. I had to reserve some of myself to keep from wanting to save everyone and everything.

[icansavetoday]

[There are still so many details he doesn't know about, but maybe one day he'll get someone to tell him. Or find answers some other way.]

I can imagine how hard that was for you to do.

[ischyros]

It was hard but I've never shied away from something just because it was hard to do.

[icansavetoday]

I know. That makes two of us.

[ischyros]

That's one of the things I like about you.

[icansavetoday]

That's something I like about you too.