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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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[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.