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[Phone]

Good morning. I know many of you are new in town, and may not be familiar with much of the technology here. If you aren't, please be careful when you leave the house; there are 'cars' [the quote around the word is audible] on the streets, and they can be very harmful in the event of a collision. Any healing abilities you may have back home are unfortunately gone, so please make sure you watch out for yourself, as much as that's possible in this town.

[The worst part is that he sounds completely earnest.]

[Action-- used car lot]

[There is a reason he's decided that he's a car expert, and that's because he's finally getting the hang of his job-- not the lying or anything like that, but at least how to talk about them and how to make them move.]

[He's showing off a car now, actually! And he drives it like a 16-year-old who just passed the written part of the test and has never actually been behind the wheel, but that doesn't stop him from getting out and patting the car like he just did something impressive.]

As you can see, it's a very--

[and then a spark jumps from his hand to the car and suddenly the whole thing is crackling with lightning]

...Ah.

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Yes, you should step back.

[he'll be fine since it's, uh, his lightning, but]

I had been practicing...

[sounds just a liiittle defensive there]

[ Good lord... ]

Do you have a license?

[ Because maybe that's it... No but seriously, aside from the fact that this guy can't drive and sets his cars on... lightning, you know, these cars are pretty nice. Similar to the cars back home, but even better! And slightly flashier.

Yeah, he totally actually wants this car. Maybe not. This particular car. ]

Sorry?

[probably the last thing you want to hear from the guy who was just driving the car you were in]

['what's a license?']

A...

...You were probably assigned one from the town. Forget I said anything.

Do you want me to teach you how to drive?

I wouldn't want to inconvenience you.

[plus this all seems really blasphemous anyway]

Trust me, I'll feel a lot better knowing you're safe on the road.

Well...

...Certainly, then.

...

[give him a second to casually put his hand on the car to suck up this electricity]

[...alright he's good]

Did you just...

[ Nevermind, you know, he looks like he could be related to Thor or something, that'd make a lot of sense.

He climbs in the drivers side. ]

Okay, so the first thing you need to know is...

[ And then he goes on to talk about stuff idk how to drive man ]

[that's okay I know how to drive]

[and I also know what days the DMV is open (???????)]

[but he watches intently!! because he's a good learner and this series is ridiculous]

I see. I believe I understand.

[spoilers he's still going to be terrible]

Okay, so then when you come out, you have to check this side of the street, and then the other side, and then back to this side, to make sure you don't crash into anybody.

[ Okay, and then he pulls out do turn signals exist yet? Look how smoothly Steve drives okay. Just look at him. You can do this. This is the man your man could drive like. ]

[wow this is so impressive!!!]

You're a very good driver.

[operating under the assumption that driving a car is like flying an airship or something]

[don't you need to be specially trained for this???]

Oh, thank you. It's not that difficult, you know. I'm sure you could learn.

[ He stops at the red lights and explains traffic signals. And crosswalks. And... idk.... what else you explain while driving... ]

[do parking do parking]

[parking is literally the worst]

This technology isn't used any longer in my world, so I'm afraid I'm at a disadvantage.

[ Not yet, we're just gonna drive through this cute idyllic town some more, and loop around back to the dealership, and then Steve's gonna teach Ky how to bay park by being like ok you wanna be this far away from the lines and-- you know, Steve's not that great at bay parking 'cause he's used to parallel but w/e he can't suck at it 'cause he's Captain America... ]

Do you want to try?

A-ah, certainly.

[this catches him off guard! but it's okay he can do this!! he was watching!! it can't be that hard!!]

[also I will never know how you can manage to be bad at bay parking IT'S JUST LIKE DRIVING NORMALLY???]

[then idk they switch so Ky is in control of this death trap]

So I just--

[presses down on the gas too suddenly]

[car jerks forward]

[immediately brakes!!!]

[ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE i am really bad at bay parking!!!

And-- Steve jerks forward, bracing himself ]

Maybe try that... slower... You don't want to go more than ten miles an hour in a parking lot.

[yeah and I don't really get how!!!]

...Right.

[he's not sure what he did wrong!! he was just following the instructions!! he didn't even want to go that fast!]

[and then he sloooowly presses forward again and the car lulls forward but it moves!! not particularly smoothly but not like it's going to send Steve through the windshield]

[since there are no seatbelts]

If you want to maybe... slowly add pressure. It's something you have to get a good feel for.

[ This is gonna take awhile. ]

I suppose I'll have to practice.

[and he smiles, but briefly, and goes back to concentrating (very) hard on this]

...You don't have to stay here the entire time. You've done so much already.

I haven't done much of anything at all. But you should practice by yourself some more, and then you'll be a pretty good driver.

I do want to look at another car, though. One that doesn't have lightning in it, if that's possible.

Perhaps I shouldn't be in the next one, then.

What... do you mean?

Ah, that lightning was mine.

...Unless of course I'm mistaken, and there's something in a car that would generate it...?

Yes, but not that much.

It's fine, just... try not to do that, I don't think it's good for the car.

--You don't know a guy named Thor, do you?

Probably not, no. I'm usually more restrained.

[honest!! just sometimes he gets jumpy around these things]

...I don't, sorry. [there's a hint of a question in his voice, because he doesn't really see why that's relevant]

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