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[Hello Retrospec. There's a new post showing up on the network from a name some of you might not recognize, though plenty of you may. Seems like someone got demoted recently given he's posting directly from another account instead of the official Retrospec one. The username, Z.C. appears attached and the photo sure is a picture of this guy. Surprise…? One may think the former liaison would have something important to say, but:]

Male, 29, back from the dead and also a long stint trapped somewhere I couldn't reach you guys. AMA.

[That's it. That's the post. It seems as though Mr. Carlisle still isn't back in the city of Recollé, but at least he can field questions and chat. Perhaps he'll even be able to answer a few questions about things that are occurring here...]

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You made it?

Sort of. I'm still kind of stuck if you can believe that.
But I was dead until about...October? That sounds about right.

Yeah, it was pretty terrifying, what that guy was doing. People were starting to worry about you, too.

I had my suspicions about him for a while, but by the time I went to make a case...well, I think enough of you saw how that turned out.
I'm more worried about you guys. What's going on up there? I've been trying to backread but I keep getting errors.

We're losing more people and the city's on fire, but at least it's not as bad as a couple months ago? Yeah, that's not convincing, is it.

It's okay. I get it.
That's the part I hate the most. The people we're losing.
...speaking of, I saw your post. I'm sorry about Kara.

...yeah, thanks. Sorry. I shouldn't get mad at you guys, you're doing the best you can and people just slip through. But it's happening a lot lately, and I'm kinda worried if it's something going on.

I'm kind of worried too considering the fact there's definitely something else happening that I'm not happy with.
It's why I have to get back and why you guys have to keep breaking the wall.

Those enemies of your guys's, right?

Exactly. And they're going to become enemies of you guys soon, too, if we aren't careful. That's the part I'm not ready for.

They didn't exactly leave the better Supergirl around. But I'm gonna do my best. It's kind of an obligation, isn't it?

Any Supergirl is a super girl.
That was really lame, but your best is all that can be expected and I don't know if I agree about a "better" Supergirl or not.
You feel like you don't really have a choice?

We've got these powers. We have memories of worlds that most of us loved, that we tried to save. And for me, I remember a world I had no way to save, on top of that. I just gotta protect this one, you know?

I used to really think it was comforting, that we were all going to turn into the people we used to be and we'd all be happy and live better lives. Someone told me I shouldn't be a superhero, I should be who I am now and not think we're all going to change. I mean, I know now that was because he didn't want to be what he remembered. But I still think it's just a bad idea to give up. I remember other me giving up because someone said it was better to, and it went all wrong.

...and this is exactly why I think you're going to do perfectly fine with whatever comes next. Definitely the right Supergirl for the job.
I can't disagree with any of that.
I thought about giving up a long time ago, too, but there are things I still need to figure out and memories I want. If this is the only way to do it, then we do it.
You're getting better with your powers, aren't you?

I mean, I haven't ripped the door off my locker by accident again. I hope that means I'm better.

I'd call that progress.
If it helps, when I was still learning how to use my own powers I ended up teleporting into the women's dressing rooms at the Towers before teleporting onto the roof of the skating rink. Not my finest moment.

You guys get them back like we do?

Just me, actually.
I was an app user before I got hired.

So you had another you before... How long has Retrospec really been around, if Recollé's history's all fake?

The city's history is real as far as I know. The company's been around for a little over 100 years, I think.
But yeah. Another me. I'm not sure he was human, really, but I'm sorting everything out.

It sounds pretty weird if you ask me, but then again, so does pretty much everything else.

Tell me about it. What's the last "normal" thing you remember?

You mean, in regular life? Math homework, I guess.

I hate to say it but maybe that's a good thing. If there's still some semblance of normalcy left...maybe we can work with that.
I'll explain what that means later after I get back to my office and my notes.

Doesn't sound too promising. I'll let you do that.

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