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This place is nuts, you know that, and I fought Nazis, I know nuts. This breaks all kinds of rules. Hasn't anyone heard of relativity? This doesn't just go off the brain of some pulp writer, these things have to have foundations and-

[Pause, and a breath]

All right, I get it. Shut up, Stark, right? Some of the fellas back home would be having a day at the zoo with this, going into space, saving dames, all that. Me, I'm a simple sort of guy. Tell me there's a place with blueprints for this boat, and I'll be happy. Anyone? How about the variables for the jump? I've been here five minutes and I already want to know this stuff, I don't believe that anyone who's been here more than that hasn't tried to figure it out yet.

[But he'll forgive you if you haven't. Not everyone can be Howard Stark.]

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I'm going through the information papers that Libby sent me. It's pretty good reading, if it's all true.

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Libby? [That's an amused look on his face] Yeah, she's... kind of helpful.

... What parts are you not sure about?

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I'll make up a list if I find something that sticks out.

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Yeah. [There's a pause on his end, though, as he kind of debates with himself.] The stuff about the red smile symbol is real. I didn't think it was, at first, but he... helped some people out, recently.

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I'll mark it down as something to look over.