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[soft_shelled]

In our case, yes. [And that's all he has to say on that subject.

And Leo's surprise isn't going to be acknowledged, as going for attempt number four at a crane now.]

Eh, it's also helping with my hands. I'm still not completely comfortable with them you know?

[Big, puffy paw-like things that he's got after all.]

[makesascene]

Magic exists, its genetic and also can include other people, like April. So, technically not always genetic. [Gotta point that out, since April is connected to the family ninpo. If she wasn't included as part of their family, he would've had to shake down some dead ninja's.]

True, you got some dexterity stuff to figure out. [He finishes his first crane, gingerly setting it aside.] I'm just slow now. Kind of a bummer.

At least I can still do this, sure can't really play basketball anymore. [He manages to not get too sad about the thought.]

[soft_shelled]

April is basically related, genetics or not. [Don't point out flaws in his logic, Leo.]

At least I got some of it figured out... [Just absently folding the paper he has, not really going for a crane at the moment. Especially at Leo saying he can't play basketball anymore.]

I am working on that, sorry it's taking so long.

[makesascene]

[Leo laughs a little in passing at Donnie's immediate protest.]

Clearly, I gotta put you on crane folding duty to make you the cat paw'd guy who can do anything.

[He shrugs a little as he picks out another piece of paper to slowly start folding.]

I know, Dee. I'm not rushing you. Making a whole arm here is probably gonna take forever.

[soft_shelled]

[Fold, fold and at Leo saying he's not rushing him? Whoops, claws come out and now he's shredding the paper.]

If we were home I would've had it done within a week. Just, [Ripping up the paper now, not even aware he's doing it.] so much stupid stuff happens here.

[makesascene]

[Leo pauses his own folding, just watching the shredding. Just a little sad the paper is wasted, but it isn't the biggest issue.] Don, hey- I believe in your genius, but making a whole arm would've taken a bit longer. Especially since if I was at home, I would've taken months to heal from this kind of injury.

[soft_shelled]

[Alas poor paper, we knew thee well.]

No, it wouldn't have. Because I'd have my lab and my tech and things like like... Argh. [He's getting frustrated by the situation now that he can actually think about it.]

[makesascene]

No, no, lemme re-frame this for you. [He wiggles his half in the process paper crane at his twin.]

If I lost my arm back home, we'd have been on critical emergency mode. All our resources would have been pooled into making sure I didn't go into shock, didn't get an infection, didn't straight up die. I would have been in recovery, which meant you couldn't even start on an arm until I was stable enough for you to do measurements.

If I got an infection, bam, another good while to wait.

This doesn't y'know, include the me factor into thing, Dee. You know, I'd be trying to do stuff, which would delay everything worse.

And you know, you guys would be injured too, given aliens.

Even with your tech and lab, everything would still be stalled out.

[soft_shelled]

[Ugh why does Leo have to apply logic to this whole thing? As Donnie stops his destruction of the paper while Leo explains the situation and then he just...

Sighs. Like a normal person even.]

Still... I like to think I would have at least something, even a basic framework to work from, by now back home.

[All he's got right now is sketches and ideas on paper, that helps no one.]

[makesascene]

[The actual normal sigh does a fine job of weirding Leo out.] I think you'd be in about the same position, Dee. Maybe making more junkyard trips if you weren't hurt at home either.

How about we go dumpster diving around those labs and see if we can find anything later?

[soft_shelled]

I wasn't that badly hurt. [Considering he ended up here after that Krang fight and was fine... Although that could have been the Fog thought it'd be better he wasn't a bundle of injuries on arrival, who knows.]

... Yeah, we can do that. Maybe see what this place has trash wise that I can put to good use.

[makesascene]

Yeah, you weren't, but- you would've gone onto a spiral of not sleeping for a good while. [He Knows You.]

It'll be a fun garbage field trip. Maybe we can find a junkyard or landfill too.

[soft_shelled]

... I'm not seeing a problem with that. [Let us not get into how many sleepless nights he's had here over Leo's arm.]

Oh man, a junkyard would be great. Might not be as good as the ones back home, but better than nothing.

[makesascene]

You need to sleep, dumdum. [He sticks his tongue out a little in kind.]

I mean, with so many people coming and going, there has to be a bunch of those computers just thrown away, right? You could scavenge soooo much from that.

[soft_shelled]

I'll sleep when I'm dead. [He retorts, sticking out his own tongue right back at Leo.]

If the laptops are even scavengeable, who knows if they have some kind of security to prevent that?

[makesascene]

I'll resurrect you to beat your shell in. [A threat and a promise.]

I mean, all the computers here are ollldddd, why would these even have a security feature to stop you from salvaging parts?

[soft_shelled]

Uh huh. [He's not taking the threat seriously at all.]

Well, because most good tech companies tend to try to keep things a secret? And how these work beyond what we know normally could be secret, Leo.

[makesascene]

[Leo just goes back to his crane folding.]

Love to break this to you, Dee. There is like one tech company here? Pretty sure they aren't that good if there is no competition around.

[soft_shelled]

A monopoly! Which means they'd be even more secretive.

[He would go back to his own folding but... Ooops, he shredded his paper.]

[makesascene]

Given we're in monster hell, Dee, I think that means their security is lax! They aren't afraid of keeping things that secret.

[Leo slows on his own folding to stretch his fingers with a brief wince before sliding a paper wordlessly to his twin.]

[soft_shelled]

I would think this being monster hell they'd want to keep things secret, Leo.

[The paper is taken and he starts to fold it into a crane now.]

[makesascene]

Probably, Dee, but- when has someone trying to keep something secret ever stopped you from cracking it?

[He needs a second to just rest his hand. He will bolster Donnie up though.]

[soft_shelled]

... Point, I mean if I can hack the Krang ship and that was...

[He shudders, recalling interfacing with the techno-organic-ness of the Technodrome.]

Nothing anyone around here can come up with can compare.

[makesascene]

See? Easy. You got this. These computers are ancient AF. [He's just laying back a little, trying to relax. His hand hurts, but he can cope.]

You're gonna be able to pull 'em apart and make something better out of them. I know you.

[soft_shelled]

Yeah, yeah. [He's going to look over at Leo and smile a little.]

Now it's just finding laptops to work with that aren't being used.