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[When the video feed starts up, it shows a man seated at a desk in a rather nondescript room. Not much can be seen behind him beyond a bed and closet. Much more noteworthy is his face, which has a few bruises and a line of stitches extending outward from the corner of his mouth.

Despite that, he has a bright, open look on his face, though the fact that he's sitting up straight and looking head-on at his phone's camera makes it clear that he means business.]

So... had a few days to take everything in, read what information I could find. It's been helpful, it really has. [A lot of the work and investigation had already been done for him, though that hasn't prevented Steve from doing his own exploration.]

Just a few questions, if anyone can help. [And so far, most everyone has been helpful.] I can only assume there's some escape effort that's been put together here. A group of like-minded people, working together to get everyone home. I'd like to be a part of that. [It might seem overly transparent to ask about something like that over a network like this, but Steve has no interest in secrecy, especially not after everything that he's been through.]

Secondly, I've heard a lot about people being from different worlds. I'm trying to get an idea of how many we're dealing with. [He knows about Asgard and has heard vaguely of the Nine Realms, but beyond that he's clueless. He needs to determine the scope of this operation.]

Oh, and the name's Steve Rogers. I'll do whatever I can to get us all out of here. [It's meant mainly as a test to see if anyone here is going to recognize him, or if he actually has some manner of anonymity in this place.

With that said, he offers a small smile and then ends the feed.]

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[It's good to have some examples, though while Blake is detailed in describing his own Mirror, it gets more vague after that. Steve understands that he doesn't necessarily want to blab about other people's counterparts, though.

Steve tries to keep in mind that some of the Mirrors might not be so bad. They could put that to use, depending on how this all plays out. Though he gets the feeling his own Mirror is going to be a nightmare to deal with.]

Are we able to write back to them? And how do they cross over?

[It seems like if that were easily done, then he would have seen it happen by now, so there's probably some kind of catch.]

Yeah, we can write back on the mirrors. That's how they cross, too, but I dunno what says they can or can't, other'n maybe the queen.

[ Steve's right to assume there's some kind of catch. In fact, things will go much more smoothly for him if he just keeps that in mind overall. ]

Just be careful trustin' anyone. Things change. People change.

[Steve's had all kinds of lessons lately, about how trust is something he can't hand out as easily as he'd once thought.

Back home, he's got a pretty good hold on who he can trust now, but Wonderland is a whole new ballgame with a new set of rules. Everyone he's spoken to has struck him as genuine, but does that really mean anything anymore?

Steve hasn't lost faith in people. The help he received against the helicarriers had only proved to him that good is still out there.]

I'll be careful. Thanks for all the information, I appreciate it.

[ At least their faith in people is something they share, otherwise this might have been a totally different conversation. ]

Sure thing, man. Offer stands, too, in case you need somethin' in the near future.

[ And then a mock-salute. ] Stay safe out there, Cap.

[ Blake disconnects, mostly to keep Steve from seeing him fanboy. ]

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