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[When the video turns on, there's Riley, and she's holding up what looks to be at least a few sheets of posterboard. On the very front is a drawing of a smiling planet that looks like it's holding a heart.]

Ooookay, so it's come to my attention that there are a lot of people here that don't know about Pluto, the last planet in Earth's solar system. I'm going to change that. First things first! This is what Pluto looks like. We got pictures back recently and it looked like it had a huge heart on it. [And she'd totally called it before the pictures even got recieved too, having always said Pluto had a lot of heart.]

I couldn't get the actual picture so I asked Maya to draw it.

[And she drops that top piece of posterboard, revealing something that looks like a bulleted list???]

The first important thing is that Pluto used to be a planet. Eventually a bunch of scientists decided it was too small to be an actual planet though, so they called it a dwarf planet instead. From the time it was discovered to when it got demoted to a dwarf planet, it didn't even have a chance to go all the way around the sun! Because it's that far away from us! That's pretty unfair, since Pluto never really got a chance.

[She huffs.]

That's why I still call it a planet, though. I'm always gonna believe that it's a planet, even if everything says it can't be. We don't know what it could do or anything about it because it's so far away. I just wanted to make sure that everyone here knew that.

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Oh come now. If you're going to continue to be antagonistic towards me every time I dare say something, I would think you could at least offer the courtesy of informing me of what I've done to warrant such treatment.

Particularly since whatever conflicts I've had with Mr. Snart and Mr. Rory are between us, and both men are more than capable of handling themselves.

You know exactly what you did.

[And he also knows that she can't repeat that kind of thing around mixed company.]

[Given the other part of their conversation, yes, Rip is able to put it together.

Which is why he switches the feed so it's private between them.]

I've adjusted the settings so Riley won't be able to see this.

Now are you willing to answer my question?

[He won't just let it go. It's absolutely infuriating, and as soon as the feed goes private, it bursts out of her with all the pressure of a newly-opened levy.]

Because you're an asshole, all right? You pick and you pry and you make people feel horrible about themselves because all you care about is being the guy who's got the smarts and the right answers. And that's not okay. That's what bullies do.

[He waits while she gets it out; it's hardly the worst that's been said about him, to his face or otherwise. He can guess she might have learned about Rip's conflict with Mick during their encounter with the time pirates; it fits in with what she's said. Perhaps there are other things Leonard or Mick have informed her of as well.

And Rip knows he's guilty of many of them. It allows him a sense of calm, even as she flings those accusations his way.]

Perhaps I am an asshole--but you have no idea what it is I truly care about, Maya.

Well it sure ain't about friendships. [And that means his opinions become invalid because literally nothing else matters.]

[Ah, so then Maya might be aware of how Rip had asked Leonard to take care of Mick, then.]

Not typically, no. Trying to stop the immortal madman hellbent on conquering the world tends to be my top priority. Unfortunately, that means I often have to make difficult choices--and no, I don't pretend that what I choose is always the right thing.

[Infinite eyerolling.]

Is this about your space thing?

[Len doesn't tell Maya nearly as much as Rip thinks he might. This is why.]

My "space thing?"

You'll have to be slightly more specific, I'm afraid.

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