[Starlight, the new member of The Seven, is given a tour of Vought Tower by The Deep. They enter the main conference room.]
[looks at a chair at the head of the table] That’s his, isn’t it?
Homelander’s? Yeah… but you’ll have your own soon. [pulls chair out] Here, come on. Give it a test drive. Come on. [pause; Annie stares at the chair and doesn’t move] Oh, you–you okay?
It’s just… I used to stand in the mirror, pretending to be where I am right now.
You know something? On my first day, I, uh… Well, I–I felt like a fraud. [Annie looks surprised] Yeah. But the good news is, everybody feels that way.
Thank you.
And hey, we’re a team now. We’ll help each other out. I bet growing up, you had a poster of Homelander on your wall, huh?
No, actually I… I don’t know. Homelander’s so… He’s like Jesus or something. If you wanna know the truth, I actually had a poster of you.
What? Really?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh.
I kinda… I kinda had a schoolgirl crush on you.
Oh, my God.
Oh, God. I hope that’s not inappropriate to say.
No, no, no. It’s not inappropriate at all. It’s just–It’s kinda wild.
[Annie looks out the window for a moment, then turns around and sees The Deep has pulled his pants down and begun masturbating]
What? I mean, you said you had a crush on me. I figured that, you know…
[Annie hurriedly walks away in shock and disgust]
Whoa, whoa, wh-wh-whoa. Hey, look. You're gorgeous. I'm not–I'm not talking about sex, just a little bit of pole-smoking. [Annie continues making her way out] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. It's just a question of how bad you wanna be in The Seven.
[beat; turns around to face the Deep] Excuse me?
[Annie’s powers flare up, shattering some nearby screen monitors and flickering the lights]
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey. Hey… Take it easy. Settle down. We’re just–We’re just talking. And look, I know that you’re powerful. I get it. Your powers are no joke. The thing is… I am number two around here. So, like, if I say so, you’d be out of here. Especially since you attacked me.
I what?
Yeah, look. [gestures towards the broken screens and starts walking up to Annie] I mean, Iowa’s sweetheart–the Defender of Des Moines–just went psycho on The Deep. I mean, that… that could put you out of the business. Yeah, I mean, home to Mommy, tail tucked between your legs. Just think of all those kids. I mean, the kids… Those kids who look up to you, they’d just be shattered. That’s not what you really want, right? [brief pause] Or, we come together as a team. You and me, we just roll with the punches for, like, three minutes maybe. It’s not a big deal. And then you know what happens? All your dreams come true.
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