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Outside 1665 Nelson and around town.
[So yeah that event wasn't so fun but HEY NOW THERE IS A PACKAGE ADDRESSED TO WALLY.

Excellent.

He opens it up and... there's nothing inside. Weird. He shakes it a little, as if that would dislodge something hidden but... there's nothing inside.

But. Hey. He's...

...feeling pretty speedy.

He grins, and without a second thought he sprints down the road at about sixty miles an hour.

And then he starts going faster.

And faster.

He's circled the town a few times over the course of the next ten minutes at speeds approaching the speed of sound, which is pretty damn fast, okay. But by the time he zips back to the mailbox at 1665 Nelson, he's frowning a little.]

...still not fast enough. But hey, better than nothing.

[And then he realizes.]

...oops. I hope no one noticed that.

[Because he just raced around Mayfield in civilian clothes. Not exactly conducive to a secret identity.

Over the course of the day you might see your friendly neighborhood Flash, in full costume, racing around town. There's not a whole lot to do, but man it feels good to be running again, even if it's not as fast as he can go normally. Give a shout, he may stop and talk to you!

Of course, it's also possible you might have caught a glimpse of Wally running around this morning in his normal clothes out of the corner of your eye. Maybe. It's possible. But are you really sure?]

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How do you ☠☠☠☠ put up with him?

[He's surprised.]

Huh? Whaddya mean? He's a great guy.

Seriously?

You look up to that guy?

Here, tell me this. If saving the day involved moving really fast, who could handle it?

Well me, duh. And him, but he's kind of an all-around guy. It's not exactly his area of expertise though.

But he could do it without you if he wanted to, right?

It's like Captain America. He can handle almost anything himself anyways, so he thinks he has the right to set the ☠☠☠☠ standard.

Maybe, but we're team members. We look out for each other. He can't do everything by himself, he'd go nuts. I mean yeah, he's pretty much the team leader, but he's cool about it.

Sure he is.

Uh, yeah, actually he is. What's your problem with Supes, man?

I don't buy that he's actually that good.

Not for one minute.

...seriously? And how long have you known him?

...

...

...

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A couple of months.

[Stop asking good questions!]

Yeah? And for those couple of months were you on a team with him?

No.

Well then it sounds to me like you got a case of the jumping-to-conclusions. Might wanna work on that.

Yeah, sounds like you got a case of...

... ☠☠☠☠ you.

[Both witty and mature.]

[Flash shrugs, unperturbed.]

Whatever, man. I just think you should get to know somebody before you decide you really don't like them, that's all.

There's plenty of people I hated that I didn't even know, why should I make an exception for Mr. Perfect Alien?

[He frowns a little.]

I'm not saying you should make an exception. But hey man, that doesn't sound like a great way to go about it. What if you meet one of those people and end up really liking them?

Nine times out of ten, they're jerks anyways. So why bother?

[Wow, that's... kind of sad.]

...wow, man. I'm sorry.

What the ☠☠☠☠ are you sorry for?

You're a super hero, you should know.

The majority of us out there are almost as bad as the guys they fight.

Not in my experience. I mean yeah, we've had our misunderstandings and stuff, and personalities can clash a lot, but most people are pretty good guys.