X-Men 100

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In honour of finishing my xmm_ficathon story (and fingers crossed for a kind beta), here's a totally unrelated Doug & Kitty drabble for x_men100. The theme was letters.


Love Letters

Doug sat cross-legged on the carpet, a computer keyboard on his lap. With a spoon, he was levering off keys, then lining them up according to a scribbled chart.
“What’s up?” Kitty asked, flopping down next to him.
“I’ve got to revise the computer input. The Professor only has standard keyboards, and the voice recognition program isn’t coping with accents.”
“Okay, but why?”
“Oh, I’ve created a universal spelling system across all script-based languages, and this keyboard just doesn’t have enough letters.”
“So, you’ve fixed the Western world’s spelling problems. What’s the plan for the rest of the afternoon?”
“Chinese.”