Battle in the Country of the Apes

Hmm...

Clarification...when Hawkgirl flies to talk to opposite-speaker Lightseid, where is he compared to where Swift and the gorilla are?

(In other words, do the gorilla and Swift here this? )

He's at the base of a hill next to the hill on which Swift and Valendar are. So perhaps 100 yards away, but there's no noise beside the chirp of contented birds, so sure, they can hear him.


Swift says to the gorilla. "I have heard that the villain Bizarro always says the opposite of what is true.

"He is...dangerous."


"I'm Hawkgirl!" she says cheerfully enough. "Beautiful place you have here. But we seem to be missing some giraffes..."

(The other part of Hawkgirl's brain is contemplating how to adapt Google translate so people always hear what Lightseid means instead of what he says...)

(The Google to Lightseid idea is quite amusing.)

Swift listens to hear what is said about the giraffes (if anything.)


"The giraffes hate it here! Take them away!"

"May I see them?"

"No! Don't look over there!"

Lightseid gestures grandly to the hill beside which he sits. Giraffes, among many other animals, are grazing and wandering peacefully, trying new foods and making new friends. Lions are combing the hair of small tasty tapirs.

Hawkgirl:
"This is really impressive! What happens now?"

Lightseid:
"No is ready yet for my master stroke, where I hide the Life Equation from NOBODY! Neither here nor on all the other planets! For my bitter enemy Bizarro-Brainiac was no help at all in finally solving the Life Equation, which I care NOTHING about!"

Hawkgirl:
"It looks like paradise... but are you leaving the animals and plants here or taking them somewhere else?"

Lightseid:
"Nothing will be happy and free, nowhere! Life will be cast down and abolished!" says Lightseid.

"That's villain talk," confirms Valendar. He unlimbers his nine-barreled science shotgun.

Hawkgirl:
"These guys always say the opposite of what they mean... so Everything will be happy and free, everywhere. Life will be uplifted and thrive."

"Unless we stop him!" says Valendar.

"Let's stop him!" says Swift. To Valendar, she says, "Are there more people back where you come from who might help? I could run there and spread the news...if there's a way to run there."

"Gorilla City has a whole city-full of gorillas!" says Valendar. "But no one can see the city unless the Flash is with them."

"Hmm...we'd better go solve this ourselves, then!"

Valendar leaps to his feet, bends over to knuckle the ground, and using all four limbs gallops toward Lightseid, brandishing his shotgun.

"Lightseid! I am strong! I am fast! I am Valendar! Lie down and admit I am better than you!"

"Yes," says Lightseid, smiling craggily. "You are better. Me no prove it now."

And his eyes suddenly fill with seething darkness.

"Alpha Beam leave your value ENTIRELY IN DOUBT!" says Lightseid, standing dramatically. "Many atoms will remain of you!"