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[notasaviour]

[...He'd picked his username when they pulled him here because superheroes and people on the internet have one thing in common: secret identities. He'd also kind of assumed there wouldn't be any actual Avengers here. So he'd given them his wiki-editing handle, and he maybe regrets it a lot now, but at least he can make this post without his real name attached, or he probably wouldn't make it at all.]

Just a question, but if you knew someone here could tell you about your future... would you ask them about it? Would you want to know, or not? Would it make a difference if they seemed pretty uncomfortable about it?

[He's not sure he does want to know, honestly. But at the same time, Billy is being just a little weird about it, and maybe knowing would be better, in case he lets it slip later anyway. He just can't decide.]

Comments

[notasaviour]

It sounds like you went to them. Were they really that bad?

[howlongiwonder]

[A reply doesn't arrive until a moment later.]

Yes.

I'm sorry.

However, you must not give up hope. Even if some worlds are connected, it's unlikely your future will lead to the ones I know.

[notasaviour]

I'm sorry. It sounds like it was a hard time for you.

I don't think mine can be that bad, though. The people here from my future seem okay, just... uncommunicative.

[howlongiwonder]

Don't worry about it. Your own future sounds good at least.

[2B briefly considers something before adding a bit to her message.]

Could it be that they are reluctant to say anything because they do not want you to feel like you are stuck in a fate you cannot change?

[notasaviour]

But I feel kind of bad for complaining when things aren't that bad for me.

I think he thinks it would upset me. And it might, I don't know. I just think it's going to upset me worse if I find out some other way later.

[howlongiwonder]

Even if others have it worse, that doesn't mean your own worries are meaningless.

It sounds like you already made up your mind, however.

[notasaviour]

Maybe not. It probably means no-one really wants to hear them, though.

I think so. I'm still not sure it's the right decision, but it helped to get some perspectives on it. Thank you.

[howlongiwonder]

You made a choice, that's the important part. I don't think it was a wrong one, either.

[2B is happy she could help, not that there's really any way to see it from a text message.]

[notasaviour]

I hope not. I'll find out when I ask, probably. And... if you ever need someone to talk to, you know my user name now.

[He means it.]

[howlongiwonder]

[She's not certain if she wants to bother people about her own problems. It's not something they can change - probably. However...]

I will remember it.

[Nothing wrong in knowing an option exists.]

[notasaviour]

I'll see you around then. Probably, anyway, it's maybe going to be hard to tell off the network.

[howlongiwonder]

If we need to identify each other, I know your user name. You said it yourself.

[notasaviour]

That's not my real name, you know.

[...Although does that mean her name really is 2b?]