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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.]

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[noassgardian]

[... what.

Does Teddy not--

oh. Well, of course he doesn't. He wasn't a wizard back then. That makes this a little bit awkward...]

Maybe it's just a difficult story, even if it's not all bad. Maybe he's just trying to protect you...

[notasaviour]

[If he'd recognised Billy's username, he definitely wouldn't be talking about it like this. But when they'd met, Billy had still been using a different account...]

And maybe I don't want him to. I don't know. Things are already kind of weird, and this just makes them weirder.

[noassgardian]

Does it really? I mean, would knowing all the details really make the time difference any easier to handle?

[And okay, he should totally come clean about who he is-- and he will in just a minute since Teddy seems to have no clue...]

[notasaviour]

No, but it might make it easier to talk to him without feeling like I'm making life difficult for him. If he's watching everything he says, it can't be easy for him.

[...Especially when the Billy he knows isn't usually the kind of person who does keep things back.]

[noassgardian]

T, it's me. It's Billy you're talking to.

[Because he's starting to feel guilty for playing dumb now.]

And you're not making my life difficult at all.

[notasaviour]

[Well, now he feels kind of stupid. It takes a long time for the response to come back.]

...I was hoping you wouldn't see this.

Don't start, B. You're always holding something back from me, and that can't make things easy.

[noassgardian]

I'm sorry. But I mean, it's kind of impossible to not recognize that name, T.

That doesn't mean you're the problem though.

[notasaviour]

You didn't have to reply like you were someone else.

Doesn't it? I mean, it's probably only me you're not telling.

[noassgardian]

I didn't even realize you didn't know me at first, Teddy. It wasn't really intentional.

I'm not really telling anybody anything, Teddy... and a lot of people are ahead of me, even.

[notasaviour]

...maybe not the first time, but the second time?

If they're ahead of you, it's different. It just feels like you don't want to tell me anything at all, and I don't know why.

[noassgardian]

And I said I was sorry.

It's not that-- I just don't even know where to begin. A lot happens, Teddy.

[notasaviour]

It's only two years, how much can really happen in that time? Besides, even if a lot happens, you should still be able to share some of it with me, right?

[noassgardian]

A lot more than you'd think, T. And I guess I can tell you some of it, if you really want...

[notasaviour]

I'd like it better than knowing you're just not telling me anything at all, at least.

[noassgardian]

Then-- next time we meet up. Not on here.

[notasaviour]

Promise?

[noassgardian]

Yeah, T. I promise.