VIDEO | I'm not at all certain what to do with this.

[bluepurrymuffin]

[The camera cuts in on Hank with a hand over his mouth. His expression is a bit ambiguous, but clearly somber. Someone's been looking over the past week's Network posts. He slides his hand up to the bridge of his nose as to not obstruct his voice, in a gesture that's somewhere between thoughtful and overwhelmed.It's a curious thing. I'm certain the

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voice, encrypted, from Peter's comm;

[incywincyhero]

... It was an experience, wasn't it?

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[bluepurrymuffin]

[wow this is awkward, he doesn't actually know the guy too well in grown-up form]

Ah, Mr. Parker. Yes, yes it was. You...made it through alright, I hope?

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[incywincyhero]

Uh ... more or less. I mean, I remembered some things I didn't really want to remember that vividly ... but there were good things as well.

[ So awkward. ]

Uh.

Thanks.

For, y'know. I appreciate it.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Yes, I think I can understand that.

But really, it was no trouble! I suppose...certain aspects of our individual natures will emerge even that early.

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[incywincyhero]

[ Wry laughter. ]

I promise, I've long since stopped crying over Bambi.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Really? I don't believe I've ever been able to resist tearing up!

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[incywincyhero]

Well, maybe a teensy, eensy, weensy bit.

[ A pause. ]

So how much do you remember? Er, I mean ... if you don't mind my asking.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

No, no, that's fine. It all seems a little fuzzy, but I recall some things.

Eensy weensy... Was there something about a spider? I can't really recall what, but it seems like we'd made a big deal out of encountering one, or something along those lines.

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[incywincyhero]

Yeah, uh ...

[ The briefest of awkward pauses. ]

I think you're right, but it's a little fuzzy on this side, too. We were probably just being curious kids, looking at a house spider, something like that.

[ Parker, you're a terrible person. ]

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Seems likely, given my predilections at that age.

So, I suppose you knew May already, then? [Is totally assuming the last name is a coincidence.]

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[incywincyhero]

[ Oh crap oh crap -- ]

We, ah, know some of the same folks back home. I try to keep an eye on her, as much as she'll let me.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Ah, understandable.

Also, I suppose I hadn't realized it till you were both similar ages, but are you familiar with a certain Reilly Tyne? Before all of this, I mean? The two of you bear quite an uncanny resemblance to each other!

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[incywincyhero]

Uh ... the sort of redhaired kid, right? Nah, never met him. But y'know, people always tell me I have one of those faces ... we probably don't look nearly so alike now, anyway.

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[bluepurrymuffin]

Yes, well, there is the age difference to consider now, but I'm sure it's likely a coincidence.

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[incywincyhero]

Or, uh, some kind of statistical anomaly, maybe? I mean, the likelihood of two unrelated people looking exactly alike is ... pretty small, let alone the odds of them actually meeting. But the Porter's not taking a random cross-multiversal sample, even if we don't know exactly what her criteria are.

yes yes indeed

[bluepurrymuffin]

More by design than by chance you mean? Then I suppose the question is why would the Porter want he two of you together? What significance did she put in this similarity?