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[westcoasts]

so is pass and fail just a judgment on our performance, or do we reckon it's gonna come back and bite us in the ass in the future?

aurora said she missed us, by the way. ( those are not the words she used. ) she also said that she and eos are free to run their cities in whatever way works for the people under her care, as long as we're well-taken care of.

but, thing is, she gets to define that. says she gets to learn from her actions and inactions in relation to us.

which is something to keep in mind when we're acting as a group or not acting as a group and trying to get answers, or choosing which rules are okay to break and which rules are okay to stretch.

because between here and moorecroft, right now i'd say we've got the better end of the deal.

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[westcoasts]

( huh.

not the same one, apparently, but—. )

oh, yeah, i know. it was either that or "so who are you?"

that was the nice way of saying we know the same people, ghost.

[decohere]

nobody important.

but they're not really, are they. though i can see why such redundant universes have been deemed potentially disposable.

[westcoasts]

are you saying that because you really believe it or because you want it to be true?

we're familiar with the same vague concept of certain individuals, shaped differently by experiences and relationships. doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

no-one's universe is disposable.

[decohere]

because i have a realistic sense of my place in the world. i dont need to convince myself otherwise.

no, suppose not.

[still, she's more curious than she wants to admit. what all those differences might be. if there's a version of her in that world, any happier. he hadn't shown any recognition of her alias, so perhaps little ava starr got to grow up normal there. or blown up with her parents. either way, preferable.]

do you know bill? dr. foster.

he'd probably agree with you.

[westcoasts]

( it's not that clint doesn't recognise 'ghost', it's that he knows she's not (can't be) the same one. it's that he knows what it's like to be here and have a whole conversation comparing you to someone who shares your name, parts of your history, parts of what makes you you, and know they're someone else entirely. know that they're not you, and that any comparisons made are forced, are based off false premises.

—and she's being difficult enough that commenting on it is, he's pretty sure, a solid way to tank the conversation further. )

you know you can change your place in the world, right? it's not static.

( but bill? the answer to that's yes, but how long's it been—?

(christ.)

type. delete. type. delete. )

i know ( knew ) him.
he's a good guy.

( ... )

how's he doing where you're from?

[decohere]

[she's difficult, perhaps purposefully so. but if she didn't want to be engaging she could simply not respond. despite it all, she is trying to work out some sort of... understanding. even if not necessarily agreement. or maybe she just wants her frustrations to be heard, for once.

but the subject of bill is safe territory to fall into. discussing him, rather than herself so directly.]

he is. i miss him. but. he's probably better off without all the trouble i cause.

he's working as a professor. at berkeley. quantum physics. he used to work with pym. and my father.