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[ First observation: he's that Peter Parker, alright. Second observation: but he's not that Peter Parker. It's both a relief and not. ]

I've been behind on my reading.

I don't think we've officially met.

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It's a collection of photographs. It's not really meant to be read.

That feels like a very specific 'we', which is probably the opening to an 'it's complicated' talk. If it helps, we can probably skip the preamble.

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You've got the multiverse down? Convenient.

I know a version of yourself but he definitely doesn't have a book out, photographs or not.

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Just a day in the life of.

[ stephen let him tell you how many versions of himself he has met. ]

It was a couple of years ago, relatively speaking. I'd say maybe you really did just miss it, but outside of the question of where, there's the question of when, right?

Do we work together where you're from, Doc?

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A couple of years ago and I'm not sure you'd even be in high school.

[ he's baby but he's not quite that baby, Stephen ]

We have, once. But not consistently.

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[ there are a few immediate thoughts in response to that: one, teenage him worked with, quote unquote, doctor strange, question mark; two, peter's met teenage him and he also remembers being teenage him. teenage him was absolutely not his Best Self^TM which — subsection of two: he was not winning any Most Popular Superhero of the Year awards at that age. ]

Oh, boy.

That answers one question. High school was a while ago for me.

Sooo... Was this a check-in or a check-up?

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Mostly I was concerned you might be sixteen and unsupervised. [ And recently dead then bereaved, but that's an aside for another time ] As you're not, it's a check-in.

Are you in touch many others from our corner of the multiverse?

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[ UNSUPERVISED wow. ]

I knew the Sanctum Sanctorum had a few rooms, but I didn't realize one of them was a crèche, Doc.

No. I'm still pretty fresh off the boat, metaphorically speaking.

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[ god, DON'T call him out like this, it's too real ]

Everybody needs a fallback career.

We've been heavily represented over the months. Right now there are four of us from my universe, a few from some others. How closely did you work with the Avengers?

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I've heard that said once or twice.

[ something something please don't indulge him if he turns up at your door with a goddamn house spider. ]

I had a card for a while - which, by the way, is actually really inconvenient when you don't have pockets.

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Please tell me that's a joke.

[ Please. you can't actually have to be a card carrying member of the Avengers to be an Avenger, surely ]

Steve Rogers is around. As is Captain Danvers, if you know her. A couple of the others have come and gone and Loki's about as harmless as can be hoped for.

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Would I joke about not having pockets?

I know her. [ 'why the qualifier?' is a question; there's also a comment to be said about 'loki had your job for a while', but, you know, conversation for another day. ] I don't know if harmless can ever be used in conjunction with Loki, but I also figure it's part and parcel of his schtick.

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Maybe consider upgrading the suit.

I'll take your point. Let's switch up the phrasing: he comes in peace.

Then there's the other you.

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I did, but let's just say minus that minor issue, there's nothing quite like the tried and true classic.

Is this one unsupervised too?

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About as unsupervised as I am.

[ read: old ]

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So, not sixteen. Good to know.

Did you leave mentioning the other me until last for dramatic effect? Because Doc, you really shouldn't have.

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Anyone who has the finesse to add a grave accent to the word crèche is bound to appreciate a little extra flair.

He goes by peter.benjamin if you wanted to track him down.

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A what accent?

[ "peter benjamin", well. it's better than "ben reilly" AT LEAST. ]

Wow, subtlety really isn't my middle name. I was wrong all these years.

...Does your middle name also begin with 's', out of interest?

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No.

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The alliteration would really add a certain something.

What about 'p'?

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Also no. [ dare he ask ] Why 'p'?

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I was thinking in its unvoiced form.

Greek roots.

Not to say you have Greek roots, I have no idea what your background is.

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You're not going to find further alliterative satisfaction in my roots or my name, sorry to say. I'm glad we hashed that out.

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You say that, but I'm remarkably easily satisfied.

Thanks for the info, Doc.

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Sure.

It's worth knowing that I arrived here over seven months ago. If there's something you need to know or a connection you want to make, there's a high chance I can aim you in the right direction.