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You know what to do.

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Far be it from me to revoke such a right.

[ #sarcasm. ]

More to the point, we are lucky that the worst we were greeted with was kidnapping and enforced enslavement. Not to make light of such things, but among possible alternatives we could have been immediately confronted with, that at least has a more—attainable solution.

[ It's easier to deal with flesh-and-blood men than undead cancerous slave engines built from universal abstracts. As a hypothetical that was not really hypothetical at one point. ]

Whoa, wait, hang on a minute. Are you telling me crewmembers ended up enslaved?

Temporarily, yes. The situation has been resolved.

[ Except for the trauma. ]

Jesus. Okay. That's great.

[ Medusa can probably HEAR him massaging his temples. ]

I was only under for, what? Two weeks?

I sympathize. I was gone for a week and suddenly we were at war.

[ A lot can happen in two weeks. A lot more than this. ]

Nothing has happened since, if that brings you any comfort.

Slightly.

It just means I get to join everyone else in riding out whatever's next on this shitshow.

[ Because he's with Medusa on this one - it could be way worse, and probably will be. ]

Or we could perhaps take advantage of a break in the action.

Yeah? You got something specific in mind?

I am no scientist, but it occurs to me that the actions of the Ingress may not be entirely random.

Random, no. I mean, we've already observed some patterns. An affinity for our cluster of universes, for example.

Precisely. So I would imagine the fact that we've landed here, in this of all possible universes, is not entirely random either. And should it happen again...

Yeah, lemme stop you right there.

I'm gonna need a drink before I continue following this train of thought.

I fail to see how that is going to help you in any way.

I'd say "watch me", but I just remembered the bar is gone.

Talk about a nightmare.

You would still have to confront reality tomorrow morning.

My powers of denial are superhuman. Except in this case, inconveniently.

Two months ago I would've called bullshit on this entire conversation we're having.

It is not a conversation I want to be having either. But we do not have the luxury of pretending it is not happening, or the privilege of blind optimism that someone else will solve the problem for us.

Well, if I get my way, I'll have my hands on the thing sooner rather than later. That seems like a good place to start.

I have tried to give Dr. Banner my best understanding of how such phenomenon worked when I have encountered them in the past. Unfortunately I cannot recreate the data from the Cancerverse incursion for you, or Reed's technology, but I would still be happy to illuminate whatever I could.

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