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[Puts a familiar looking spider watch in his open hand. Only it's not a figment of his soul palace. It's solid, and metal, and real.]

I was thinking - if something goes wrong and we get separated. Maybe you can use this to get to Earth-616.

Right now it can't do much more than teleport you a foot. But that still might help in a pinch.

[ oh... that's smart. ]

This is a wonderful idea, Kaine. At the very least... I'm certain that it would make finding your reality easier.

[DON'T USE IT FOR MULTIVERSE CRIMES!!!!]

Just-- don't let this kind of technology fall into the wrong hands.

[He trusting that yours. Are not. The wrong hands.]

[ the trust is almost palpable. you could cut it with a particularly strong breath. ]

I understand.

[ really. he has his own multiverse crime robot. but look. if it all goes well he will not make the multiverse crime robot. maybe just a normal robot. ]

[JUST A NORMAL ROBOT

Leans,]

I might also be in Loomworld. The center of the web. That's where I died last time, so.

There was a carcass there, when I saw it. One quite a bit larger than yours.

[ just... clasps the teleporter on his wrist. it can go into safety with the sentry later. maybe in the spike pit. ]

Well...... maybe it was mine.

I got dragged into this multiverse crap. Spiders were being hunted and killed, across every world, by this freak family of lifeforce vampires. Kill one, and they'd just come back in a new body.

Us spider clones, we realized - their souls were going into cloned bodies. So they were functionally unkillable until we stopped them at the source.

[A pause. He lets out a shaky breath.]

I saw Ben again. It was Ben from another universe, but - he was just like mine. I mean-- of course he was.

[ gently squeezes his hand. ]

...I see. Your reality—and those around it, apparently—seems especially fraught, no?

There's always some bullshit happening that puts the world in danger, but it usually doesn't extend to every reality.

[I mean as far as he knows. He doesn't live Dr Strange's life]

...We infiltrated the world where they were producing these clones, but. Ben... he gave his life to destroy it. I had to watch him die, in front of my own eyes this time.

I went nuts after that. Transformed and went for their stronghold to kill them all. I took down the biggest guy at least.

[ ... ]

I can be proud of you a little for that, can't I?

...Well, it'd feel nicer than pointing out it was a reckless stunt that put the multiverse in jeopardy.

Wasn't it already?

Well, yeah.

Don't think it thrilled Peter, finding out.

What happened then?

The thing that happens when you storm an enemy base alone.

I died.

And is that the reason your brother wouldn't have been thrilled?

[ like, valid but

didn't he hate you. you gotta catch me up on the juicy deets honey. ]

Probably more because that monster inside me was one of three cosmic totems they needed for some ritual that might've destroyed us all. And I just walked it into their hands in a fit of vengeance.

[Sighs. Hopefully they didn't get their hands on the other two? Although one of them was like. A baby.]

...Victory or death, I guess.

[ .................

dry laugh after a second. ]

I've done [ stupid ] reckless things under that saying as well.

[Leans head on your shoulder with a bit of a strained smile]

Two peas in a pod, aren't we.

[ after a tick, leans his head onto Kaine's. ]

Perhaps. If I am recalling what a "pea" is correctly.

You probably got it.

[His sigh is more contented when Lotor leans back.]

Maybe... maybe it's better to let Ben rest. I don't know.

[He clearly couldn't save him even when he was Right There, this time]

[ a pause, while he considers it. ]

Do you have something else to use your wish on?

I don't think I'm gonna get that chance, Lotor. Not with the shop how it is and this place falling apart.

Humour me, then.

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