When you ask yourself later 'what was the moment I became David's hero', remember this.
[He pulls the coffee toward himself, pops the lid of the cup off so he's got a clean part of the rim to sip from, and does so. Fuck that's good. And look, even biscotti. That ended up getting a bite from it. Once he swallowed David fished a bottle of medicine out of his pocket, popped a pill, chased it with more coffee, then slides the cup back to Billy.]
Seemed like a good way to test your place in time. Not everyone you'll recognize here is from Earth-616 like us, and even those that are aren't always from the same point in time as us. For instance, you're the closest to me in time, except for Jean Grey and Loki. Well, the Loki we worked with, which little kid Loki insists on addressing as Ikol. Never thought I'd actually meet the kid.
[Their whole mess with Mother was heavily because of the guilt 'Ikol' felt over Loki. Having to have both of them in his life has been an experience. Still, he looks at Billy very seriously.]
Your mom is a fucking wonder, Billy. I mean, after Utopia I was already on the side of 'she tried hard to make things right', but after what just happened back home...
[That had been a horror ride for David. One of the worst days of his life followed by trying to hold Tommy up through the worst of his, and no one could reach Billy and David hadn't even known why. It had all been so much, and for Wanda to go to the lengths she did for them... Damn.]
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[He pulls the coffee toward himself, pops the lid of the cup off so he's got a clean part of the rim to sip from, and does so. Fuck that's good. And look, even biscotti. That ended up getting a bite from it. Once he swallowed David fished a bottle of medicine out of his pocket, popped a pill, chased it with more coffee, then slides the cup back to Billy.]
Seemed like a good way to test your place in time. Not everyone you'll recognize here is from Earth-616 like us, and even those that are aren't always from the same point in time as us. For instance, you're the closest to me in time, except for Jean Grey and Loki. Well, the Loki we worked with, which little kid Loki insists on addressing as Ikol. Never thought I'd actually meet the kid.
[Their whole mess with Mother was heavily because of the guilt 'Ikol' felt over Loki. Having to have both of them in his life has been an experience. Still, he looks at Billy very seriously.]
Your mom is a fucking wonder, Billy. I mean, after Utopia I was already on the side of 'she tried hard to make things right', but after what just happened back home...
[That had been a horror ride for David. One of the worst days of his life followed by trying to hold Tommy up through the worst of his, and no one could reach Billy and David hadn't even known why. It had all been so much, and for Wanda to go to the lengths she did for them... Damn.]