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People keep showing up, with memories... that don't match up. Happening a lot, lately. Guess it happens... all the time, but... seems like more, now.

[Cass stops a second, not looking into the feed but at something past the comm, jaw clenching and relaxing as she thinks.]

Know I did... something. Or... something happened, to me. Made me... someone people don't like? Or are scared of. Don't know.

[It's a little terrifying, to talk to Tim and see him be relieved she's not whatever she becomes in his future.]

I guess, want advice. Want to know... if you did something... bad, or wrong, would you... want to know? Want someone... to tell you, so you could stop? Or just... let it happen, hope you... do right things?

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I'd want to know so I could change it. Being here allowed me to change a couple of things in my future.

What'd you change?

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Knowing what's to come helps nothing, Cassandra, believe me. [The future's haunted her since childhood, she would trade that gift in a heartbeat, still.]

But what if it meant... saving lives? Stopping people I love... from being hurt?

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I would rather know, especially if there's the potential to change the future for the better.

[That's really the option she's leaning towards too, but she's too scared to just take the plunge and ask someone, to really know.]

To try to, at least. Trying to fix it... seems better than hoping. You'd know... what to look for, to stop it.

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Knowing the future became a self-fulfilling prophecy to some people I knew. As much as you know about it, you can't know all of it.

[Well, that's an interesting point Cass never thought of.]

So you'd rather... just see what happened?

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[He's tempted to go audio on this one because it's way too close to home, but that's what she needs right now. He remembers what it was like when people who knew him from further down his own timeline casually mentioned things he didn't know about, things he thought he'd never do, things that someone he never thought he'd be was doing; he'd been angry, and maybe panicked a little, and hurt beyond belief.

And now he's determined not to be that person, and she needs to see all of that, so he clicks on the video.]

Future's not set, sweetheart. If you start believing that, might as well quit while you're ahead, and don't you dare.

Not gonna quit. Too much... I want to do.

[It feels good, it helps to see how she feels about all of this reflected in him. She supposes that only makes sense when it seems like they're the same person half the time.]

So, you wouldn't? Want to know, I mean.

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Only if there was a way to stop it.

[ She has thought about this. Extensively. ]

[And that makes it sound like there is no way to stop it, that it's something unavoidable and this entire like of questioning, everything everyone else is saying, it's all pointless.

It leaves her feeling a little hopeless.]

Wouldn't know, though. Couldn't. Would have... to ask.

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...I saw the future once. Or - one future.

There was - the Professor called it a nexus point. Some of us got sucked into...different times, alternate realities.

[Very little of that actually sounds good.]

What happened?

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Yes.

If there was a way to stop it. [Years ago he'd have wanted to know about killing the Joker. Made someone stop him.] But sometimes you can't.

[She switches to video, hopeful he'll follow suit. She can understand audio, but it's difficult and reading him is so much easier.]

So then... you'd know, but couldn't change. Would that... really be better?

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Bad or wrong doesn't mean unnecessary. It's better to be feared and disliked than to lie about who you are.

Don't want to... be feared, though. [Disliked she doesn't really care about, but people have been afraid of her her entire life. She likes the change the barge brings.]

Is it lying, if... you don't know? Who you are, I mean. Who you... become.

[Have an unusually serious Iris.]

I were there when I did it. Find out all you can, Cass love. No bugger can stop you goin' wrong better'n you, can they?

What if stopping me... means killing me?

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Ehhh I do bad and wrong things all the time. Nobody's ever had a problem saying something, so...sure, I guess? Gets kinda annoying after a while though. I know people don't approve, yanno? You don't have to keep SAYING it, not like it's gonna change or anything.

[...right up until he decides MAYBE IT SHOULD but that's not for at LEAST another few issues, he's not there yet.]

Maybe they just... want good things, for you. That's why... they say it.

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I'd like to know to have a chance to avoid it, but wouldn't let it get to me.

That's wouldn't be me anyway, not really. Not yet. And if I don't let it, not ever.

Some people say, can't change destiny. Some say, can. What do... you think?

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In my opinion Darlin', I'd not want to know. I'd rather just live it out and have what surprises come my way. And this is coming from someone whose been sorta given that ability. If I could have seen my future, I would have ran from it. It's just better to take life as it comes, the good the bad and the ugly all the same.

[Wait hold on back up.]

You... see the future?

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I do not know, really.

Me too. Good reasons for both, but... still don't know.

Is there anything... you'd change, looking back now?

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If they tell you, you can stop it.

Can try to, at least.

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There is no such thing as destiny. We make our choices, and that shapes our future. That said, now that you know, you can most likely make a different choice.

[OH HEY apparently you summon Rorschach when you share his world views.

...that or he's been watching you like a hawk and finally decided the conversation's worth hijacking.]

Just have to make sure it's a choice you can live with.

[Yeeeeah this again. Sorry, he's a broken record when it comes to Adrian. ...that and it's valuable advice for Cassandra too. See? Multipurpose surliness.]

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I...[He trails off, cupping his chin in one hand. This is like picturesque brooding right here.]

I feel like I should say something, but I don't know what.

Me too. Still don't know... if I want to know.

But, should know... not your fault. You're not... why I'm asking. Part of reason, but it's... not all you. So please... don't be sorry. Or sad.

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[She's been keeping to herself a lot, lately, but their snowball fight is an odd, bright memory for her, so when she hears the question, she pauses, tries to find an answer. She's sitting cross-legged on her bed, back against the sky blue wall. She chews the inside of her cheek, nervous, hoping she can somehow be helpful.]

I'd want to know. But I always want to know things, even if they're awful. And if it's not something you remember...is it still about you? But knowing might still be worthwhile. Just for...navigation purposes, I guess?

[It's good to see Anya again after so long, to know she's still here and looking well. And her points are something Cass hadn't really thought of. It's true that whatever she might do in the future, that isn't her right now. It helps, thinking of it that way.]

So I could... avoid it. Know what to... not do?

Come over anytime you want. I'll try to think of all the histories you might like.

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