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[hellofist]

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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[hellofist]

[That gets a look of thanks, but no other acknowledgement of that concession. If she dwells, points it out, he might just cut the feed completely.]

No. I don't think so. When I... first came here, saw it in them. Tim and Steph and Dick, too. They were glad... I was this way. From the past, instead of... whatever I become.

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[theonlyresponse]

[He pinches the bridge of his nose and looks away, into the distance, at something else.] There might be a shared past, but just one different choice is all it takes to change an entire world. [Look at his, really.] You have no way of knowing if that world is your future. [And then he looks at her, steadily.] That is not who you are.

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[hellofist]

[She could believe it, coming from Bruce. He's using himself as some cautionary tale, she can see that's what he's trying to do by saying these things, but that's not what she's taking from it.

Even if it's misguided, she's taking it as Bruce telling Cassandra that he believes in her. It's possible that means more than anything else anyone could say.]

I think, just being here, helping people? Making friends, learning... It all... has to change something, doesn't it? Makes us not same people, so... future is changed, maybe?

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[theonlyresponse]

[He doesn't actually know for sure.

But she needs it. She needs it, and that, more than anything, is what prompts him.] The future they know might not be yours. [Beat.] Never forget that.

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[hellofist]

Won't.

[And she means that. She can't forget it, not when she's putting all her hope on that being true, on Bruce being right.]

... Thank you.

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[theonlyresponse]

For what?

[Telling the truth about her?]

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[hellofist]

[Pretty much, but also...]

For... talking. Helping.

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[theonlyresponse]

[That's awkward. Guess who's just going to hang up there because akjahdfkjad HOW DO YOU FEELINGS.]