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[seeingscarlet]

Has anyone gone through this Ingress and tried to change something? Was it different when you went back?

[She sighs and glances away, reluctant to say too much at first because then she'd have to explain what exactly she did and then people would be afraid. Not having to deal with that has been...nice.]

It keeps taking me home, to somewhere I know was destroyed. I think I can save it, but not in one trip. Not unless I can find the right person.

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[seeingscarlet]

But if it isn't too late for them...

[Doesn't she owe her Pietro and the other volunteers that much?]

[t65]

But they're not-... [Can he really say that? They're not the people you remember. He's thought a lot about that voice he heard, and if it was who it sounded like. About what he'd do if it was.] You can warn them, there's nothing wrong with that. But it's their world; it's in their hands.

[seeingscarlet]

[Provided it wouldn't all be erased the minute she went back.]

Have you tried?

[t65]

No, but... now I'm going to. But that doesn't mean I can stay-- I have a responsibility to the future as well as the past.

[seeingscarlet]

No...I know we can't.

[Not yet anyway, and definitely not until she's sure Billy and Loki won't end up in literal hell again.]

But if the Ingress isn't creating that world, if I can fix it for them, it feels wrong to leave it. Like killing them again.

[t65]

I know, I... understand that now. Someone who trained me, he said I looked to the future too much. I... I wasn't thinking.

I never thought I'd want to go back there again.

[seeingscarlet]

[Realistically, looking to the future might be a healthier option. Wanda still struggles with that beyond a certain point - it's hard to do if you don't think you'll be around to see it.]

Back to your world?

[t65]

Yes. I already went back once, and I thought I heard my aunt's voice, but... it pulled me back before I could check. [He ducks his head, shrugs.] But you're right; I have to go.

[seeingscarlet]

That woman won't let you go alone.

[And he probably shouldn't anyway. Luke hasn't said it yet, but she's getting the feeling something bad happened.]

[t65]

I don't know if she'd recognize me. It's been years.

[It's only been three, and Luke hasn't exactly aged much in the interim, but to Luke it feels like an eternity.]

I should've- hm. Thank you, Wanda.

[seeingscarlet]

She's your family. Of course she will.

[Just like the weird interdimensional Maximoff family is somehow mostly holding together.]

I'm sure she'll be happy to see you.

[t65]

[Then she'll just have lots of awkward questions that Owen will demand an answer to. Like where did you get those clothes and what happened to your hand and who is that.]

[...Because he has to bring someone.]

Would you like to meet her?

[seeingscarlet]

[What good are Jedi mind tricks if you can't use them to get out of awkward parental figure questions? Because that's totally how it works.]

If you want me to come.

[t65]

Well, we decided we should talk more when we're not in danger, right? There's nowhere more peaceful than Tatooine. [He says this with a restrained groan in his voice, like that's a given, and an annoying one at that.] Nothing ever happens there.

[seeingscarlet]

Tatooine. [The word feels strange on her tongue, awkward and foreign. It doesn't sound like something that should earn that kind of groan.]

Peaceful would be nice. Unless our bad luck follows us.