Alternate universes and time travel are practically old hat.
[They are not. Not even slightly. They aren't new, though. Natasha has some up close and personal experience with that kind of thing, and it's enough to try to front. To play it off like she's not shaken by all of this.
The facade isn't her best, though. The nightmare about falling is still too fresh, if it even is a nightmare and her deadpan delivery comes across thin.
She licks her lips, pausing briefly as she chooses her next words. Then:]
I've heard of them, I guess. [If you could call it that. She knows about them.] Still trying to process it.
[Because even if what the orbs offer is possible, it still doesn't make sense. None of this makes sense to her. The idea crosses her mind that this is all some kind of strange hallucination, something cooked up by her brain in the instant before everything blinks out. She discards the idea almost immediately, though. There wouldn't even be time.]
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[They are not. Not even slightly. They aren't new, though. Natasha has some up close and personal experience with that kind of thing, and it's enough to try to front. To play it off like she's not shaken by all of this.
The facade isn't her best, though. The nightmare about falling is still too fresh, if it even is a nightmare and her deadpan delivery comes across thin.
She licks her lips, pausing briefly as she chooses her next words. Then:]
I've heard of them, I guess. [If you could call it that. She knows about them.] Still trying to process it.
[Because even if what the orbs offer is possible, it still doesn't make sense. None of this makes sense to her. The idea crosses her mind that this is all some kind of strange hallucination, something cooked up by her brain in the instant before everything blinks out. She discards the idea almost immediately, though. There wouldn't even be time.]
What the hell is the Blip?