Ah. No. [ A beat. ] Well. Conceivably, yes, without your noticing, but that is not what I meant.
[ And if she notices his discomfort easing, she would never remark on it. But it is maybe not entirely accidental that her hair fills the hallway behind them as they go on, obscuring the way back in shades of red. ]
To detect a thing you must be aware of it happening. My understanding from speaking with Iron Man— he is your version of Iron Man, I think? He is not the most forthcoming person, but from our conversation I gather that is has not happened to you yet, or you have not yet been in a position to be aware of it. But where I come from we have long been aware of "dimensions" to our own universe, which frequently interact with us and each other. We've also been aware of corresponding alternate universes in which the timeline has diverged or will diverge at some point. On occasion there are visitors. At least once that I've experienced the contact has been more...extensive than that.
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[ And if she notices his discomfort easing, she would never remark on it. But it is maybe not entirely accidental that her hair fills the hallway behind them as they go on, obscuring the way back in shades of red. ]
To detect a thing you must be aware of it happening. My understanding from speaking with Iron Man— he is your version of Iron Man, I think? He is not the most forthcoming person, but from our conversation I gather that is has not happened to you yet, or you have not yet been in a position to be aware of it. But where I come from we have long been aware of "dimensions" to our own universe, which frequently interact with us and each other. We've also been aware of corresponding alternate universes in which the timeline has diverged or will diverge at some point. On occasion there are visitors. At least once that I've experienced the contact has been more...extensive than that.