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[schrodingersghost]

 Hey, this is Danny. Leave a message if you want.

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[droptheious]

[Varian's ducking his head from the tiny bits of still on-fire metal. It takes him a beat to remember he can do something about that and makes a little gesture with his hand, the metal floating in the air, then compressing together into a little harmless ball which drops on the floor.

And then he realises Danny's having more problems and...oh.]

You got another memory? Huh. Maybe you really did work in a lab or something. Uh- other you, I mean. If my experiments are triggering your memories. What happened this time?

[A beat.]

Sorry for nearly blowing your arm off.

[schrodingersghost]

[ Danny stares at the burning metal that had almost been on him with a bland expression. ]

Its fine. I think I'm starting to get used to it.

[He shakes his head.]

I think I saw my parents this time. They were tinkering with some kind of device at the kitchen table. During breakfast.

It exploded.

[droptheious]

That's probably a good thing. Less chance of being completely traumatised, right?

[RIGHT? He hums as he considers this.]

Well. That really does seem to add more credence to the idea you were in a legitimate portal. Your parents were scientists maybe? Other you.

[schrodingersghost]

...I'm not sure if that's actually how trauma works.

Maybe? I guess? But what kind of scientist is the question.

[Apparently the kind that thought experimenting with their inventions during breakfast made sense.]

[droptheious]

It might be? If we really want it to be.

[Varian that's really not how it works and you know it.]

The kind that work with portals from the looks of things. Do you think they might have been attempting interdimensional travel?

[schrodingersghost]

I don't think I really saw enough to say that.

[It was kind of a leap to go from tinkering with something in the kitchen to say they were working on interdimensional travel. But it would kind of explain why he'd been in a portal? It didn't really seem like the kind of thing just anyone would have sitting around.]

[droptheious]

Oh. Hrm. I just thought that portal had to come from somewhere, right?

[That's definitely the leap Varian made.]

[schrodingersghost]

I feel like portals like that wouldn't just come from anywhere? I guess it would make sense if it was family that built it.

But maybe it wasn't. I don't think I've remembered enough yet to say.

[droptheious]

Yeah, it sounds like they were engineers at least- it wouldn't be hard to connect those dots.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see if any of your other memories come in. I'm sure they will eventually and you can build a better picture.

[schrodingersghost]

"I'm starting to wonder if any of these memories will make any sense."

[droptheious]

"It would make sense if they did, right? I mean...maybe it's like a jigsaw puzzle. At the moment everything you're getting is only partial - pieces that don't match up. But eventually, they've got to start fitting together, right?"

[schrodingersghost]

"You got that right," Danny says with a sigh. "I mean, it all has to make sense eventually, right?"

He just wished he knew for sure. Right now all he had were questions.

[droptheious]

"I really hope so, anyway. Guess all we can do is wait for those pieces to all show up."