"Like how this place is another world," Tommy answered. Good thing he has all this practice with little kids thanks to his Billy's little brothers. "Except sometimes there's like, other versions of Earth. Ones like yours but not yours. Sometimes, if the circumstances are right, you meet people from other Earths. They're like the people you know but they're different."
He doesn't doubt Billy's got where he's going. He still intends to give Billy a far gentler version of his own history. The gentlest.
"You and me? We're from two different Earths. In yours, Mom and Dad raised you in West View. In mine some things went weird and so we got separated when we were really, really little."
Retroreincarnation counts as really really little, right? Sub-particle or something.
"In my world, my name is Tommy Shepherd, and I don't meet my Billy until we're sixteen. But we're still brothers. And you and me? We're brothers too, even if you're littler and I'm bigger."
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He doesn't doubt Billy's got where he's going. He still intends to give Billy a far gentler version of his own history. The gentlest.
"You and me? We're from two different Earths. In yours, Mom and Dad raised you in West View. In mine some things went weird and so we got separated when we were really, really little."
Retroreincarnation counts as really really little, right? Sub-particle or something.
"In my world, my name is Tommy Shepherd, and I don't meet my Billy until we're sixteen. But we're still brothers. And you and me? We're brothers too, even if you're littler and I'm bigger."