[So his younger self hadn't been told anything, huh? Well, Trunks can't exactly fault their parents for that… time travel is pretty confusing, even for grown-ups.]
This must be pretty confusing for you, huh? I apologize for that.
[It's a little confusing when you have people screaming at you that this guy, who looks like you, is probably some brother you never knew you had and your parents haven't told you anything about this.]
What are you apologizing for? Are you... my brother or something?
[No one wants to get the 'when you're older' spiel when they're confused and a little frustrated with being left in the dark. But, he can't really blame him for that.]
What do you mean traveling back? Did you go somewhere?
[Clearly he did but it's the whole everyone forgetting to mention this to him that's still confusing him.]
[A nod – Trunks has no doubt that their father has spend much time on training in the time since his last visit; he is much too prideful to be content with letting Gohan surpass him. Whether he's really the strongest… well, time will tell.]
I hope that he or Gohan can help… as much as it pains me to admit, I could barely keep up with Black long enough to escape.
[If only he'd been stronger… then, there wouldn't have been any need to travel back in first place, and Mom and Mai would still be– He can't think like that. Not while they are counting on him.]
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This must be pretty confusing for you, huh? I apologize for that.
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What are you apologizing for? Are you... my brother or something?
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Well, it's kind of my fault. [Since he's the one doing all the (illegal) time travel and all that.]
"Or something" isn't so far from the truth. It's a little complicated, so we can stick with "brother" if that's alright with you!
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Of course, nothing this guy says really helps much and it's obvious with the look on his face.]
So then mom and dad never told me I had a brother somewhere? [Because he literally dropped out of the sky.] Why would they do that?
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[Maybe not the brother, but at least the "your alternate self from the future once came to warn us about the end of the world"-thing.]
To be fair, none of us thought that I'd be traveling back again.
[His hands clench a little at the thought… Mom and Mai both are– he can't let them down.]
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What do you mean traveling back? Did you go somewhere?
[Clearly he did but it's the whole everyone forgetting to mention this to him that's still confusing him.]
Did you get in trouble or something?
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[…Like that explains anything.]
I did. I was hoping to find and explain to Father or Gohan-san, but it looks like he got into your time already too, somehow.
[Though, he doesn't quite know how that Black bastard managed, there is little doubt about it.]
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[It takes him a second before it clicks that he means Vegeta.]
Oh, you mean dad...
[That's going to take some getting used to with sharing Vegeta. Especially when it's just been dumped on him like this.]
Well... dad's like the strongest guy ever [sorry Goku] so he can probably handle whoever it is you're talking about.
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I hope that he or Gohan can help… as much as it pains me to admit, I could barely keep up with Black long enough to escape.
[If only he'd been stronger… then, there wouldn't have been any need to travel back in first place, and Mom and Mai would still be– He can't think like that. Not while they are counting on him.]