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[bedeviledspider]

No, it would not be funny if my girlfriend came back and completely forgot about me. What is wrong with you?

Besides, I... I might miss her, but I have more important matters to deal with. There's work to be done. We both need to focus on that now.

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[bests]

They like torturing us. This shouldn't be news.

[bedeviledspider]

You're right. I shouldn't be surprised.

[bests]

If it's any consolation, on the off chance that does happen, you'll probably have people to commiserate with as I highly doubt you're the only one to have gone through something like that.

[bedeviledspider]

If you say so, but I'm not really a big fan of crying, hugging and sharing.

[bests]

Neither am I. I've always found the phrase "misery loves company" somewhat bewildering.

[bedeviledspider]

Heh.

It's good to know I'm not alone in that.

[bests]

If there's anything I've learned it life, it's that you're almost always not the only one.

And I only say almost because the life of a superhero is a very strange one.

[bedeviledspider]

You don't have to tell me twice.

Though, if you ask me, a "normal" life seems pretty strange. Maybe stranger.

[bests]

Strange and normal are fairly relative.

[bedeviledspider]

Speaking from experience?

[bests]

Oh yeah. If you had told seventeen year old me that I would think of certain aspects of my life as normal twenty years later, I would have thought you were crazy.

[bedeviledspider]

Twenty years later?

[ REILLY SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU MORON. DANGER, DANGER. ]

I-- I mean! I, I get what you're saying! S- Sort of, anyway, even thirteen-year-old me would look at me now and... [ Judge you? ] And, uh. Wonder what's up.

[latrodectus]

What Carol said.

[bedeviledspider]

Misery loves company, huh?

It's cold comfort but I guess it's better than nothing.

[latrodectus]

I wasn't offering a support group.

[bedeviledspider]

Good. Because it would have been somewhat alarming if you had.

Admittedly, we don't know each other well, but I didn't think you were the type.

[latrodectus]

I don't think keeping yourself bottled up is a good way to stay sane.

But I'm not really one for group therapy.

[bedeviledspider]

My idea of group therapy is myself and a few punching bags that I can really trust, you know? [ Trust to take a fair amount of abuse, that is. ]

But... that's not an option now. Not at the dojo, anyway. [ SIGH. ]

There's someone, I guess. He has plenty of his own problems, though, I shouldn't bother him with this.

[latrodectus]

It hasn't even happened yet, has it?

[bedeviledspider]

No. It might never happen.

...And now that I've said that out loud, I'm starting to realize how stupid I sound.

[latrodectus]

This is not a very intelligent place.

[bedeviledspider]

[ Congrats, 'Tasha, you have made him laugh. ] Agreed. Although I would have probably said it a little more... colorfully.

[latrodectus]

Well, you know what they say about me. I live in shades of grey.

[spiderfanboy]

Cass won't remember who you are?

/TACKLES

[bedeviledspider]

Spider-Kid!

[ He sounds... almost happy? Who is this impostor and what has he done with Reilly? ]

No, Cass is -- she's gone. That's reality, no point in worrying about "what ifs".