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And here I was thinking I would never get to meet you.

[...Grandpa?]

Uh...'scuse my bad memory, but am I supposed to know who you are?

[He's got a pretty good idea, but he doesn't want to jump to any conclusions.]

Not exactly.

But I am like you. Assuming we are from the same universe I am the very reason you exist, along with the good doctor Jekyll of course.

[He gives a dark laugh.]

I must admit it is interesting to see what happens when the effect is on someone other than myself.

[Yep. Suspicions confirmed.]

Dr. Jekyll? You mean my old man? Or--

...Oh. Oh no. You mean granddad, don't you? The mad-scientist one mom doesn't like to talk about.

[The one that gave him genetic anger-issues and a split-personality.]

Mad-scientist is such a damning word but yes more than likely your mother wouldn't want to talk about me, whoever she is.

[He seems to dismiss any feelings that Holt was uncomfortable around him, since frankly he didn't care.]

Now that I think about it, I doubt anyone explained the original purpose of the experiment to you. Did they?

...It was just an experiment gone wrong, wasn't it? A bad mix of chemicals that had an unexpected side-effect.

[Do you really think his mother would tell him he would have been pure concentrated evil had the serum in his DNA not been diluted over the generations?]

So that's what they told you?

[He shakes his head.]

The idea was to separate man from his carnal desires and "evil"

Which lead to my existence and likely yours. I am Henry without his inhibitions or constraints. I take what I want without being stopped by the things holding Jekyll back.

...What?

[No. Nonononono.]

That-- [He can't seem to form sentences anymore.]

---You've gotta be from one seriously different reality, 'cause that ain't how it works where I'm from.

You don't seem so sure.

Haven't you done things Jackson only wished he could do? That he represses?

It doesn't have to be your society's idea of evil or what you were taught was evil.

...Well, yeah, somethings I guess.

[Like telling off jocks without getting his head kicked in.]

But nothing bad. The worst thing I've ever done is get a tattoo without asking my folks first.

[Or consulting Jackson about the matter, since it was also his body being permanently marked.]

Then perhaps it is different when you are born with it rather than an introduction to it at adulthood.

[He didn't dwell too much on this.]

But that is the fundamental fact about what the experiment did. It will explain most questions you have.

The only thing that I don't understand is how you change body types so easily between yourself and Jackson.

I wouldn't know, man. Jackie-boy is the one that's into mad-science, not me.

[Scientific curiosity must run in the family.]

And to be honest, I ain't really sure how the change works either. My doc says it's probably got something to do with "complimentary-genes" or something. I guess being half-fire elemental does something to speed up the change.

[He wasn't really paying attention when his doctor was explaining everything, okay? Jackson's the one with the patience and lasting attention-span, not him.]

Fire elemental?

[This peaks his interest.]

Well that would explain the deviation from the human skin tone.

Can fire elementals make their body well, not as solid or change it in some way?

Some of 'em, yeah, if you count being made of flames as "not as solid."

[He, unfortunately, is not one of those elementals.]

Hm that might help the switch then. Count yourself lucky. It's a painful experience for Jekyll and myself.

For real? It's not exactly a walk in the cemetery for us either, but a little heat-flash ain't exactly hurtin' us any.

[The transformation is a little uncomfortable, but it doesn't really hurt.]

I guess me and JJ really lucked out.

Yes. Knowing a little about your universe I would say it may be something like the werewolves you know.

The pain of shifting bodies coupled with the disorienting euphoria of wanting everything and the rush of adrenaline. An inner beast.

Hey, man, watch your nouns. I know I got a bit of a temper, but I ain't a beast.

[...At least he hopes he isn't.]

It depends on your definition of beast. Some people throw around the word just to mean a "bad wild thing".

The wild part I'm okay with. It's the "bad" that's got my temper flaring.

[No offense, Hyde, but he really doesn't want to be like you.]

They just call it bad because they're scared of it. I am every little thing that humans really want to do. I'm desire, I'm anger and I'm power.

No offense, man, but I'm starting to think they got a reason to be scared of you.

I doubt you're the only one who has ended up like this. Where are they now?

I--how am I supposed to know? It's not like I got a detailed record of the family tree.

[Which is to say, his mother is the only high-functioning member of the Hyde family that he knows of. Everyone else, he's never met. Or heard of, really, since his mother never talks about her side of the family.]

Then that should give you some idea of how society viewed the rest of the line.

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You are wonderful

Wish I had better icons but xD He always rises to the surface when Jackson is around

Hyde truely is the best alternate-reality grandpa XD

True xD

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Well I'm off to bed, I'll tag tomorrow.

Same here.

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