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[incogneto]

We will.

So far, so good. No one's bothered me here.

[ He turns his hand, so he can hold hers. It's weird, but hey, nothing in his life isn't, really. ]

[redchaos]

[It is strange, but she's experienced stranger things. Still, it's easy to give his hand a little squeeze.]

No one but me to ruin your peace and quiet, you mean.

[incogneto]

You don't do that.

Besides, it might be nice to have someone to talk to, besides the walls.

That's a joke.

[redchaos]

No friendly visitors?

[Gently, she releases his hand. Progress. But she stays close, not wanting him to think she's in any hurry to go anywhere.]

[incogneto]

No, the others went to the school. I should show you sometime, you'd fit right in.

[redchaos]

[Well, he's good at making Wanda laugh. There's a touch of nervousness to this bout of laughter, however.]

I haven't been to school in a very long time.

[incogneto]

Well, you might not have my genes, but you certainly age like you did.

[redchaos]

I'm over thirty.

[She'll take the compliment.]

You would have had to have me fairly young.

[incogneto]

[ His lips curl into a little smile. ]

I'll be sixty three in January.

[ Yeah, no one ever expects this because guess who decided to not age up their actors over a span of forty years' worth of story. ]

[redchaos]

[Wands looks surprised, if only for a moment. Knowing super soldiers and Asgardians makes age reveals a little less jarring than they might be for a normal person.]

Nevermind, then. You're an appropriately old man.

[But there's a fondness to the name-calling.]

Do you celebrate it? Your birthday.

[incogneto]

[ Yeah, he doesn't take it the wrong way because as it is, he is an old man. ]

Haven't in a long time. I think, since I was a boy.

[ He explains: ]

I was born in 1930.

[redchaos]

[Hard times. Wanda nods, understanding.]

Well. You'll have to show me the things you enjoy doing before your birthday so I have an idea of what we can do to celebrate.

[incogneto]

I'm sure we'll get plenty of time to know each other before then.

When's your birthday?

[redchaos]

February. 1989.

[Gotta love the multiverse.]

[incogneto]

The whole month? I'll get you gifts every day.

[redchaos]

I don't have use for gifts. Or... my own birthday, really. It changed after Pietro died. It was our birthday, and then...

[Just hers.]

[incogneto]

I'm sorry.

Perhaps there's another universe, where he is alive. And thriving.

[redchaos]

I'm sure there is. It's just unfortunate that it's not one that I'm in.

[It's the bittersweet truth.]

Just like there are universes in which our lives overlapped.

[incogneto]

Our lives are overlapping now. That's better than never.

[redchaos]

Just in time for someone to take care of you as you grow even older, hmm?

[She's found her thing to tease him about.]

[incogneto]

Don't worry about that, I've got a couple decades left in the tank, I think. Never thought I'd feel as good now as I did at forty.

[redchaos]

Is it because of what you are, or just... luck?

[incogneto]

Honestly, I don't know. Must be the mutant thing, Charles doesn't age either.

[redchaos]

[We don't talk about Charles. Well, Wanda isn't keen on it, given she's fairly certain she killed him in another universe.

Whoops.]

I don't think I'll be aging, either. A witch thing.

[incogneto]

[ She should. Maybe not mention this to Erik. ]

What else do witches do?