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[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?

[redchaos]

[Daughters always have secrets from their fathers.]

Whatever they want.

[Within reason. Now, anyway.]

[incogneto]

I would hope you thought that, regardless of whether or not you were a witch.

[redchaos]

I was considered an experiment, before. A weapon. What I could do was... limited.

[incogneto]

Wanda...

[ That's a lot to unpack. How does he say that he knows exactly how that feels, and he's sorry, he wishes he was there for her, but he also knows if he had been, she wouldn't have these powers?

No, it's already been a surprisingly heavy morning. ]

Well. Maybe I could see a demonstration sometime.

[redchaos]

[The majority of her life is heavy. She briefly touches his arm, because it's okay and what's done is done.]

If you give me one, too. I want to see how much you can do.

[incogneto]

We'll have to find a bigger location.

[ He doubts she'll be impressed with the little things, but his power has grown immensely since he was younger. Not as steeply as hers has. ]

[redchaos]

[She tilts her head to the side.]

Can you fly?

[incogneto]

Usually, yes. Are you about to start a contest? I think you'd win it.

[redchaos]

No. [She shakes her head with a smile.] It just makes it easier if we need to go somewhere.

[incogneto]

You're not wrong. As you can see, I don't care for a lot of personal affects.

[redchaos]

People who desire things that are beyond teach tend to be like that.

[Ask her how she knows.]

[incogneto]

It's good that we're in agreement. Though, if at all possible, I don't really want to move again.

[redchaos]

I wouldn't take you from your home.