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[The video cuts on to a girl staring intently at the screen, face flecked with something dark and dirty-it’s hard to tell what it is from the shadowed lighting as she holds the PDA away from her-as if she does not care to clean herself up. She does not.] This is another future. Not the only one. I must return to mine.

[She pauses for a moment,

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[This must be the one everyone knows.]

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There are many X-men here. You are with them?

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[Laura does not speak at first. She is too busy staring at the screen and the face that is her own only not. An alternate? She is dealt with those before, but never of herself. It is strange to see.]

Yes. Are you?

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No. I did not join their school in my world, but here they are allies.

[This is so weird for her. She's never met another version of herself, even if Megan has, and she doesn't know how to deal with it.]

It is likely that many of the X-men who are here will be from your world.

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Then you did not return to Logan. Weapon X. [It's been months since she called him that. And it is odd to think that she may have chosen not to do so. To go another way.]

What path did you choose?

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No. I stayed with Kiden and Tatiana instead. [Being homeless and hiding seemed like the safer route, as she was afraid she'd endanger the school.]

Do you know them?

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Kiden... [Her friend. That she had to kill in Cable's future to save the world.]

Yes. I was with them for some time, but I left. [To stage a meeting with the X-men.] Many things will have happened differently.

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Yes. I have learned that much, talking to others here.

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There are many things you need to know about this place, however. It is very dangerous at times, and you need to beware of a man named Loki; he is a trickster god and he will attempt to use you with his magic.

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I have heard of him, but do not know of his abilities. What power may he have over--us?

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He has the power of strong illusions, but he is also able to summon up trigger scent. He has made me kill others with it before. He has an obsession with me, and he will have one with you as well. Megan said it is a "crush".

You cannot hurt him, either. Pixie is the only non-god who is able to injure him.

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[The trigger scent. So he could turn her against anyone.]

If he is such a threat, why have the others left him alive? [A god can still be killed.]

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Thor is the only one who is able to hurt him to that degree. No versions of him will kill Loki, but if he were to die, he would come back. That is what happens here; death is temporary for the imported.

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So killing him will not rid us of him. And there is no way to contain him. [If there were, it would have been done already, she knows.]

Does he seek you out often?

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Yes. He has been talking to me since my arrival, over a year ago. He likes to bother Megan as well, and he kidnapped her once while I was teleported back to my world for a few weeks. Others had to save her.