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Kevin dropped Jen off at her house, which was empty. Her father was out of town on business and had taken her mother with him, so they could spend some time together as a couple. Jen didn't mind. She liked having some time alone. So when she unlocked the door she didn't bother looking around too hard for anyone else.
"You have good taste in television." Jen whirled at the familiar voice. Paradox was sitting in an armchair fiddling with a small blue box, a toy from a tv show Jen watched with her father as a kid. He tossed it to her and she caught it easily, smiling at the small blue plastic box.
"Well it runs in the family. Dad introduced me to this show." She set the box down on the table. "But you're not here to discuss TV." Paradox shook his head.
"No I'm not."
"I remember Gwen, in the future, saying something about not being allowed to remember what happened during that time because it could cause a paradox." Paradox laughed.
"Yes well, as you told yourself then, that is just a possible future for you. Your path is your own to decide. Your futures are vast and variable. Gumball?" He held out the bag and Jen shrugged.
"Why not?" She took a green one and popped it into her mouth. She chewed thoughtfully for a moment before she blew a bubble and frowned. "There is one thing I don't understand." Paradox nodded for her to continue. "The phone calls. That had to have been you the whole time. But how did you get ahold of Grandpa Max's phone?"
"My dear Jennifer I have no idea what you're talking about." Jen nodded. So, she had told him how he got her to Los Soledad in the first place, made sense.
"So, are you here to wipe my memory of everything that happened today?" Paradox laughed.
"Wiping memories isn't quite that simple dear Jen. Kevin I could wipe easily enough, smart but a simple concept of reality, not very flexible. Gwen would be more difficult but still something I could do. Energy beings live in the present. But you, you are something entirely different. I don't know if I could wipe your mind if I tried." Paradox tilted his head at her. Jen turned and flicked on a lamp nearby. She looked up and Paradox was directly in front of her.
"There it is. I was wondering where it had gone. But it's right there. It must have happened when you looked into the event horizon." Paradox frowned. "What did you see?" Jen smiled at him.
"You already know what I saw."
"I know what you could have seen, a million thousand things you could have seen. If I have to try and wipe your memory of today depends entirely on what it really was you saw." Jen nodded.
"When I looked into the event horizon I saw eyes; a thousand, thousand eyes, and I knew them all." Paradox frowned.
"That's not possible, the human mind doesn't have the capacity to remember that many beings, even you couldn't." Jen smiled at him as she blew another bubble with her gumball.
"Can't exactly forget something you see in the mirror every day can you Professor." Paradox blinked at her for a moment then laughed long and loud.
"Oh there's the Jen I know! Excellent." Jen blinked and suddenly the Professor was across the room. "Well I think we're done here then." Jen turned to face him fully.
"Is it weird that it's comforting? Knowing there are others out there." Paradox laughed again, though this one was much more contained than his last one.
"No my dear, it's not." With that Paradox vanished and did not appear again. Jen shook her head and stepped off to the kitchen to find something pleasant to eat.