Memories
Whe Wana?
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Piotr frowned and tried again. Tora looked at him blankly.
"Speak Russian or English Piotr."
"I am speaking Russian."
Her hands flew to her mouth.
"I knew I shouldn't have cut corners. I dropped a few of my data-chips. According to Kurt, my German was rusty."
She hurried down to the lab and had a hurried conversation, followed by tests which came up with an odd result.
"Budge up. I want to see why you all like TV so much."
"Ah thought you couldn't see the movement."
"I couldn't. However, I sort of forgot to rebuild the chip that speed up my image processing."
"So we can show you all these films you have to watch."
"Maybe."
"Great. Girls night in tonight, with everyone bringing a movie for Tora to watch!"
"Oh dear."
"So, what did she think of it?"
"She hated romantic movies, liked action thrillers and fell in love with classic Disney stop-motion, especially Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Lion King."
"Hated romantic movies?"
"Did like Austin though."
"Favourite film?"
"Can't remember."
"Happy Birthday Jamie."
Jamie wondered what the fuss was about. Maman had been back ages. Why were the aunts and uncles throwing a party now? He mentally shrugged. Then he noticed someone important wasn't there.
"Whe Wana?"
"Did he say something?"
"Whe Wana?"
"I think he's saying something. Get Tora Eloise. Jamie's saying something."
"Whe Wewana!"
"Did he say 'Where's Wewana'?"
"Oh dear…"
"What?"
"I think he said, 'Where's Etana'."
"Wewana!"
"Oh dear…"
"Hey sweetheart. Etana can't be here today. She's busy."
Jamie frowned. But Maman was always right. She was Maman.
"Hank, we need to talk about this."
"If he knows Etana, that could cause problems."
"The thing is, Etana in the world I think he's referring to, really is busy just now. I think he's a little blurred on what reality is which."
"I was wondering Tora, could you find technology based on other universes? It could further our understanding greatly."
"Hank, I don't know how it works. It just does."
"But…"
"Look, I only know what the others know. And I must congratulate you on your recent marriage from an entirely different reality."
"I hate it when you do that Tora."
"I know."
Death laughed.
"The friendship between the two was most interesting. Was it… 8667 that they got married?"
"Yes. Her mutation was accelerated by exposure to radiation, mutating her into a feline very close to her Purian ancestry that never became a problem in this reality."
"You never told me about this. Can you show me?"
The woman concentrated and an image appeared in the waters of Beast with another animalistic creature with soft reddish-orange fur and a thick black mane running around her head and down her back. Four parallel scars ran across the right eye. But then the image shattered.
"It's hard to focus on other realities."
"Hey Hank."
"Tora. I must say, only Jean has shown your temerity for ignoring death. How many times has it been now?"
"Only once Hank. The first time didn't count."
"That's once more than most others come back from the dead."
"Look, I don't think I was properly dead. I just went to a creepy library and had to play 3D Jigsaw with my atoms."
"I won't ask. So, why have you decided to grace me with your presence."
"Er. Remember the last time I was 'dead'? And what I came to see you about afterwards? Well… I've got the hormonal imbalance again."
"So soon after Jamie's birth? Ah… Separation from him. Your body assumed he was dead or no longer feeding. Correct?"
"Yes. I couldn't fix that. I tried but… Logan has him on mush anyway."
"I must say, the sight of Logan having the 'Blackbird'-spoon sweep into the 'hanger'-mouth was most amusing. So, you wish to have a check-up."
"Merci beaucoup Hank. I don't know what we'd do without you."
"Wallow in your own ignorance?"
"Ha Ha. Tres amusante. May I remind you, I have the equivalent of three university doctorates in Computer Science, Languages and Politics."
"Politics?"
"If you want to be a spy, you need to know your liberals from your conservatives."
"So you're a Dr?"
"No. I simply have the equivalent training for the doctorates."
"So, lets take a urine sample to start with."
"That time was rather…troublesome, right?"
"Tell me about it."
"I'm sorry, I don't understand Phoenix."
"You know Poison? Well…"
"Ah… That sort of trouble."