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"You're Miss Fawkins," the interloper says politely, and with his free hand gestures outward, unrolling a strip of wooden planks underneath him; with his free hand gestures upward, filling the void with blue sky; with his free hand gestures downward, drawing up a calm ocean around the planks, which form a pier. You are in the air above it. (The air? Huh.) The interloper is not in the air, but is on the pier, and has become squintier at the introduction of the sun. To counteract this, he draws from his pocket thick square glasses, and then and only then do you connect the dots:
<span class="mu-i">TEDDY?!</span>
Teddy the interloper nods tersely, adjusts his grip on Gil, and sets off down the pier.
>[1] HEY! HEY! HE CAN'T— HE NEEDS TO SET GIL DOWN RIGHT NOW! WHAT IS HE EVEN DOING?!
>[2] OKAY THE REAL LIFE TEDDY WOULD BE BOTHERED BY BURSTING OUT OF SOMEBODY'S CHEST RIGHT? HE DOES NOT LOOK BOTHERED. IS HE ACTUALLY TEDDY OR IS HE YET ANOTHER EVIL DUPLICATE?? WHAT DOES HE THINK IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW??
>[3] WAIT YOU'RE CONFUSED. TEDDY DIED AND WAS A PART OF US. IS HE STILL US? DOES HE KNOW WHAT US IS THINKING STILL?
>[4] WHERE EVEN ARE YOU?? A PIER?? HUH?? WHY?? HOW??
>[5] WAIT MISS FAWKINS? WHICH MISS FAWKINS? DOES HE THINK YOU'RE CLAUDIA OR DOES HE KNOW YOU'RE CHARLOTTE AND IF SO, HOW???
>[6] (ATTEMPT TO EXPLODE HIM)
>[7] WRITE-IN.
