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[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

Comments

[dendarii]

Oh, yes. He's great, isn't he? I admit I was a bit jealous before I saw him in person. He doesn't have my bone issues.

[ Talking about Hermann, not Mark, though that is, perhaps, not obvious... ]

[enucleation]

[ except he used the name Peter instead.

But Kaneki already knows (has seen) Herman. So there are... three people with the same face. ]

I can't say much for his personality, he was having a panic attack.
But if you know about him, then that's good. Easier, too.

[dendarii]

... He was? What happened?

[ And why wasn't Newt there? He makes a note to send the scientists a message later. ]

[enucleation]

I don't know, I didn't ask about his trigger.
Maybe it was because he was in a whole new world? It cane be very overwhelming for newcomers.

[dendarii]

[ Ah, there's the piece of information he needed. There's a pause as Miles stares at the text, not able to line this up with what he knows of his facetwin. ]

Hermann has been here for months. Maybe even a year.

[enucleation]

[ aaand Kaneki remembers he should have mentioned it's someone entirely new ]

It was someone named "Peter". He is a new imPort, at least that's what he told me.

[dendarii]

[ Peter. Piotr? Is it possible his grandfather is here somehow? A younger version? Miles hadn't thought the resemblance between the two of them was that close, but he'd only known his grandfather as an old man. It's possible... ]

Did he say where he was from?

[enucleation]

No. I thought it was you, so I helped him. When I called him "Miles", he said that wasn't his name and I told him he had the face of someone I knew.

Honestly, I can't tell you if his reactions were normal or not because a panic attack doesn't allow you normalcy.

[dendarii]

[ Confused this other man for Miles? Then surely not Piotr, unless Pitor was perhaps twelve ... Miles' height is rather distinctive. ]

Was he short like me? Or more of a normal height?

[enucleation]

Miles, he looks identical to you in every way.

[dendarii]

[ That's impossible, he wants to say. Even a clone wouldn't get even close due to his issues being teratogenic instead of genetic. And a facetwin, well ... He's already seen the distinction between himself and Hermann. It doesn't seem possible. ]

You're very sure of that.

[enucleation]

It's not as if I smelled him to make sure.

Look, I'm just letting you know there is another person around that looks like you. I thought you should know, that's all.

[dendarii]

No, no. I appreciate it. I truly do. Beyond time for me to follow up with the man, I think...

[enucleation]

Well, if he sees you on the network, I think he'd contact you. You do have the same face as him.

[dendarii]

True enough. I have something already planned, anyway - perhaps I'll draw him out.

[enucleation]

Good luck, Miles.

I can only imagine how weird it must be.