misspent youth

(DM waves sheepishly to Ama as he hurriedly wraps a sheet around his waist)

DM: This was NOT supposed to happen!

ASH: I'm looking over your calculations... Did you go back in time at some point?

DM: We just discussed this.

ASH: I'm...Pardon...a message from Mr. Uggleh...

DM: The Ethereal Time Cabinet traveler?

ASH: Yes. Massive continuity upheavals detected here and where the Foundation once stood.

DM: This procedure couldn't have caused that kind of reaction...

ASH: No, Darien.

DM: You're not calling me Doctor now?

ASH: You are too young to be a doctor.

DM: Grrrr...wait...I look how old to you two now? Twelve? Thirteen? So I lost 25 years? Ow. I'm too young to be thinking this hard...So...

ASH: Darien? Are you alright?

DM: This is the age I was whem my Mother died...when the adult me arrived in Sumatra and defeated my father...

ASH: I see no such events in my records, Darien.

DM: Of course you don't. You only reference what's in the public record, which changes with the timestream. I remember my experiences even if they were undone!

ASH: Time Traveller's Tales, I believe they're called.

DM: So in this new reality I never upgraded the Galvanic Tesseractor, and I never went back in time, so I overcompensated with the Reanimation Serum for the limb regeneration procedure. Yes...wait...I think I know how to use this to my advantage!

ASH: How?

DM: To rescue Gematria from Aleister Mason...that's still a priority, yes?

ASH: Correct.

DM: Without going into details...I know where she is likely to show up next.

ASH: How so, Darien?

DM: I used to HOST there! Now...SOMEBODY find me some clothes that fit? I'm going to pour a glass of absi...

ASH: DARIEN!!

DM: ABS-olutely refreshing Celery Soda! *sticks out tongue*