"Really?" Bruce says, his eyebrows arching higher, and then reconsiders his reaction.

"I don't know why I'm surprised," he adds with a shake of his head. "Being here would seem to prove the viability of something like that. It's just...odd to hear, I suppose." It bothers him a little, the idea that there is some other version of himself out there, beyond his control.

"Were we in space on purpose?"